Dana
Dana is a ghost town in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 170 m. Packard Mountain stands 386 m to the west-northwest, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Dana Common Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 3.4 miles off.
ghost town in Worcester County, Massachusetts
What the record says
- Founded
- 1801-02-18
- Abandoned
- 1938-04-28
How to reach it
- 3.4 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 9.9 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 16.7 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 29.0 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Kiwanis Point · 12 mi
- Summit House · 20 mi
- view to west · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Skinner Hill: 1.1 mi
- Little Skinner Hill: 1.1 mi
- Whitney Hill: 1.5 mi
- Pottapaug Hill: 1.5 mi
- Raccoon Hill: 1.6 mi
- Dana Common Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Dana Common Historical Rock: 0.1 mi
- Survey Disk- TT 12 GA 1942: 1.0 mi
- Grave's Landing: 1.6 mi
- Williams Homestead Ruins: 4.0 mi
- Rocking Stone Park: 3.8 mi
- Town Common: 5.0 mi
- Goddard Park: 5.1 mi
- Deer Park: 6.3 mi
- Felton Field: 6.9 mi
- Old Academy Building: 7.5 mi
- Fisher Museum: 7.8 mi
- Pelham Historical Society: 9.3 mi
- Phillipston Historical Society: 11.3 mi
- Old Town Hall: 11.8 mi
- Old Schoolhouse: 0.1 mi
- Old Town Hall: 0.1 mi
- F-94 Starfire Crash Site: 1.0 mi
- Indian Kitchen: 1.2 mi
- Dead Man's Curve: 1.3 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 10.5 mi
- Wendell Community Garden: 12.3 mi
- Phillipston Community Garden: 12.5 mi
- Fort River Elementary Gardens: 14.1 mi
- South Garden: 15.1 mi
- South Royalston Chicken: 15.0 mi
- Robert Frost: 15.2 mi
- Metawampe: 15.4 mi
- Quinnipiac: 15.4 mi
- Minuteman Statue: 15.5 mi
- Indian Kitchen: 1.2 mi
- Pigpen Ledges: 15.3 mi
- Mormon Hollow: 15.4 mi
- The Sanctuary: 15.6 mi
- Roaring Falls: 15.7 mi
- Silver Lake Beach: 12.3 mi
- West Brookfield Town Beach: 13.4 mi
- Puffers Pond South Beach: 14.8 mi
- Puffers Pond North Beach: 14.9 mi
- Lashaway Park Town Beach: 15.8 mi
- Bear's Den Falls: 9.7 mi
- Doane's Falls: 15.7 mi
- Spirit Falls: 17.1 mi
- Hobo Falls: 20.0 mi
- Royalston Falls: 20.3 mi
- The Ashburnham Spring: 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Dana. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Packard Mountain | WNW 293° | 386 m | 6.9 mi |
| Poor Farm Hill | NW 314° | 384 m | 8.3 mi |
| Hawes Hill | ENE 66° | 383 m | 6.1 mi |
| Babbitt Hill | ENE 62° | 376 m | 6.3 mi |
| Allen Hill | ENE 79° | 374 m | 5.4 mi |
| Pine Hill | WSW 255° | 371 m | 9.3 mi |
| Sherman Hill | ENE 56° | 369 m | 5.1 mi |
| Loring Hill | ENE 60° | 357 m | 4.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:47 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:34 | 16:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 34 | 46 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 49 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Barre Falls DAM, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Day trips start here
- Amherst · 15 mi
- Gardner · 16 mi
- Spencer · 17 mi
- Ashburnham · 18 mi
- Princeton · 18 mi
- Westminster · 18 mi
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