Destinations · Massachusetts
Gardner
MA · 42.5750, -71.9981
From Gardner, Massachusetts, Byway's registries place 3 scenic byways within 30 miles.
Understand
Named in honor of Col. Thomas Gardner, the community was settled by Europeans in 1764 and incorporated as a town in 1785 after receiving land grants from the surrounding towns of Ashburnham, Westminster, Templeton and Winchendon. Dating from about 1805, it became a center for lumber and furniture industries. By 1910 it had 20 chair factories which produced 4 million chairs per year. It was also noted for silversmithing. The Gardner State Colony for the Insane pioneered the use of cottage residences. Gardner was incorporated as a city in 1923.
Day-trip loops
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Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Scenic byways
- Lost Villages Scenic Byway · 11 mi
- Mohawk Trail - MA · 14 mi · national
- Connecticut River Byway · 25 mi · national
Lookouts
- Kiwanis Point · 17 mi
- Overlook · 22 mi
- Waterfall · 23 mi
- Beal's Knob Vista · 29 mi
Named places
- Spanish American War Memorial · 0 mi
- World War II Memorial · 0 mi
- Korean War Memorial · 0 mi
- World War 1 Memorial · 0 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial · 0 mi
- Former Ohave Synagogue Marker · 0 mi
- Veterans Monument · 0 mi
- Greenwood Hill · 0 mi
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More day-trip bases nearby
- Ashburnham · 5 mi
- Westminster · 5 mi
- Fitchburg · 10 mi
- North County · 11 mi
- Princeton · 11 mi
- Rindge · 12 mi