In addition to great hiking trails, Bascom Lodge is nearby many great cultural attractions, activities, and areas of interest.

Art:

Storefront Artist Project, www.storefrontartist.org

Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, www.massmoca.org

Sterling and Francis Clark Art Institute, www.clarkart.edu/

Williams College Museum of Art, www.wcma.org

Berkshire Museum, www.berkshiremuseum.org

Chesterwood, http://www.chesterwood.org/index.php 

Ferrin Gallery, http://ferringallery.com/

Pittsfield Contemporary, www.pittsfieldcontemporary.com

Kolok Gallery, http://www.kolokgallery.com/

Sienna Gallery, http://www.siennagallery.com/

Greylock Arts, http://www.greylockarts.net/

Church Street Art Gallery, http://churchstreetart.com

Geoffrey Young Gallery, http://www.geoffreyyoung.com/

Theater:

Barrington Stage, www.barringtonstageco.org

Berkshire Theater Festival, http://www.berkshiretheatre.org/

Williamstown Theater Festival, http://www.wtfestival.org/

Shakespeare & Company, http://www.shakespeare.org/

Music:

The Colonial Theater, http://www.thecolonialtheater.org/

Tanglewood, http://www.bso.org/bso/index.jsp?id=bcat5240070

Dance:

Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival, http://www.jacobspillow.org/

Historic Sites:

Hancock Shaker Village, http://www.hancockshakervillage.org/accounts/28/homepage/

Ventfort Hall, http://www.gildedage.org/

Links:

Berkshire Botanical Garden, http://www.berkshirebotanical.org/

Berkshire Grown, www.berkshiregrown.org

Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area, http://www.upperhousatonicheritage.org

Hoosic River Watershed Association, http:hoorwa.org

Mount Greylock Visitors Center, http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/mtGreylock/

Williamstown Rural Lands Foundation, http://www.wrlf.org/about.html

Berkshire Visitors Bureau,  www.berkshires.org