Northampton, MA

united states

Northampton anchors western Massachusetts' Pioneer Valley, about 100 miles from Boston via Route 9 and the Mass Pike. I-91 runs north-south through town, connecting to Vermont and Connecticut, while local routes serve nearby Amherst and Springfield. This college town centers around Smith College, whose botanical garden houses the Northeast's largest indoor tropical plant collection in the historic 1895 Lyman Plant House.