Top Things to do in Berkshires
Top Hotels in Berkshires
- 1. LakeHouse Inn
- 2. Cornell Inn Lenox
- 3. Vacation Village in the Berkshires
- 4. Fairfield Inn & Suites Great Barrington Lenox/Berkshires
- 5. MAPLE TERRACE MOTEL
- 6. Hampton Inn & Suites Berkshires Lenox
- 7. Cornell Inn Lenox
- 8. Yankee Inn
- 9. The Black Swan Inn Lee - Lenox, Ascend Hotel Collection
- 10. Seven Hills Inn
What to do and see in Berkshires, Berkshires: The Best Waterfalls
The Berkshires are home to an impressive collection of cultural and historic sights. Get your fill of music, art and theater at Tanglewood, the Boston Symphony's summer home, MASS MoCA, the country's largest contemporary art center, the Norman Rockwell Museum and the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Recreational opportunities also abound, including snowshoeing, snowboarding, skiing, rafting, kayaking, fishing and golf. The Berkshires are an easy drive, just two and a half hours from Boston and New York.
Restaurants in Berkshires
1. Race Brook Falls
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 22 reviews
Reviewed By Flintstone1234 - Simsbury, United States
This is a beautiful hike that includes two awesome waterfalls. There is a tiny parking lot that holds approx. 10 cars. It is at 716 S. Undermountain Rd; Sheffield, MA. The trail starts with an easy 0.2 mile walk from the parking lot to a fork. To the right of the fork is a fairly steep 0.3 mile hike to the "first falls". The last 0.1 mile gets a little confusing since some trees are down. Just keep going in approximately the same direction (or aim for the sound of the waterfall). It's a beautiful view of the waterfall from the bottom, or one can go a bit farther and climb some very difficult boulders to go higher. Starting back at the fork 0.2 miles from the parking lot, the left trail goes to the "upper falls". It is approx. 1.0 miles from the fork to the falls. It is a steep, bumpy hike, crossing the river a few times. After the first river crossing the trail makes a "U" turn to the left immediately after the crossing. After reaching the falls, one can continue approx. 0.5 miles to the campsite, then another 0.2 miles to the intersection with the Appalachian Trail (AT). It's a total of approx. 1.9 miles from the AT to the parking lot.
2. Cascade Waterfall
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 66 reviews
Reviewed By 581colleenc - Troy, United States
During Covid-19 we are trying to do anything that involves outdoors! When we arrived the GPS sent us right to the entrance of the falls where it's private property and you can NOT park, but there is instructions right there saying to go down the street and park at the YMCA. From the parking lot there is signs to follow through a cute neighborhood that is a quick .3 mile walk that goes right to the entrance of the trail. I have done many hiking trails with my family and by FAR this is the EASIEST!!! It was well manicured and maintained 2 little bridges to pass over, beautiful sounds and sights to see going up the .7 mile trail to the enormous falls. It was not busy at all and people were for the most part polite and moved over as new groups came through. Definitely will go again and take nature in!
3. Campbell Falls
4. Tannery Falls
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 18 reviews
Reviewed By Travelersjkt - Boston, United States
It's a very nice falls. There are two of them. On the one to your right that you first come to (it's not Tannery Falls) as you descend the mostly-stair-stepped route, walk closer to it over the rocks and you will see a swirling pool at the bottom of the first level of these falls. Don't miss seeing that. Then you continue to go down and see Tannery Falls to your left. We took a lot of great pictures. It doesn't look like it but you can walk down along the edge of the flow. There are some nice views down there as well. It's a very short walk from the parking lot, and not a long way down at all. We did go down the dirt road mentioned in another post. It was fine. Actually very smooth for a dirt road. It's nothing that you need high ground clearance or 4 wheel drive or anything. Make sure you drive over the little bridge that goes over the water/lake on your left that feeds one of the falls. The parking lot is right on the other side with plenty of parking. We really enjoyed the short hike.
5. March Cataract Falls
Overall Ratings
3.0 based on 1 reviews
