Destinations · Massachusetts
MA · 42.4603, -71.3494
Battle Road Scenic Byway, Revolutionary Heritage Byway and The Apple Way of Londonderry are 3 of 5 signed byways within 30 miles of Concord, Massachusetts.
Understand
The Massachusett people lived here for thousands of years prior to European arrival. This site at the confluence of the Sudbury and Assabet rivers was chosen, as the floodplains created abundant arable land and opportunities for fishing. The area was known as Musketaquid, an Algonquian word meaning "grassy plain". The vast majority of the first inhabitants were killed off by smallpox and other plagues at the dawn of the 17th century. Survivors sold their land to the colonists, and began to assimilate into the prevailing Puritanical culture.
The drives · Designated roads lead.
Ordered by federal designation, then by how close each one runs to Concord. All-American Roads and National Scenic Byways are named by the Federal Highway Administration, not by us.
All-American Road · starts in town
National Scenic Byway · 16 mi out
State scenic byway · 26 mi out
State scenic byway · 29 mi out
State scenic byway · 30 mi out
Planned by the Byway engine on real roads: every stop traces to an OpenStreetMap feature, and the total time counts driving and the stops themselves.
Loop 1 · 4 h window · 83 mi
3 h 47 loop · 7 stops · back by 3:46 PM. Incorporates Battle Road Scenic Byway.
Touches Battle Road Scenic Byway, Revolutionary Heritage Byway
Loop 2 · 8 h window · 45 mi
7 h 56 loop · 17 stops · back by 7:56 PM. Incorporates Battle Road Scenic Byway.
Touches Battle Road Scenic Byway, Revolutionary Heritage Byway
Byway's engine bakes two loops from Concord: 4 h, 83 miles, 7 stops; and 8 h, 45 miles, 17 stops. The time counts the driving and the stops themselves.
The 8 h loop stops at Egg Rock, Thoreau Cabin site, Bear Hill, Light Of Reason, Usen Castle, Winthrop Hill, Meetinghouse Hill, Harvard Bixi, Statue of John Bridge, The Hiker, Boston, Wellington Hill, Franklin Park, Brooks Hill, Hardys Hill, Poplar Hill and Old Manse. Each stop traces to an OpenStreetMap feature.
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
The engine starts from town, weaves the byways and verified stops around it, and hands back an honest schedule — zero hallucinations.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.