Ghost town · Massachusetts
Enfield
Enfield is a ghost town in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 160 m. Mount Lincoln stands 375 m to the northwest, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Juckett Hill, a peak 0.8 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.
ghost town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States
What the record says
- Founded
- 1816-02-15
- Abandoned
- 1938-04-28
How to reach it
Coordinates42.31670, -72.36670
- 13.3 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 17.0 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 24.0 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 26.0 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 11 mi
- Kiwanis Point · 18 mi
- view to west · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Juckett Hill: 0.8 mi
- Mount Ram: 1.7 mi
- East Hill: 1.9 mi
- Quabbin Hill: 2.0 mi
- Little Quabbin: 2.7 mi
Parks
- Parsons Field: 3.1 mi
- Town Common: 3.2 mi
- Austin Gaughan Memorial Field: 3.4 mi
- Lake Vale Cemetery: 3.7 mi
- Foley Field: 4.2 mi
Historic sites
- Winsor Memorial Park: 2.1 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: Steel Beam: 7.2 mi
- Amethyst Brook Labryinth: 7.2 mi
- Classic Car Junkyard: 7.4 mi
- DonaldCurtis Workshop: 8.0 mi
Nature reserves
- Jabish Brook Conservation Area: 2.0 mi
- Warner Road Conservation Area: 2.0 mi
- Jabish Street Pumping Station: 2.8 mi
- Town Woodlot: 2.8 mi
- Holland Glen Forest: 3.0 mi
Museums: 47
- Belchertown Firefighter's Museum: 3.1 mi
- Stone House Museum: 3.3 mi
- Pelham Historical Society: 5.6 mi
- Bob Stiles House Museum: 8.1 mi
- National Yiddish Book Center: 8.2 mi
Attractions
- Timber Frame: 3.0 mi
- War Memorial Pool: 8.7 mi
- Indian Kitchen: 9.0 mi
- F-94 Starfire Crash Site: 9.2 mi
- The Rock House: 9.3 mi
Artworks: 30
- Graffiti Wall: 8.5 mi
- Robert Frost: 8.5 mi
- Quinnipiac: 9.5 mi
- The Power of Creativity Over Concrete: 9.6 mi
- Minuteman Statue: 9.6 mi
Gardens: 27
- Fort River Elementary Gardens: 7.8 mi
- Pick-your-own Fields: 8.3 mi
- Hampshire Food Forest: 8.6 mi
- Yushien Japanese Garden: 8.6 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 9.4 mi
Cliffs: 15
- Indian Kitchen: 9.0 mi
- Titans Piazza: 12.0 mi
- Indian Leap: 12.4 mi
- Roaring Falls: 14.4 mi
- Pigpen Ledges: 16.0 mi
Beaches: 11
- Puffers Pond South Beach: 10.3 mi
- Puffers Pond North Beach: 10.4 mi
- Haviland Pond Beach: 11.4 mi
- Sandy Beach: 11.8 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 12.3 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Bear's Den Falls: 15.7 mi
- Hobo Falls: 24.4 mi
- Doane's Falls: 24.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 16.5 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Enfield. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lincoln | NW 319° | 375 m | 4.4 mi |
| Pine Hill | NNW 339° | 371 m | 5.2 mi |
| Ragged Hill | ESE 102° | 368 m | 9.5 mi |
| Colonels Mountain | SE 129° | 362 m | 8.8 mi |
| Coys Hill | ESE 121° | 356 m | 9.5 mi |
| Poverty Hill | ENE 70° | 348 m | 9.1 mi |
| East Hill | NW 314° | 338 m | 1.9 mi |
| Mount Norwottock | W 264° | 337 m | 7.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:12 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:35 | 16:21 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 25 | 34 | 45 | 57 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belchertown, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Day trips start here
- Amherst · 9 mi
- Hadley · 11 mi
- South Hadley · 11 mi
- Ludlow · 12 mi
- Pioneer Valley · 12 mi
- Northampton · 13 mi
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