Ghost town · Massachusetts
Greenwich
Greenwich is a ghost town in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 157 m. Packard Mountain stands 386 m to the north-northwest, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Pomeroy, a peak 1.1 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 8.7 miles off.
ghost town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States
What the record says
- Founded
- 1754-04-20
- Abandoned
- 1938-04-28
How to reach it
Coordinates42.35917, -72.29639
- 8.7 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 13.7 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 26.5 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 14.1 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Kiwanis Point · 15 mi
- Summit House · 15 mi
- view to west · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Mount Pomeroy: 1.1 mi
- Mount Lizzie: 1.2 mi
- Walker Hill: 1.7 mi
- Parker Hill: 1.9 mi
- Webb Hill: 2.1 mi
Historic sites
- Survey Disk- TT 12 GA 1942: 4.7 mi
- Winsor Memorial Park: 5.1 mi
- Grave's Landing: 5.6 mi
- Dana Common Memorial: 5.6 mi
- Dana Common Historical Rock: 5.6 mi
Parks
- Goddard Park: 5.0 mi
- Memorial Field: 5.5 mi
- Grenville Park: 7.3 mi
- Veterans' Park: 7.3 mi
- Nenamesek Park: 7.5 mi
Nature reserves
- Baker Lot: 4.8 mi
- Paige Farm: 5.0 mi
- Strawberry Fields: 5.0 mi
- Ware River Access: 5.9 mi
- Reed Property Conservation Restriction: 6.0 mi
Museums: 47
- Pelham Historical Society: 6.0 mi
- Belchertown Firefighter's Museum: 7.7 mi
- Stone House Museum: 7.9 mi
- Old Academy Building: 9.9 mi
- Beneski Museum of Natural History: 11.2 mi
Attractions
- Indian Kitchen: 4.4 mi
- F-94 Starfire Crash Site: 4.6 mi
- Dead Man's Curve: 5.3 mi
- Old Schoolhouse: 5.6 mi
- Old Town Hall: 5.7 mi
Gardens: 28
- Butterfly Garden: 8.0 mi
- Fort River Elementary Gardens: 10.3 mi
- Yushien Japanese Garden: 11.3 mi
- Franklin Permaculture Garden: 11.8 mi
- Fieldstone Courtyard: 11.9 mi
Artworks: 27
- Robert Frost: 11.3 mi
- Quinnipiac: 11.9 mi
- Metawampe: 11.9 mi
- Minuteman Statue: 12.0 mi
- The Power of Creativity Over Concrete: 12.0 mi
Cliffs: 19
- Indian Kitchen: 4.4 mi
- Roaring Falls: 14.6 mi
- Pigpen Ledges: 15.4 mi
- Titans Piazza: 16.1 mi
- Mormon Hollow: 16.5 mi
Beaches: 12
- West Brookfield Town Beach: 11.3 mi
- Puffers Pond South Beach: 11.9 mi
- Puffers Pond North Beach: 12.1 mi
- Lashaway Park Town Beach: 15.2 mi
- Sandy Beach: 15.5 mi
Waterfalls: 5
- Bear's Den Falls: 12.7 mi
- Doane's Falls: 20.6 mi
- Spirit Falls: 21.9 mi
- Hobo Falls: 22.4 mi
- Royalston Falls: 24.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 21.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Greenwich. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Packard Mountain | NNW 338° | 386 m | 7.6 mi |
| Mount Lincoln | W 273° | 375 m | 6.5 mi |
| Pine Hill | WNW 290° | 371 m | 5.8 mi |
| Ragged Hill | SE 131° | 368 m | 7.6 mi |
| Colonels Mountain | SSE 159° | 362 m | 9.1 mi |
| Loring Hill | NE 48° | 357 m | 10.1 mi |
| Coys Hill | SSE 150° | 356 m | 9.0 mi |
| Poverty Hill | E 88° | 348 m | 5.0 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 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:35 | 16:20 |
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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Day trips start here
- Amherst · 12 mi
- Hadley · 15 mi
- Pioneer Valley · 16 mi
- South Hadley · 16 mi
- Ludlow · 17 mi
- Northampton · 17 mi
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