Library Hours & Holiday Closings

HOURS OF OPERATION
Monday 9:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Tuesday 9:30 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday 9:30 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Thursday 9:30 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Friday 9:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Saturday 9:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Sunday closed

HOLIDAY CLOSINGS
New Years Day
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
President’s Day
Patriot’s Day
Memorial Day
Juneteenth
Independence Day (July 4)
Labor Day
Columbus Day
Veteran’s Day
Thanksgiving Day and the Friday after
Christmas Day (12 p.m. closing Christmas Eve)

In addition, SPECIAL CLOSINGS are observed as follows
2pm closing on the Friday of the Belchertown Fair
Closed Saturday of Fair weekend

Google Map Directions

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Directions

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.