Franklin Regional Transit Authority Pioneer Valley Transit Authority (connects with Connecticut Transit Hartford rail) Leisure activities and places of historical interest Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Museum Arrowhead (Herman Melville) Basketball Hall of Fame The Big E Clark Art Institute The Five Colleges: Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, and UMass Amherst Forest Park in Springfield – one of the largest urban parks in the U.S., featuring a zoo and Bright Nights during the holidays Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art Historic Deerfield Emily Dickinson Museum: The Homestead and The Evergreens Jacob's Pillow MassMoCA National Yiddish Book Center The Quadrangle Dr. Seuss Memorial The Mount Norman Rockwell Museum Tanglewood Six Flags New England J. A. Skinner State Park The Springfield Armory National Park Springfield, Massachusetts' Club Quarter Yankee Candle Shelburne Falls Bridge of Flowers Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum Wistariahurst Outdoor recreation Appalachian Trail Ashuwillticook Rail Trail Bash Bish Falls State Park Berkshire East Ski Area The Berkshires Blandford Ski Area Bosquet Ski Area Connecticut River Deerfield River Farmington River Jiminy Peak Lake Buel Lake Onota Mount Everett State Reservation Mount Greylock Mount Holyoke Mount Tom Otis Reservoir Pittsfield State Forest Quabbin Reservoir Ski Butternut—Great Barrington Westfield River See also Area code 413 Cooperating Colleges of Greater Springfield Five College Consortium Geography of Massachusetts List of counties in Massachusetts Seven Sisters (colleges) Citations General and cited references Local history blog. External links Western Massachusetts Economic Development Council Western Mass culture, arts, and tourism, Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism Western Massachusetts Map (modern)—YellowMaps Western Massachusetts 1855 Bowles—Old State Map Reprint—1855 map at Old Maps Regions of Massachusetts