Amherst Center
in Hampshire County of Massachusetts, United States
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Westover ARB/Metropolitan Airport (13 mi) - Bradley International Airport (31 mi)
- Worcester Regional Airport (34 mi)
- Dillant Hopkins Airport (38 mi)
- Jaffrey Airport Silver Ranch Airport (40 mi)
- Manchester Airport (67 mi)
- Groton New London Airport (76 mi)
- General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport (77 mi)
- Tweed New Haven Airport (79 mi)
- La Guardia Airport (131 mi)
- John F Kennedy International Airport (136 mi)
- Statue of Liberty (Unesco heritage, 138 mi)
- Hickory Ridge Country Club (Golf course, 2 mi)
- The Orchards Golf Club (Golf course, 8 mi)
- Westover Golf Club (Golf course, 8 mi)
- Pine Grove Golf Course (Golf course, 9 mi)
- Ledges Municipal Golf Club (Golf course, 10 mi)
- Chicopee Country Club (Golf course, 13 mi)
- Wyckoff Country Club (Golf course, 13 mi)
- Ludlow Country Club (Golf course, 15 mi)
- Southampton Country Club (Golf course, 16 mi)
- The Country Club of Greenfield (Golf course, 17 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 42.375 and -72.519 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 42° 22' 31" and W -72° 31' 9"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Dollar - USD
- Spoken languages:
- English, Spanish, French
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 06:03 AM (Thursday)
- Timezone: America/New_York
- UTC/GMT offset: -10 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:49 am and 4:22 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -34.350 and 115.167 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Flinders Bay - References
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Safety Score: 2,7 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to United States.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning United States. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Discover Amherst Center
Amherst Center in Hampshire County (Massachusetts) with it's 19,065 citizens is a town in United States about 337 mi (or 543 km) north-east of Washington DC, the country's capital city.
Current time in Amherst Center is now 06:03 AM (Thursday). The local timezone is named America / New York with an UTC offset of -5 hours. We know of 11 airports near Amherst Center, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United States is Westover ARB/Metropolitan Airport in a distance of 13 mi (or 20 km), South. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There is one Unesco world heritage site nearby. It's Statue of Liberty in a distance of 138 mi (or 222 km), South-West. Also, if you like playing golf, there are a few options in driving distance. Looking for a place to stay? we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
When in this area, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Keene, Newfane, Hartford, Worcester and Newport. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 7°C / 45 °F
| Morning Temperature | 9°C / 47 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 8°C / 46 °F |
| Night Temperature | 8°C / 46 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 25% |
| Air Humidity | 89% |
| Air Pressure | 1000 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 12 km/h (7 mph) from West |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
| General Conditions | Heavy intensity rain |
Thursday, 21st of November 2024
8°C (46 °F)
3°C (37 °F)
Moderate rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Friday, 22nd of November 2024
7°C (44 °F)
6°C (43 °F)
Overcast clouds, moderate breeze.
Saturday, 23rd of November 2024
7°C (44 °F)
5°C (41 °F)
Scattered clouds, moderate breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
HOTEL UMASS
Courtyard Hadley Amherst
Holiday Inn Express & Suites AMHERST-HADLEY
University Lodge
UNIVERSITY LODGE
THE LORD JEFFERY INN
HOWARD JOHNSON EXPRESS INN - A
Econo Lodge Hadley
Comfort Inn Hadley - Amherst
KNIGHTS INN NORWOTTUCK HADLEY
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Amherst College
Amherst College is a private liberal arts college located in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. Amherst is an exclusively undergraduate four-year institution and enrolled 1,817 students in the fall of 2012. Students choose courses from 35 major programs in an unusually open curriculum. Amherst is ranked as the second best liberal arts college in the country by U.S. News & World Report, and ranked thirteenth out of all U.S. colleges and universities by Forbes.
Amherst Center, Massachusetts
Amherst Center is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Amherst in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 17,050 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Amherst Regional High School (Massachusetts)
Amherst Regional High School (ARHS) is a secondary school in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States, for students in grades 9–12. Together with Amherst Regional Middle School, it makes up the Amherst-Pelham Regional School District, which comprises the towns of Amherst, Pelham, Leverett, and Shutesbury, Massachusetts. Its official colors are maroon and white. ARHS's current principal is Mark Jackson.
Wilder Observatory
Wilder Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned by Amherst College. It is located on Snell Street in Amherst, Massachusetts (USA), and was designed by the architectural firm of McKim, Mead, and White. It was renovated in 2001, along with the telescope.
Mead Art Museum
Mead Art Museum is an art museum associated with Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts and is a member of Museums10. The Mead Art Museum has a wide ranging collection of approximately 18,000 items, with a particular strength in American art, including notable works of the Hudson River School and woodcut artist J. J. Lankes, as well as a wide range of European, Japanese, and Ancient art.
Amherst Center for Russian Culture
The Amherst Center for Russian Culture was created by Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts after the gift of a major collection of Russian books, manuscripts, periodicals and ephemera by Thomas P. Whitney in 1991. The Center has a particularly strong collection of works by and relating to Russian emigres. Subsequent major gifts of material have come from Dmitri Tarasenkov and George Ivask.
Beneski Museum of Natural History, Amherst College
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. The Museum is located in the Beneski Earth Sciences Building, completed in 2006. It is a member of Museums10.
Hitchcock Ichnological Cabinet
The Hitchcock Ichnological Cabinet is a collection of fossil footmarks assembled between 1836 and 1865 by Edward Hitchcock (1793–1864), noted American geologist, state geologist of Massachusetts, USA, and President of Amherst College. Begun when the science of ichnology (the study of tracks) was unknown and made chiefly from the fossils of the Connecticut River Valley, by 1875 this collection consisted of 21,773 tracks representing 120 species.
Amity Street
Amity Street is a main east-west street in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. It is the continuation of Main Street, being renamed Amity Street west of Pleasant Street, which is the main north-south street in Amherst. Emily Dickinson lived on Main Street, while Eugene Field lived on 219 Amity Street. The street is about one mile (1.6 km) south of the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus and 0.3 miles west of the town common. Route 9 runs about 0.5 miles south of Amity Street.
The Octagon at Amherst College
The foundation thus laid by Andrew Lawrence will hereafter sustain the instruments of modern society to draw from the skies a knowledge of the stars - to demonstrate to men the Glory of God, and the magnificence of His works, - and to show to their wondering minds that "the thousand brilliant worlds which circle round Him, are governed by one law, and that in wisdom 'He has made them all'" The Octagon at Amherst College was the first natural history museum and observatory on campus.
Henry F. Hills House South
The Hills House South, is a former dormitory in Amherst, Massachusetts named for the late Henry F. Hills, who was an early proponent of bringing an agricultural college to the Amherst area. It was a part of the Central Residential Area at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Alexander E. Cance House
Alexander E. Cance House, also known as Cance Hall, is a dormitory in Amherst, Massachusetts named for the late Alexander E. Cance, who was a Professor of Agricultural Economics from 1909 to 1942, and Head of the Department of Agricultural Economics from 1912 to 1935. It is part of the Southwest Residential Area at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The building is designed in the Modernist architecture style.
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