Book and Plow Farm
Book and Plow Farm is a farm in Town of Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Book and Plow Farm is situated nearby to the park Hitchcock Field, as well as near the oxbow.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mead Art Museum and Beneski Museum of Natural History.
Mead Art Museum
Museum
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 3,200 feet northwest of Book and Plow Farm.
Beneski Museum of Natural History
Museum
The Beneski Museum of Natural History, Amherst College, is located on the campus of Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts. It showcases fossils and minerals collected locally and abroad, many by past and present students and professors. Beneski Museum of Natural History is situated 3,400 feet northwest of Book and Plow Farm.
Emily Dickinson Museum
Museum
Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
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 1 mile northwest of Book and Plow Farm.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Amherst and East Village Historic District.
Amherst
Photo: AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
East Village Historic District
Neighborhood
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.
South Amherst
Suburb
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 1½ miles south of Book and Plow Farm.
Book and Plow Farm
- Type: Farm
- Category: agriculture
- Location: Town of Amherst, Hampshire, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.36431° or 42° 21′ 52″ northLongitude
-72.50746° or 72° 30′ 27″ westOperator
Amherst CollegeOpen location code
87J99F7V+P2OpenStreetMap ID
node 13378538152OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=farmyard
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Highlights include Hitchcock Field and the oxbow.
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