Ghost town · Massachusetts
Haywardville
Haywardville is a ghost town in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 51 m. Zion Hill stands 107 m to the west, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Whip Hill, a peak 0.3 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 4.6 miles off.
ghost town in Massachusetts
How to reach it
Coordinates42.46417, -71.09139
- 4.6 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 8.0 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 19.0 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
- 29.6 mi off the The Apple Way of Londonderry
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 8 mi
- Eagle Rock · 22 mi
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 24 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Whip Hill Park: 0.5 mi
- Warren Street Park: 0.9 mi
- Recreation Park: 1.1 mi
- Spring Street Park: 1.1 mi
- Bowden Park: 1.1 mi
Historic sites: 60
- Virginia Wood: 0.5 mi
- Honor Roll of World War II, Korean and Vietnam Wars: 1.5 mi
- Silver mine: 1.6 mi
- Firefighter Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Winchester World War I Memorial "Humanity and Justice": 2.4 mi
Artworks: 60
- Rock spiral: 2.3 mi
- Orange Dinosaur: 3.5 mi
- Jumbo Statue: 4.2 mi
- The Cannon: 4.2 mi
- Baldwin Green: 4.3 mi
Museums
- Wakefield History Museum: 2.9 mi
- Woburn Municipal Waterworks Museum: 3.2 mi
- Medford Historical Society: 3.3 mi
- Cyrus Dallin Art Museum: 4.6 mi
- Jason Russell House: 4.8 mi
Peaks
- Whip Hill: 0.3 mi
- Wamoset Hill: 0.4 mi
- Taylor Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Bear Hill: 0.8 mi
- Winthrop Hill: 0.8 mi
Gardens: 58
- Sylvester Baxter Delta: 2.4 mi
- Malden Youth Community Garden: 2.9 mi
- Winthrop Street Community Garden: 3.4 mi
- Alex's Place: 4.2 mi
- Tufts Community Garden: 4.4 mi
Beaches
- Borggaard Beach: 2.7 mi
- Pearce Lake Beach: 3.4 mi
- Revere Beach: 6.2 mi
- Short Beach: 7.5 mi
- Nahant Beach: 7.9 mi
Attractions: 51
- Stone Chimney: 0.7 mi
- Pickerel Rock: 1.2 mi
- 1899 MIT Observatory site: 1.6 mi
- Hikmat home: 4.3 mi
- Central Street Historical District: 4.6 mi
Nature reserves
- Old Town Quarry: 0.6 mi
- Conservation Land/Meadow Road: 0.8 mi
- Great Island: 0.9 mi
- Sewall Woods: 0.9 mi
- Ferdinand Woods: 1.0 mi
Cliffs: 46
- Lookout Cliff: 1.0 mi
- Crag 1: 1.8 mi
- Skull Cliff: 5.4 mi
- The Cellar: 5.7 mi
- Always Sunny Wall: 6.2 mi
Picnic sites: 22
- Pinetops Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
- Picnic Site 1: 9.4 mi
- Picnic Site 2: 9.8 mi
- Picnic Site 3: 9.8 mi
- Picnic Site 4: 9.8 mi
Lighthouses: 6
- Boathouse: 13.9 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 13.9 mi
- Oil Shed: 13.9 mi
- Rainshed: 13.9 mi
- Boston Light: 13.9 mi
Waterfalls: 4
- Cascade Falls: 1.5 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 15.5 mi
- Rock Falls: 18.8 mi
- Newbury Falls: 21.4 mi
Springs: 4
- Quarry Spring: 2.1 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 17.7 mi
- Mystery Spring: 18.1 mi
- Rail Spring: 23.3 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Commissioners Landing: 7.4 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 17.4 mi
- Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 21.2 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 23.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Dogtown: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 4.8 miles of Haywardville. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zion Hill | W 262° | 107 m | 4.5 mi |
| Turkey Hill | WSW 242° | 107 m | 4.7 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | WSW 251° | 105 m | 4.0 mi |
| Cairn Hill | SSE 168° | 92 m | 1.3 mi |
| Bear Hill | W 279° | 91 m | 0.8 mi |
| Castle Rock | NE 55° | 87 m | 2.9 mi |
| Horn Pond Mountain | W 265° | 86 m | 3.4 mi |
| Winthrop Hill | WSW 249° | 84 m | 0.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:29 | 16:15 |
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 | 28 | 30 | 37 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 53 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Reading, 5 mi away.
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