Library Hours & Holiday Closings
Regular hours
Monday 9:30-6, Tuesday through Thursday 9:30-7, Friday 9:30-6, and Saturday 9:30-2.
The library is closed Sundays.
Closings
The Library is closed on the following holidays:
New Year’s Day
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Washington’s Birthday (Presidents’ Day)
Patriots’ Day
Memorial Day
Juneteenth
Independence Day (July 4)
Labor Day
Columbus Day
Veterans Day
Thanksgiving Day
Christmas Day
Special closings are observed as follows:
- 4pm closing on the Friday of the Belchertown Fair
- Closed Saturday of Fair weekend.
- 1 pm closing Christmas Eve
- 1 pm closing New Year’s Eve
Directions
From the North
Follow 91 South to the Northampton exit. Take Rte. 9 over the Calvin Coolidge Bridge through Hadley and Amherst into Belchertown. In Belchertown at the intersection of Rte 9 and Rte 202 turn right and continue approximately 1/4 mile, straight through the first stop light onto Rte 181. The Clapp Memorial Library is the second building on the left.
From the West / Rt. 9
Remain on Rte 9 through Northampton, Hadley and Amherst until you reach Belchertown. In Belchertown at the intersection of Rte 9 and Rte 202, turn right and continue approximately 1/4 mile through the first stop light onto Rte 181. The Clapp Memorial Library is the second building on the left.
From the West / Mass Pike
Follow the Mass Pike to the #7 Ludlow exit. Turn right on Rte. 21. Remain on Rte. 21 until it terminates into Rte. 202 in Belchertown. Turn right onto Rte 202 and continue for approximately 1/2 mile (through a blinking yellow light) to the first stop light at the intersection of Rte 181 and Rte 202. Turn right. The Clapp Memorial Library is the second building on your left.
From the South
Take 91 North to the Rte. 202 exit. Remain on Rte. 202 through Holyoke and Granby into Belchertown. At the intersection of Rte 202 and Rte 181 turn right. The Clapp Memorial Library is the second building on the left.
From the East
Follow Rte 9 West to the intersection of Rte 9 and Rte 202. Turn left. Continue approximately 1/4 mile through the first stop light onto Rte 181. The Clapp Memorial Library is the second building on the left.
From the East / Mass Pike
Take the #8 Palmer exit. Turn right at the end of the exit. At the second set of lights turn right onto Rte. 20 (running directly in front of the Palmer Public Library). Continue on Rte. 20 to first set of lights. At light follow Rte. 181 into Bondsville. Rte 181 makes a 90 degree left turn in Bondsville, passing over a bridge. Continue on Rte 181 into Belchertown. The Clapp Memorial Library is the second building on the right before the first stop light in Belchertown.