Area Attractions
What to do during your visit.
The Pioneer Valley offers a variety of cultural and historical attractions. Jazz, classical, and popular music concerts, fine theaters and cinemas, quaint shops, as well as museums, excellent libraries, town fairs, and historical sites, please groups of varied tastes and styles.
Western Massachusetts is a year-round recreation area with opportunities for a variety of activities, including cross-country and downhill skiing, biking, hiking, golf, boating and swimming.
Golf Courses
- Cherry Hill Golf Course, Amherst
- Hickory Ridge Country Club, Amherst
- Amherst Golf Club, Amherst
Museums
- Amherst Histroy Museum, Amherst
- Clark Art Institute, Williamstown
- Emily Dickinson Museum, Amherst
- Eric Carle Musem of Picture Book Art, Amherst
- Hampshire College Art Gallery, Amherst
- Historic Deerfield, Deerfield
- Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA), North Adams
- Mead Art Museum of Amherst College, Amherst
- Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley
- National Yiddish Book Center, Amherst
- The Porter-Phelps-Huntington House, Hadley
- The Pratt Museum of National History, Amherst
- Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton
- Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge
- University Gallery at UMass Amherst, Amherst
- The Words and Picture Museum, Northampton
Recreation
- Berkshire East Ski Area, Charlemont
- Mt. Holyoke Range State Park, Amherst
- Norwottuck Rail Trail, Northampton, Hadley, Amherst, Belchertown
- Skinner State Park, Hadley
- UMass Amherst Athletic Facilitites, Amherst
- Zoar Outdoor White Water Rafting, Charlemont
Shopping
- Atkins Farms Country Market, Amherst
- Downtown Amherst
- Downtown Northampton
- Holyoke Mall at Ingleside, Holyoke
- Yankee Candle Flagship Store, South Deerfield
Theaters, Cinemas & Music
- Academy of Music, Northampton
- Amherst Cinema, Amherst
- Calvin Theater, Northampton
- Fine Arts Center, Amherst
- Tanglewood, Lennox
Other Points of Interest
- Lyman Plant House & Botanical Gardens, Northampton
- Magic Wings Butterfly Conservatory & Gardens, South Deerfield
- MassMutal Center, Springfield
- Mullins Center, Amherst
- Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Springfield
- Six Flags New England, Agawam
- The BIG E, West Springfield
- Volleyball Hall of Fame, Holyoke
For more information on the Amherst Area, plase visit the Amherst Chamber of Commerce.
