Stillpoint Farm Boarding Stable

Stillpoint Farm has been offering quality care for horses since 1989. We are a 12-acre 12-horse (more or less, depending on the season) family-run boarding stable in Amherst, Massachusetts, five minutes from downtown, 3 miles to UMass, 30 minutes to South Hadley. We believe that maximum turnout and a low horse-to-acreage ratio keeps horses healthy and relaxed. Our paddocks stay green for an extended season spring and fall thanks to a mixed terrain of gently rolling south-facing slopes and shaded wetlands. The farm is located at the highest point of the first range of hills that border the Pioneer Valley on the northeast corner of Amherst. In summer, we catch breezes that keep the bugs to a minimum and the temperature a little cooler, and in the winter the morning sun often warms the hills before it penetrates into the lowlands. We are annexed to conservation land with easy access to miles of trails in the Leverett-Pelham hills including the Robert Frost Trail and the Metacomet-Monadnock Trail. 

One access to trails is at the edge of the field:

The other is by the farmhouse:

Abby Connolly is instructor in residence. Read more about Abby on the 'Services' page.

Newly replenished, regraded and sifted footing in our full-sized dressage arena. Magnesium chloride crystals help maintain moisture, combat dust and lower temperature at which footing would ordinarily freeze. Outdoor lights for evening rides.

Newest member of the clan Sydney Morse with Grandpa Ed's glasses

Me and my shadows

El Generalissimo aka Elvis

Calvin, who's far too busy to pose for a photo:

Sunday morning at Amethyst Brook

All kinds of riders welcome, eventers, dressage, hunter-jumpers, equitation, Western pleasure, trail riders etc.

Seasons at Stillpoint 

Fall

Summer

Even on a hot day there's shade & a breeze.

November

Winter

If you and your horse pass this sign on the Robert Frost Trail you'll know you're almost back to the barn. By the way, THIS IS A JOKE! (for all of you concerned citizens who've inquired). And no, that wasn't me who scratched the F on the Cowls Lumber tastefully engraved sign. If I had I would certainly have taken the credit.

View from porch of the farmhouse in October

Trailhead behind the farmhouse in May