West Pelham

West Pelham is a hamlet in Town of Pelham, Hampshire, Massachusetts. West Pelham is situated nearby to the neighborhood East Village Historic District, as well as near the suburb East Amherst.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Orient and Emily Dickinson Museum.

Mount Orient

Peak

Mount Orient, 955 feet, is a south-facing high point on an upland plateau overlooking the Connecticut River Valley in Pelham, Massachusetts. Although the summit is wooded, a lower, south-facing ledge of exfoliating metamorphic rock provides views of the Holyoke Range and the east-central Pioneer Valley.

Emily Dickinson Museum

Museum

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The Emily Dickinson Museum is a historic house museum consisting of two houses: the Dickinson Homestead and the Evergreens. The Dickinson Homestead was the birthplace and home from 1855 to 1886 of 19th-century American poet Emily Dickinson, whose poems were discovered in her bedroom there after her death. Emily Dickinson Museum is situated 2½ miles west of West Pelham.

Mead Art Museum

Museum

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Mead Art Museum houses the fine art collection of Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts. Opened in 1949, the building is named after architect William Rutherford Mead, of the prestigious architectural firm McKim, Mead & White. Mead Art Museum is situated 2½ miles west of West Pelham.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Village Historic District and Amherst.

East Village Historic District

Neighborhood

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The East Village Historic District is a historic district encompassing the center of the East Village of Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. It includes properties on Main Street, North East Street, and South East Street. East Village Historic District is situated 1½ miles west of West Pelham.

Amherst

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Amherst is a town in the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts. Amherst is home to about 35,000 residents as well as the campuses of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst College, and Hampshire College.

South Amherst

Suburb

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South Amherst is a census-designated place in the town of Amherst in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 4,994 at the 2010 census. South Amherst is situated 3 miles southwest of West Pelham.

West Pelham

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Town of Pelham, Hampshire, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.37787° or 42° 22′ 40″ north

Longitude

-72.47036° or 72° 28′ 13″ west

Elevation

361 feet (110 metres)

Open location code

87J99GHH+4V

OpenStreetMap ID

node 158858808

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

4955054

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