Destinations · Massachusetts
MA · 42.5586, -71.6464
Battle Road Scenic Byway, Lost Villages Scenic Byway and The Apple Way of Londonderry are 3 of 4 signed byways within 30 miles of Shirley, Massachusetts.
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Route 2 west to Exit 38B (Route 110 / 111), 37B (Fort Devens) or 36 (Shirley Road).
The drives · Designated roads lead.
Ordered by federal designation, then by how close each one runs to Shirley. All-American Roads and National Scenic Byways are named by the Federal Highway Administration, not by us.
All-American Road · 16 mi out
State scenic byway · 22 mi out
State scenic byway · 22 mi out
State scenic byway · 29 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 · 88 mi
3 h 55 loop · 6 stops · back by 3:55 PM. Incorporates Battle Road Scenic Byway.
Touches Battle Road Scenic Byway, Revolutionary Heritage Byway
Loop 2 · 8 h window · 76 mi
7 h 31 loop · 13 stops · back by 7:31 PM. Incorporates Battle Road Scenic Byway.
Touches Battle Road Scenic Byway
Byway's engine bakes two loops from Shirley: 4 h, 88 miles, 6 stops; and 8 h, 76 miles, 13 stops. The time counts the driving and the stops themselves.
The 8 h loop stops at Benjamin Hill, Shirley Remembers, Treasury Hill, Wo Peen, The Dreamer, cellar hole, Concord Monument Square-Lexington Road Historic District, Nashawtuc Hill, Wright Hill, Rattlesnake Hill, Clinton Tunnel - East Entrance, Clinton Tunnel - West Entrance, Wachusett Dam and Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center. 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.