Deerfield (Massachusetts) - town in Massachusetts

Deerfield is a small town in Franklin County in western Massachusetts. It is home to Deerfield Academy prep school.

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Get around

See

• Magic Wings Butterfly Conservatory, 281 Greenfield Road, +1 413 665-2805. Daily 9AM-5PM (6PM in summer). Gardens, fountains and, of course, butterflies.
• Memorial Hall Museum, +1 413 772-0845. Daily May-Oct 11AM-5PM. $6/$3
• Historic Deerfield. Daily 9:30AM - 4:30AM. Old Main Street (off U.S. Route 5), (413) 775-7214. Historic Deerfield is a collection of antique homes built between 1730 and 1850, on a 330 year-old street. The museum has an extensive collection of early Americana furnishings in the museum homes. $14/$5

Do

Buy

• Antiques from antique dealers along U.S. Route 5
• Yankee Candle Village. The flagship location of what is now a nationwide chain of candle stores.

Eat

Drink

Sleep

• Red Roof Inn, 9 Greenfield Road, +1 413-665-7161. South Deerfield.
• Deerfield Inn, 81 Main Street, +1 413-774-5587. $125-$135

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