Destinations · Massachusetts
Essex
MA · 42.6319, -70.7833
Essex Coastal Scenic Byway, Coastal Byway and Independence Byway are 3 of 5 signed byways within 30 miles of Essex, Massachusetts.
Get in
From the South Take Interstate 93 North to the Route 128/Peabody exit. Follow 128/I-95 North staying to the left (Route 128) at the 128/I-95 split. Take Exit 15 Manchester/Essex. At the end of the ramp turn left.
The same roads run past Boston, where they are ranked and described in full.
Day-trip loops
Ready-made loops for Essex are growing. What is within reach is measured today; plan a live day trip and the engine routes it now.
Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Scenic byways
- Essex Coastal Scenic Byway · inside
- Coastal Byway · 17 mi
- Independence Byway · 20 mi
- Battle Road Scenic Byway · 24 mi · national
- Revolutionary Heritage Byway · 25 mi · national
Lookouts
- Eagle Rock · 3 mi
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 10 mi
- Skywalk Observatory · 25 mi
Named places
- Memorial Park · 0 mi
- Essex Shipbuilding Museum · 0 mi
- Essex Historical Society and Shipbuilding Museum · 0 mi
- Fifteen Tree Hill · 1 mi
- Tyler Conservation Restriction · 1 mi
- Craft Hill · 1 mi
- Phillips Cr · 1 mi
- Conservation Land · 1 mi
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More day-trip bases nearby
- North Shore · 2 mi
- Hamilton · 3 mi
- Ipswich · 4 mi
- Manchester · 4 mi
- Gloucester · 6 mi
- Beverly · 7 mi