North Adams

Welcome to North Adams

Drive Times from Major Cities

• From Albany, NY: 1 hour 10 minutes
  
  
• From New York, NY: About 3 hours 45 minutes
  
  
• From Boston, MA: About 3 hours 15 minutes
  
  
• From Pittsfield, MA: About 40 minutes
  
  
• From Springfield, MA: About 1 hour, 25 minutes

Community Resources and Amenities

• This helpful City of North Adams resource covers everything from cable and internet service to utility providers.

• Established in 1884.
  
  
• Renovated in 2005 as Massachusetts' first green library with solar panels and geothermal heating. LEED certified.
  
  
• Youth programs include toddler and preschool story time, elementary school-aged programs, family yoga.

• North Adams Public Schools consists of three elementary schools, Brayton, Greylock, and Colegrove Park, and Drury High School.
  
  
• Drury High School serves North Adams and several adjacent towns.
  
  
• Each elementary school offers PreK programs that run from Monday to Friday during the school year.

• Tuition-free, college prep charter school serving grades 6–12 in Berkshire County.
  
  
• Offers a classic college prep curriculum with a focus on arts and technology.

• Serves grades 9–12.
  
  
• Part of the Northern Berkshire Vocational Regional School District, the first vocational regional school district in Massachusetts.
  
  
• Serves the communities of Adams, Clarksburg, Cheshire, Florida, Lanesborough, Monroe, Savoy, Williamstown, and North Adams.

Health Care Resources

• Part of the Berkshire Medical Center system.
  
  
• Provides 24-hour emergency care, outpatient clinical and diagnostic services, outpatient surgery, and health and wellness programs.
  
  
• Access to primary care is provided through Williamstown Medical of BMC and Berkshire Osteopathic Health of BMC.
  
  
• Northern Berkshire Specialty Practices of BMC is located at the North Adams Campus. Provides specialty care in cardiology, oncology, physical therapy and rehab, and more.
  
  
• Berkshire OB/GYN of BMC located in nearby Adams provides comprehensive womens health services in Northern Berkshire County.

• Newborn care, well checkups, school and sports physicals, immunizations, sick child treatment, pregnancy testing, and lead testing.

Recreation and Culture

• This resource from the North Adams Chamber of Commerce includes museums and art galleries in and near North Adams.

• The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art makes its home in a converted complex of 19th-century mill buildings that once housed Sprague Electric Company.
  
  
• Permanent and visiting exhibitions focus on contemporary art forms.
  
  
• Offers a venue for music, dance, film, and theater. Open year-round with free parking.
  
  
• Full-service restaurant, cafes, and a microbrewery.

Nature and art share equal billing in North Adams. MASS MoCA (left) and Natural Bridge State Park (right) are two well-known attractions in this North Berkshire town.