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Winter Fun: Local Sledding Hills and Ice Skating Spots

By Jennifer Goyette, Macaroni Kid Easthampton/South Hadley Editor & Publisher February 18, 2015
Here's a list of suggested sledding hills and ice skating spots.  *Many locations are weather/temperature permitting, so please call ahead if you can.

Ice Skating

Amherst: UMass Mullins Center (indoor) 413-577-3977
Easthampton: Williston Lossone Rink (indoor), skate sharpening, no skate rentals 413-529-3215
Easthampton: Nashawannuck Pond, no skate rentals 413-529-1440
Easthampton: Williston-Northampton School Pond, no skate rentals 413-529-3000
Florence: Florence Civic Center (outdoor), no skate rentals 413-584-5048
Goshen: DAR State Park (outdoor) warming hut, no skate rentals 413-268-7098
Holyoke: Community Field (outdoor), skate rentals 413-322-5620
Holyoke: Fitzpatrick Arena (indoor) 413-532-2929
Northampton: Smith College Paradise Pond (outdoor), no skate rentals, 413-585-2400
Northampton: Rte 5 near Clarion Hotel, Open Field (outdoor), no skate rentals
South Hadley: Beachgrounds Park (outdoor), no skate rentals 413-538-5017 x203
Westfield: Amelia Park Arena (indoor), skate rentals 413-568-2503  
Westfield: Hampton Ponds (outdoor)
Westfield: Stanley Park, field (outdoor)

Sledding

Chicopee: Szot Park 
Florence: Look Park
Holyoke: HCC
Northampton: Clarke Schools for the Deaf & Hospital Hill & JFK
Southampton: First Congregational Church
South Hadley: South Hadley High School
Westfield: East Mountain Country Club & Westfield Vocational School, Smith Avenue

If your family has a favorite ice skating or sledding spot you'd like to share, please post it in the comments or send me an email at jenng@macaronikid.com.