Adamsville, Colrain, Massachusetts Explained

Adamsville is a settlement in the municipality of Colrain, Massachusetts.[1] [2]

Geography

Adamsville is bounded by Heath to the west, Shelburne to the south, Halifax to the north, and the Leyden border to the east. It is connected via a bridge over the Connecticut River to Greenfield. Greenfield is famous for Rocky Mountain Park, the Stoneleigh-Burnham School and Greenfield Community College.

Amenities

Around Colrain visitors can find a diverse landscape of valleys, low hills and slopes, and farms with fertile plain. The various villages have buildings clustered and scattered. The small Adamsville community is the extreme northwest corner of Colrain, not far from the Vermont and Massachusetts border and the Town of Heath. From Adamsville one can hike northeast to H.O. Cook State Forest to an elevation of 722 feet, or west through the Town of Heath to reach Pelham Lake Park in the Town of Rowe, Massachusetts.[3] [4] [5]

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Adamsville Populated Place Profile. A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada. July 10, 2015.
  2. http://www.citymelt.com/city/Massachusetts/Colrain+Town-MA/Geography.html Adamsville, Massachusetts (Franklin County)
  3. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mafrankl/zcol.html Genealogy in Franklin County, Massachusetts
  4. http://massachusetts.hometownlocator.com/ma/franklin/adamsville.cfm Adamsville Populated Place Profile
  5. http://www.franklincountyhistory.com/colrain/everts/11.html ADAMSVILLE is a small agricultural settlement