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Hotels near Amherst College

Amherst, MALiberal arts college

Amherst, MA1min walk,
closest stay

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Your visit starts atEmily Dickinson Museum Visitor CenterNamed on the map. Your tour confirmation has the final word.
CommencementAsk the schoolWe haven't confirmed the ceremony venue from the school's own page yet.
Closest stayAmherst InnAbout a 1-minute walk from the tour start.
The school's own site
The short answer

The closest place to stay is Amherst Inn, about a 1-minute walk from the tour start. 3 places to stay are no more than about a 20-minute walk away (2 within about 5 minutes, 2 within about 10 minutes). Coffee before the tour: The Black Sheep, about 4 minutes away.

What these minutes run to

Minutes run to Emily Dickinson Museum Visitor Center, a building on this campus that the map names as admissions or a visitor center. We have not yet matched it against the school's visit page, so check your tour confirmation for the meeting spot. Map dated November 2026. The full method

5 min10 min20 minN
tour startstay within a 20-min walkother staysDashed rings: walking minutes.

Where to stay near Amherst College

To the tour start

The hotel has

A short walk away

13 places to stay

Reading the cards: minutes are our estimates from map distance, so they say "about". Breakfast, suites and kitchens are what each hotel brand promises across its hotels, not something we checked room by room. The places listed under a hotel are the closest ones within roughly a 10-minute walk of its door.

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11 mindrive to the tour start, about

Homewood Suites by Hilton Hadley Amherst

350 Russell Street

  • Breakfast included (free breakfast is this brand's standard)
  • All suites (every room is a suite by this brand's standard)
  • Kitchen in room (in-room kitchens are this brand's standard)
  • Somewhere to eat: Starbucks, about 3 min on foot, and 16 more close by
  • Groceries: Aldi, about 2 min on foot
See room pricesDriving route
11 mindrive to the tour start, about

Econo Lodge

Motel · 329 Russell Street

  • Somewhere to eat: Dunkin' Donuts, about 1 min on foot, and 13 more close by
  • Groceries: Whole Foods Market, about 3 min on foot
See room pricesDriving route
15 mindrive to the tour start, about

TownePlace Suites

237 Russell Street, Hadley, MA

  • Breakfast included (free breakfast is this brand's standard)
  • All suites (every room is a suite by this brand's standard)
  • Kitchen in room (in-room kitchens are this brand's standard)
  • Somewhere to eat: Wildwood Barbeque, about 1 min on foot
See room pricesDriving routeHotel's own site
16 mindrive to the tour start, about

Knights inn

Motel · Knights Inn · 208 Russell Street, Hadley, MA

  • Somewhere to eat: Tandem Bagel Company, about 5 min on foot, and 1 more close by
See room pricesDriving route

Graduation weekend at Amherst College

We haven't yet confirmed the ceremony venue for Amherst College from its own commencement page, so the walk times here run to the tour start only.

Rooms close to campus tend to go first for commencement, often months ahead and with a two-night minimum. If the walkable ones are gone, sort the list by the 10-minute drive chip and look one town over. Our graduation weekend guide covers timing.

Seeing another school on this trip?

The closest campuses we cover, with our drive estimate from Amherst College (map distance, no traffic).

University of Massachusetts, AmherstAmherst, MA · about a 3-minute driveHampshire CollegeAmherst, MA · about a 9-minute driveSmith CollegeNorthampton, MA · about an 18-minute driveMount Holyoke CollegeSouth Hadley, MA · about a 21-minute driveWorcester State UniversityWorcester, MA · about an 83-minute driveWorcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester, MA · about an 87-minute drive

Worth doing before you book

Amherst College gear for the ride home

A hat for the tour, a hoodie for the acceptance letter, a frame for the far end of it all. Each button runs an Amazon search for that item with the school's name filled in.

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Questions parents ask

Is there a hotel you can walk to Amherst College from?

Amherst Inn, Inn On Boltwood are no more than about a 10-minute walk from the tour start. In all, 3 places to stay are within about 20 minutes on foot.

Where do campus tours start at Amherst College?

Minutes run to Emily Dickinson Museum Visitor Center, a building on this campus that the map names as admissions or a visitor center. We have not yet matched it against the school's visit page, so check your tour confirmation for the meeting spot.

Where should we stay for Amherst College graduation?

We haven't confirmed the ceremony venue yet. Book as early as the hotels allow, and widen the search to a short drive if the walkable rooms are taken.

Are there hotels with free breakfast near Amherst College?

4 hotels within a 20-minute drive belong to brands that include breakfast; none of them is within a 20-minute walk.

Something wrong here, such as a closed hotel or a moved welcome center? Tell us and we'll look.