The Mount, Lenox

Name: The Mount
Address: 2 Plunkett St, Lenox, 01240-2704, United States
Telephone: +1 413-551-5111

#1 among attractions in Lenox

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The Mount is a country house in Lenox, Massachusetts, the home of noted American author Edith Wharton, who designed the house and its grounds and considered it her "first real home." The estate, located in The Berkshires, is open to the public. The property was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1971. ()

Alternative names: Built: 1902 (122 years ago)Coordinates: 42°19'52"N, 73°16'55"W

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2 Plunkett StLenox 01240-2704 United States

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+1 413-551-5111

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The Mount – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Norman Rockwell Museum, Naumkeag, Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum, Greenock Country Club.

4.1 miSW
Museum, Art gallery, Art museum
Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge
104 min walk • The Norman Rockwell Museum is an art museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, dedicated to the art of Norman Rockwell. It is home to the world's largest collection of original Rockwell art.
3.3 miSW
Museum, History museum, Garden
Naumkeag, Stockbridge
86 min walk • Naumkeag is the former country estate of noted New York City lawyer Joseph Hodges Choate and Caroline Dutcher Sterling Choate, located at 5 Prospect Hill Road, Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
1.5 miN
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum, Lenox
39 min walk • Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum is a historic, Jacobean-style mansion and museum located at 104 Walker Street, Lenox, Massachusetts. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
2.2 miSE
42°18'15"N • 73°15'32"W
Greenock Country Club, Lee
56 min walk • Outdoor activities, Golf
2.4 miNE
Museum
Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum, Lenox
61 min walk • The Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum is a railroad museum located in Lenox, Massachusetts, United States, that offers historical exhibits. The museum was founded in 1984 as a not-for-profit organization. During the 1980s and 2003-2011 it offered tourist train rides between Lenox and Stockbridge on the Housatonic Railroad right-of-way.
3.3 miSW
Botanical garden, Garden, Park
Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge
85 min walk • The Berkshire Botanical Garden, is a 15-acre botanical garden in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, United States. Its collections contain over 3,000 species and varieties, with an emphasis on plants that thrive in the Berkshires.
1.5 miNW
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
Frelinghuysen Morris House and Studio, Lenox
39 min walk • The Frelinghuysen Morris House and Studio is a historic house museum and former art studio in Lenox and Stockbridge, Massachusetts. The house and studio were home to American Abstract Artists George L.K. Morris and Suzy Frelinghuysen. The studio was built in Bauhaus style in 1930 by Morris and his friend George Sanderson.
3.3 miSW
Sacred and religious sites, Church, National park
National Shrine of The Divine Mercy, Stockbridge
84 min walk • The National Shrine of The Divine Mercy is a Catholic shrine located in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. The priests and Catholic and brothers of the Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary have resided on Eden Hill in Stockbridge, since June 1944.
1.8 miN
Library
Lenox Library, Lenox
47 min walk • The Lenox Library is the principal public library of Lenox, Massachusetts. It is managed by the non-profit Lenox Library Association, founded in 1856, and is located at 18 Main Street, in a former county courthouse that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
1.9 miN
Universities and schools
Lenox Academy, Lenox
50 min walk • Lenox Academy is a historic school building at 65 Main Street in Lenox, Massachusetts. Built in 1802-03 as a private academy, it was the first secondary school to open in Berkshire County.
2.2 miN
Church
Church on the Hill, Lenox
58 min walk • The Church on the Hill is a historic church building at 169 Main Street in Lenox, Massachusetts. Built in 1805, it is one of a small number of surviving Federal period churches in the region. Its congregation, gathered in 1769, belongs to the United Church of Christ, and its offices are located at 55 Main Street.

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When is The Mount open?

The Mount is open:

Monday closed
Tuesday closed
Wednesday closed
Thursday closed
Friday closed
Saturday 11 am - 4 pm
Sunday 11 am - 4 pm