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Greenwich

Greenwich from directly overhead

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

The record

What the record says

Founded
1754-04-20
Abandoned
1938-04-28
Getting there

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Coordinates42.35917, -72.29639

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
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
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
Nature reserves
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
Museums: 48
Gardens: 31
Artworks: 27
Cliffs: 23
  • Indian Kitchen: 4.4 mi
  • Overlook: 9.7 mi
  • Roaring Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Pigpen Ledges: 15.4 mi
  • Titans Piazza: 16.1 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: 6
  • Bear's Den Falls: 12.7 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 20.6 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 20.6 mi
  • Spirit Falls: 21.9 mi
  • Hobo Falls: 22.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 21.5 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 21.6 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 21.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 21.1 mi
On the horizon

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Packard MountainNNW 338°386 m7.6 mi
Mount LincolnW 273°375 m6.5 mi
Pine HillWNW 290°371 m5.8 mi
Ragged HillSE 131°368 m7.6 mi
Colonels MountainSSE 159°362 m9.1 mi
Loring HillNE 48°357 m10.1 mi
Coys HillSSE 150°356 m9.0 mi
Poverty HillE 88°348 m5.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1319:4820:30
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1615:3516:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242534455766716962504030
Precip in3.53.13.73.73.64.24.24.84.54.83.54.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belchertown, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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