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Best Things to Do in Great Barrington, MA

Mountain views, literary history and Norman Rockwell’s art fill a Berkshires weekend in Great Barrington.

Monument Mountain

Writers such as Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville found inspiration on this popular mountain, whose trails reward you with wide views.

Norman Rockwell Museum

About 15 minutes away in Stockbridge, the museum’s permanent collection holds more than 900 original works by Norman Rockwell.

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Berkshire Botanical Garden

This historic garden in Stockbridge, created in 1934, is a calm place to see flowering plants, vegetable beds and mature trees.

The Mount

Tour the former home of author Edith Wharton, with elegant interiors and a garden that she designed herself.

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