John Adams Tower, Amherst

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The University of Massachusetts Amherst housing system is made up of six dormitory areas, two apartment areas, and one hotel. At UMass Amherst, first year students are required to live on campus. Housing is open to all full-time undergraduate students, regardless of year. Upper-class students who have continuously lived on campus during their first and sophomore years are guaranteed housing as long as they choose to live on campus. If, however, a student is admitted after their sophomore year, or moves off campus, and wants to move back onto campus, they are not guaranteed housing, but instead must go through a housing lottery, since demand outstrips supply. Building and room selection is accomplished by a complex system that takes into account building seniority as well as class year; those choosing to move from their building are subject to a lottery system, There are around 12,700 students living on-campus. making it have the third-largest on-campus residential population in the United States. ()

Coordinates: 42°22'55"N, 72°31'44"W

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161 Fearing StAmherst United States

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John Adams Tower – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mullins Center, University Museum of Contemporary Art, Campus Pond, Old Chapel.

0.6 miNW
Convention center, Basketball, Hockey
Mullins Center, Amherst
15 min walk • The William D. Mullins Memorial Center, also known as the Mullins Center, is a 9,493-seat multi-purpose arena, located on the campus of the University of Massachusetts, in Amherst, Massachusetts.
0.5 miN
Museum, Art museum, Modern art museum
University Museum of Contemporary Art, Amherst
12 min walk • The University Museum of Contemporary Art is a contemporary art museum on the campus of the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The UMCA has been housed in the university's Fine Arts Center since 1975, after the university began collecting works in 1962.
0.5 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Campus Pond, Amherst
14 min walk • The Campus Pond at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is a pond located in the center of campus that was created in the early 1890s. It is bordered to the south by the Fine Arts Center.
0.5 miN
Church, Romanesque revival architecture, Romanesque architecture
Old Chapel, Amherst
13 min walk • Old Chapel, formerly known as the Old Chapel Library is a former library on the campus of the University of Massachusetts Amherst that is on the National Register of Historic Places.
~1850 ftNE
Music and shows, Nightlife, Music venue
Fine Arts Center, Amherst
9 min walk • The Randolph W. Bromery Center for the Arts at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is an arts center located just north of downtown Amherst, Massachusetts and contains a concert hall and a contemporary art gallery.
0.6 miE
Emily Dickinson, Cemetery
Amherst West Cemetery, Amherst
15 min walk • Amherst West Cemetery is a historic cemetery on Triangle Street in Amherst, Massachusetts. The 4 acres cemetery was first laid out in 1730, when the voters of Hadley elected to establish a new burying ground in its eastern precinct. When the area was separated as Amherst in 1786, the property was taken over by the newly established town.
0.5 miSE
Museum, History museum, Georgian architecture
Strong House, Amherst
14 min walk • The Strong House is a historic house at 67 Amity Street in Amherst, Massachusetts. Built about 1744, it is one of Amherst's oldest surviving houses, and a fine example of mid-18th century Connecticut River Valley architecture.
0.6 miN
Art gallery, Museum, Universities and schools
University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst
15 min walk • The University of Massachusetts Amherst is a public research university in Amherst, Massachusetts and the sole public land-grant university in Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
0.5 miN
Library
W. E. B. Du Bois Library, Amherst
14 min walk • The W. E. B. Du Bois Library is one of the three libraries of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, the others being the Science and Engineering Library, and the Wadsworth Library at the Mount Ida Campus. The W. E. B.
0.6 miSE
Library
Jones Library, Amherst
15 min walk • The Jones Library of Amherst, Massachusetts is a public library with three locations, the main building and two branches. The library was established in 1919 by a fund set up in the will of lumberman Samuel Minot Jones.
~440 ftNW
42°22'58"N • 72°31'47"W
Hampden Gallery, Amherst
3 min walk • Museum

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Which popular attractions are close to John Adams Tower?

Nearby attractions include Hampden Gallery, Amherst (3 min walk), Calvin Coolidge Tower, Amherst (4 min walk), John F. Kennedy Tower, Amherst (5 min walk), Fine Arts Center, Amherst (9 min walk).