Florida (Massachusetts)
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Florida is a small town in the Berkshire Hills area of Massachusetts.
Understand
The town of Florida is one of the least populated Towns in all of Massachusetts. As such Florida does not have any restaurants,Gas Stations, Bars , Our much of anything in the way of businesses. Most of the businesses a traveler would look for in that case will be found in the neighboring city of North Adams. Route 2 (The Mohawk Trail) is the only main road in town, because of this most of the towns population is concentrated along this route.
History
Most of what is now Florida was originally a grant to the town of Bernardston, Massachusetts made sometime before 1771. The town was first settled around 1783 by Dr. Daniel Nelson. The town was incorporated and named "Florida" in 1805.Get in
- Florida is located on the Mohawk Trail (Route 2) east of North Adams.
Get around
The only way to get around Florida is by car our by Foot. There is no public transportation into our out of the town.
See
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address: 260 Central Shaft RoadYear-round 8AM-dusk. With over 50 miles of trails on 1000 acres, several fine ponds, a fifty-foot waterfall and camping in an old apple orchard (see Sleep section below), this is one of the jewels of the Massachusetts park system. Access is free, a $5 fee is charged from mid-May through Columbus Day for parking only at North Pond day-use area and for visitors to the campground. Parking is free for ParksPass holders, vehicles with Handicapped, POW, disabled veteran plates/placard, and seniors 62 and above with the Massachusetts Senior Pass.Hoosic.jpg
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The Hoosac Tunnel
address: River RdA active railroad tunnel through the Hoosac Range, an extension of Vermont's Green Mountains. It remains the longest active transportation tunnel east of the Rocky Mountains, the sixth longest railroad tunnel in North America, and a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark since 1975.
Sleep
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address: 229 Mohawk TrailThe only lodging in the town of Florida is this mountain top hotel with sweeping views of the Northern Berkshires.
- For more hotels and motels look to North Adams.
Camping
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address: 260 Central Shaft RoadYear-round camping is available only in four log cabins at South Pond. For other sites camping season is from mid-May to mid-October. Reservations are suggested. Campground office hours are 9AM-9PM. There are 45 tent sites and one group site that accommodates 25 people in an old apple orchard. Pets OK, with restrictions. No alcohol. No lifeguards.