Arrowhead
Arrowhead, also known as the Herman Melville House, is a historic house museum in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
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A museum inside Pittsfield
Places to stay about a mile away
Berkshire Mountain Lodge is 0.8 miles away; Holiday Inn Express & Suites Pittsfield-Lenox-Berkshires by IHG (0.9 mi) and Comfort Inn (0.9 mi) are close too. 32 places to stay are within 4 miles. Hotels nearby ↓
Winters are cold
January nights drop to 14°. When to go ↓
Established in 1780
Arrowhead dates from 1780. About ↓
Best months: May, Jun, Jul, Aug and Sep
May, June, July, August and September are the mild months, with highs of 69–81°. When to go ↓
Written from NOAA 1991–2020 normals, Overture places to stay, Census town figures, Wikidata and Wikipedia.
Weather, month by month
Typical highs and lows in Pittsfield. Green months are the mild ones.
Arrowhead
Arrowhead, also known as the Herman Melville House, is a historic house museum in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. It was the home of American author Herman Melville from 1850 to 1863. Melville wrote several of his major works at Arrowhead, including the novels Moby-Dick, Pierre (dedicated to nearby Mount Greylock), The Confidence-Man, and Israel Potter; The Piazza Tales (a short story collection named for Arrowhead's porch); and magazine stories such as "I and My Chimney."
- Type
- Museum
- Established
- 1780
- Listed
- National Historic Landmark · National Register of Historic Places (1966)
- Wikipedia readers
- 7.3K a year
Hotels near Arrowhead
32 places to stay within 4 miles. The closest is Berkshire Mountain Lodge, 0.8 miles away.
Closest places to stay
- 1Berkshire Mountain Lodgelodge or cabins · 0.8 mi westDirections
- 2Holiday Inn Express & Suites Pittsfield-Lenox-Berkshires by IHGhotel · 0.9 mi southwestDirections
- 3Comfort Innhotel · 0.9 mi southwestDirections
- 4Hilton Garden Inn Lenox Pittsfieldhotel · 1.0 mi southwestDirections
- 5Lenox Innmotel · 1.0 mi southwestDirections
- 6Wagon Wheel Innmotel · 1.1 mi southwestDirections
- 7Knights Inn Lenoxhotel · 1.2 mi southwestDirections
- 8Berkshire Innshotel · 1.2 mi southwestDirections
- 9Yankee Inninn or B&B · 1.3 mi southwestDirections
- 10Hampton Inn & Suiteshotel · 1.3 mi southwestDirections
Places to eat nearby
19 restaurants, cafés and bars within 1½ miles
Compare 8 towns to stay in
| Town | From Arrowhead | Drive | Places to stay | People | Typical home | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsfield | in town | — | 24 15 hotels · 2 motels · 1 inn or B&B · 3 lodges & cabins · 3 campgrounds | 42,909 | $257K | C− |
| Lenox | 3 mi south | 5 min | 32 11 hotels · 2 motels · 18 inns & B&Bs · 1 campground | 5,059 | $467K | B− |
| Lee | 8 mi south | 10 min | 21 9 hotels · 1 motel · 10 inns & B&Bs · 1 lodge or cabins | 5,673 | $353K | B− |
| Great Barrington | 14 mi south | 20 min | 19 7 hotels · 3 motels · 7 inns & B&Bs · 1 lodge or cabins · 1 campground | 7,239 | $494K | B− |
| Lanesborough | 8 mi north | 10 min | 9 1 hotel · 1 motel · 3 inns & B&Bs · 2 lodges & cabins · 2 campgrounds | 2,999 | $299K | — |
| Hancock 62% vacation homes | 9 mi northwest | 15 min | 8 4 hotels · 1 motel · 1 inn or B&B · 2 campgrounds | 748 | $376K | — |
| Stockbridge 43% vacation homes | 9 mi southwest | 15 min | 7 2 hotels · 5 inns & B&Bs | 1,982 | $600K | B+ |
| Williamstown | 19 mi north | 30 min | 22 6 hotels · 6 motels · 10 inns & B&Bs | 9,186 | $437K | B+ |
Getting there
Nearest airports with airline service
Also near Arrowhead
Other well-known places within 57 miles.
6 mi TheatreTanglewood
16 mi MountainMount Greylock
10 mi MuseumNorman Rockwell Museum
40 mi National Historic SiteSpringfield Armory National Historic Site14K visitors a year
57 mi National Historic SiteHome of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site102K visitors a year
20 mi MuseumClark Art Institute
42 mi Theme parkSix Flags New England
49 mi LakeQuabbin ReservoirPhoto credits
Tanglewood: Daderot., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mount Greylock: Jstergis, CC BY 3.0 · Norman Rockwell Museum: User:Rmrfstar, CC BY 2.5 · Springfield Armory National Historic Site: National Park Service, Public domain · Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site: Crunch, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Clark Art Institute: Daderot, Public domain · Six Flags New England: Canadaolympic989, Public domain · Quabbin Reservoir: engineerchange, CC BY 2.0
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Visiting Arrowhead
Is Arrowhead in Pittsfield?
Yes. It’s inside Pittsfield, MA.
When is the best time to visit Arrowhead?
May, June, July, August and September, with highs of 69–81°.
What is the closest airport to Arrowhead?
Albany (ALB), about 36 miles away.
What hotels are near Arrowhead?
Berkshire Mountain Lodge (0.8 mi), Holiday Inn Express & Suites Pittsfield-Lenox-Berkshires by IHG (0.9 mi) and Comfort Inn (0.9 mi). 32 places to stay are within 4 miles.
Tips from people in Pittsfield
No tips yet. Ask, or answer, in Pittsfield’s Town Square.
Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · NOAA climate normals · U.S. Census.