Explore Amherst
The Town of Amherst Web Site
Amherst area information is provided along with a calendar of events, news, links, and town services. Annual Town Report.
ACTV
Amherst Community Television
ACT Community Service Center
Maintains a database of volunteer opportunities for Hampshire and Franklin Counties, and the North Quabbin region. Interested people can go online to find opportunties, call them on the phone, or visit them in person.
Amherst Chamber of Commerce
Provides the Chamber programs, calendar of events, business resources and their Members directory.
Amherst Profile
This site provides a lot of information about Amherst, including census, attractions, crime, businesses, education, environment, housing & real estate, and weather.
Amherst College.
Five-College Catalog; Amherst Weather
Amherst Community Profile
Directory and statistical information from the Dept. of Housing and Community Development.
Town of Amherst Data Book
Published by the Town of Amherst Planning Department. Provides demographic and socioeconomic data for Amherst and includes Amherst census counts from 1790 to the present.
Amherst History Museum
Information on the Amherst Historical Society's museum. Address and phone, collections, hours, programs and events.
Amherst Weather
Data collected by Amherst College and data collected by UMass Computer Science Dept.
Dakin Animal Shelter
Formerly Friends of Amherst's Stray Animals. Information on adoptions and membership, including biographies and pictures of animals up for adoption.
Emily Dickinson Homestead
Tours, hours, special exhibits for both Emily's house and her brother's house next door.
Five College Catalog
One library catalog for the libraries at all five colleges.
Five Colleges Guide
Contains their calendar of events, course schedule, buses,and area map in addition to information about 5-college departments and programs.
The Illustrated Guides
Large maps of Amherst, marked with locations of colleges, points of interest, and businesses.
League of Women Voters of Amherst
Provides listing of a list of town representatives and detailed explanation of Amherst Government.
Museums10
A website that brings together 10 musuems from this area, seven museums located on the local college campuses plus three neighboring museums. These museums allow visitors to "experience the art, books, and history of many periods and cultures." Includes a schedule of events for each museum.
New England Small Farm Institute
The Library at this institute is one of the largest specialized collections on small-scale farming and sustainable agriculture in the Northeast. The collection contains over 5,000 books, periodicals, documents, videos, and microforms. It's open to the public, but for a small fee ($10/year) members can borrow the materials. Members include active, beginning, and aspiring small farmers, Extension specialists, students, farmers transitioning to organic and sustainable practices, and policymakers.
PVTA
Pioneer Valley Transit Authority
UMass.
Five College Catalog; Off-Campus Housing.
UMass Transit System Maps
Maps and schedules for the bus system that serves the area around UMass campus. For a wider area go to the PVTA web site.
Western Massachusetts Master Gardeners' Association.
A non-profit organization, whose primary goal is to share gardening knowledge and skills with the public. They have telephone and email hotlines dedicated to answering gardening questions.