Chester (Massachusetts)

Chester is a town in Hampden County, in the Pioneer Valley region of Massachusetts.

By plane

 * Bradley International is in the town of Windsor Locks, Connecticut, half way in-between Hartford and Springfield. It has flights coming in from around the world. It's about an hour away
 * Westover Metropolitan Airport offers very light jet service to parts of New England, New York State, and Canada. It is about 40 minutes away.

Do
Chester-Blanford State Forest Rte. 20, (413) 354-6347 (summer), (413) 269-6002 (winter). Hiking, camping. An easy uphill-grade 1 mile hike will bring you to the 60-foot cascading waterfall known as Sanderson Brook Falls. A more challenging hike on the H. Newman Marsh Memorial Trail brings you to an observation tower with views of the Westfield River valley.