Lee

Welcome to Lee

Drive Times from Major Cities

• From Albany, NY: 45 minutes
• From New York, NY: About 3 hours
• From Boston, MA: About 2 hours 15 minutes
• From Pittsfield, MA: About 20 minutes
• From Springfield, MA: About 45 minutes

Community Resources and Amenities

• Located off exit 2 on Interstate 90, this shopping paradise boasts 60 upscale shops including Brooks Brothers, Coach, and Nautica.

• Sandy Beach at Laurel Lake is Lee's own swimming area for residents. Secluded and well-equipped with lifeguards, Adirondack chairs, and a shaded picnic grove, Sandy Beach is a summer gathering place for the whole community.
• Sandy Beach parking is open to Lee year-round and seasonal residents.

• Lee has its own public school system with two schools.
• The district consists of Lee Elementary School and Lee Middle and High School
• Serving grades 7–12, Lee Middle and High School holds a Silver medal from U.S. News and World Report Best High Schools.
• Total enrollment at Lee Middle and High School stands at about 250 students.

• Downtown Lee hosts an annual Berkshire Gateway Jazz Weekend every June that features nationally-known jazz artists, food vendors, and jazz brunches.
• Lee Founders Weekend celebrates Lee's heritage with an annual festival in September. Event highlights include a hometown parade, community block dance, vintage tennis tournament, and plenty of food, music, art, and sidewalk sales.

• Lee supports its nearly 6,000 residents with an extensive range of in-town businesses and services. These include two post offices, four hardware stores, five banks, and two supermarkets.
• Not only is downtown Lee a historic district with beautiful 19th-century municipal and commercial buildings, it bustles with activity and life. Community pride shows in its mix of restaurants, independent shops, and retail stores.

Health Care Resources

Berkshire Medical Center
725 North Street, Pittsfield, MA

 

• Part of Berkshire Health Systems..
• A 307-bed teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
• Ranked among the safest hospitals in the nation by the Leapfrog Group, a Washington D.C-based organization aiming to improve healthcare quality and safety.
• Located 22 minutes from Lee.

Recreation and Culture

Spectrum Playhouse

 

• Housed in a former church, Spectrum Playhouse produces musicals and plays as well as providing a venue for a year-long season of professional performing artists, concerts, lectures and community events.

Tanglewood

 

• Located about 10 minutes away in Lenox, Tanglewood Music Center is the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
• Each summer season draws audiences from all over the world for BSO and Boston Pops performances.

Jacob's Pillow

 

• Located in next-door Becket, Jacob's Pillow is a world-famous dance center and school.
• Visitors can attend performances each summer at the longest-running dance festival in the country.

Shakespeare & Company

 

• Located in neigbhoring Lenox and open year-round, this theater center is the home of one of the largest Shakespeare festivals in the country.

Greenock Country Club

 

• One of the first golf courses built in the United States, Greenock Country Club dates back to 1895.
• Acclaimed golf architect Donald Ross redesigned the course in 1927.
• Greenock is open to the public and located about a mile from exit 2 on Interstate 90.

 

A former industrial center known for marble and papermaking, Lee honors its 19th-century heritage throughout its Lower Main Street Historic District (left). Located in Lee, Greenock Country Club (right) is one of the oldest and most historic golf courses in the country.