As one of the most sprawling, scenic hilltowns in the county, Becket is rural, remote and dominated by second-homers, who own 55 percent of the residential property.
Home to the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, several venerable summer camps, the Becket Arts Center and the offbeat Dream Away Lodge, the town has vast woodlands, as well as lakes, ponds and brooks. It shares with the adjacent town of Washington the 16,500-acre October Mountain State Forest, the largest of the state-owned forests. Full Story
