DESTINATION AMERICA
MASSACHUSETTS - THE BAY STATE

MASSACHUSETTS STATE GUIDE

Massachusetts is a four season destination. Summer days are perfect for beach activity, with swimming boating along the seashore and on freshwater lakes. Summer also brings a cultural feast with one festival after another, from free Boston Pop concerts on the banks of the Charles River to the Tanglewood Festival in the Berkshires. Visitors during autumn can enjoy the fall foliage with its magnificent display of colours as the trees prepare for winter.  As the days lengthen in spring, the landscape offers perfect hiking and biking weather and the chance to go whale watching. The winter months bring opportunities for skating and skiing in the Berkshires.

From the rolling Berkshire Hills to the tip of Cape Cod, from historic Boston to the islands of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the perfect holiday destination.

MASSACHUSETTS INFORMATION

MASSACHUSETTS FAST FACTS:
Area: 8,300 square miles
Population: Around 6.5 million
State Capital: Boston
Local Time: GMT - 5 hours
Main Places: Boston, Cambridge, Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket Island

NATIONAL PARKS: Adams, Boston, Lowell, Minute Man and New Bedford Whaling. The Cape Cod National Seashore is located at Wellfleet

CLIMATE AND WEATHER TRENDS:
Warm summers and cold winters, with snow from December to March. Moderate rainfall the rest of the year