Charlemont is a town in Franklin County, in the Pioneer Valley region of Massachusetts.
Understand
The town of Charlemont is a rural town on The Mohawk Trail Scenic Byway.
Get in
Massachusetts Route 2 (The Mohawk Trail Scenic Byway) is the main route through Charlemont from the East, and West.
Get around
See
- Mohawk Park, 511 MA-2, 42.639851°, -72.912933°. Roadside park featuring the monument Hail To The Sunrise, a bronze statue depicting a Native American looking East in the direction of the rising sun. Free
- Bissell Covered Bridge, 39 N Heath Rd, 42.631661°, -72.868866°. Covered Bridge over the Mill Brook with viewing area. Free
Do
- Berkshire East Ski Resort, 66 Thunder Mountain Rd, 42.621186°, -72.877472°, +1 413-339-6618. Ski resort offering 45 ski runs, snow tubing, Zip Lines, downhill mountain bike park, and an Alpine Coaster.
- Zoar Outdoor Adventure, 7 Main St, 42.627633°, -72.883826°, +1 413-339-4010. An outdoor adventure company offering white water rafting on the Deerfield River (features class II,III, and IV rapids)
- Mohawk Trail State Forest, Cold River Rd, 42.636694°, -72.935439°, +1 413-339-5504. A 7,700 acre State Forest that offers campsites, cabin rentals, swimming, trails for hiking, and cross-country skiing, and some of the last remaining pre-settlement old growth forest as well as the only remaining tract of Virgin forest in New England (Cold River Virgin Forest).