Lanesboro

Welcome to Lanesboro

Drive Times from Major Cities

• From Albany, NY: About 1 hour
  
  
• From New York, NY: About 3 hours 15 minutes
  
  
• From Boston, MA: About 3 hours
  
  
• From Springfield, MA: About 1 hour 20 minutes

Community Resources and Amenities

• Located just 20 minutes from Lanesboro, the City of Pittsfield owns and operates Pittsfield Municipal Airport (PSF).
  
  
• The airport serves regional carriers such as Linear Air, as well as charter and private planes.

• Lanesborough Public Library offers author lectures, story times for preschool children, museum passes, and other programs for town residents.

• Lanesboro and Williamstown form Mount Greylock Regional School District, which consists of one school serving students in grades 7-12. Student enrollment is about 600.
  
  
• Lanesborough has its own public elementary school, Lanesborough Elementary, for students from preK to grade 6.
  
  
• Charter, private, and parochial schools are located in nearby communities.

• Lanesboro is known for its many agricultural businesses, including orchards and farms that raise produce and meat.
  
  
• Family-owned and operated Lakeview Orchard raises apples, apricots, cherries, peaches, plums, and traditional and Asian pears.
  
  
• Lanesboro's Red Shirt Farm is a family-owned farm that raises pesticide-free and herbicide-free produce as well as heritage turkeys, pigs, and chickens.

Health Care Resources

• Berkshire Health Systems serves as the major health care provider in the region.
  
  
• A 307-bed hospital located in Pittsfield, Berkshire Medical Center is BHS's flagship hospital. BMC has won honors from the American Heart Association, American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer, and the American College of Radiology for its high level of patient care and services.

• Pittsfield is the headquarters for the Berkshire Visiting Nurse Association, which provides in-home medical services to residents throughout Berkshire County.

Recreation and Culture

• The Ashuwillticook Rail Trail extends through Lanesboro, Adams, and Cheshire.
  
  
• Eleven miles long and paved, the rail trail is used for biking, walking, running, and cross-country skiing.

• Pontoosuc Lake straddles the border between Lanesboro and Pittsfield.
  
  
• Covering 480 acres with a maximum depth of 35 feet, Pontoosuc Lake is a popular recreational lake for fishing, boating, and water skiing.
  
  
• Pontoosuc Lake real estate includes homes with lake frontage.

• Located in nearby Hancock, Jiminy Peak offers year-round recreational activities from skiing and snowboarding to mountain biking.
  
  
• The largest ski and snowboard resort in southern New England, Jiminy Peak is the only mountain resort in North America powered by wind energy.

• People who own homes in Lanesboro are surrounded by Berkshire County museums and historic sites. One of the nearest is the Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield.
  
  
• Open year-round, the Berkshire Museum is a major museum focusing on art, history, and natural science

Lanesboro's agricultural history gives it a wealth of working farms and orchards. They include these two family-owned enterprises, Lakeview Orchards (left) and Red Shirt Farm, (right).