Massachusette 1,000 Great Places Listed

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90 Berkshire Destinations Named in Massahcusetts 1,000 Great Places.

The Great Places initiative celebrates what is unique about the Commonwealth of  Massachusetts, its communities, and its people. It aims to boost visitation to Massachusetts as well as give local residents the opportunity to visit known and unknown historic sites, cultural venues, and natural landscapes.
The program is administered through a partnership of the Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development; the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism and its regional tourism councils; and the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC).

ADAMS
Mount Greylock State Reservation
Saint Stanislaus Kostka Church
Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum
The Quaker Meeting House
Veterans Memorial Tower

ALFORD
Knox Trail

BECKET
Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival
Upper Goose Pond

CHESIRE
Pioneer Monument at Stafford Hill

CLARKSBURG
Clarksburg State Park
Hairpin Turn Overlook on Route 2

DALTON
Crane Museum of Papermaking
Wahconah Falls State Park

EGREMONT
Catamount Ski

FLORIDA
The Zoar Gap
Elk Memorial Sculpted by Eli Harvey
Hoosac Tunnel

GREAT BARRINGTON
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
Monument Mountain
Ski Butternut

HANCOCK
Ioka Valley Farm
Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort

HINDSDALE
Bas Ridge Golf Course

LANESBOROUGH
Constitution Hill

LEE
Main Street
Museum of Animation, Special Effects and Art
October Mountain State Park
Prime Outlets

LENOX
Berkshire Scenic Railway
Cranwell Resort Spa & Golf Club
Frelinghuysen Morris House & Studio
Kennedy Park
Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary
Shakespeare and Company
Tanglewood
The Mount
Ventfort Hall

MONTEREY
Beartown State Forest
Berkshire Fish Hatchery
Bidwell House Museum
Bluff Head
Lake Garfield

MOUNT WASHINGTON
Bash Bish Falls

NEW ASHFORD
First women voter in US ballot box@Town Hall

NEW MARLBOROUGH
Lower Carroll Mill
The Buggy Whip Factory
The Meeting House
Thousand Acre Swamp

NORTH ADAMS
A Chapel For Humanity
Elf Parlor
Jack’s Hot Dog Stand

MASS MoCA
Natural Bridge
North Adams Library
North Adams Museum of History and Science
The Porches Inn
Western Gateway Heritage State Park
Windsor Lake

OTIS
Spectacle Pond

PERU
Middlefield State Forest

PITTSFIELD
Arrowhead, Home of Herman Melville
Barrington Stage Company
The Berkshire Museum
The Colonial Theater
Hancock Shaker Village

RICHMOND
Hilltop Orchards Richmond

SANDISFIELD
Sandisfield State Forest
Spectacle Pond

SAVOY
Tannery Falls in the Savoy Mountain State Forest

SHEFFIELD
Bartholomew’s Cobble

STOCKBRIDGE
Berkshire Botanical Garden
Berkshire Theatre Festival
Chesterwood
Ice Glen Trail
Main Street
The Mission House
National Shrine of The Divine Mercy on Eden Hill
Norman Rockwell Museum
The Red Lion Inn

TYRINGHAM
Tyringham Cobble

WASHINGTON
Historic District

WEST STOCKBRIDGE
Baldwin Extracts

WILLIAMSTOWN
The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
Field Farm
Spring Street
The Orchards Hotel
Williams College Art Museum

Williams Inn

WINDSOR
Notchview Reservation
Windsor Jambs

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