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Dana Common Memorial

Dana Common Memorial from directly overhead

Dana Common Memorial is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 170 m. Prospect Hill stands 416 m to the north-northeast, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Dana Common Historical Rock, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 3.4 miles off.

Site of Dana Common 1801-1938 To All Those Who Sacrificed Their Homes And Way Of Life Erected By Dana Reunion 1996

About

The story

ghost town in Worcester County, Massachusetts

Dates from 1801-02-18.

Wikidata Q5214645, matched on coordinates and name (57 m apart).

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.42230, -72.22701

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Dana Common Historical Rock: 0.0 mi
  • Survey Disk- TT 12 GA 1942: 1.1 mi
  • Grave's Landing: 1.6 mi
  • Williams Homestead Ruins: 4.0 mi
  • Williams Homestead Ruins: 4.0 mi
Attractions
  • Old Town Hall: 0.0 mi
  • Old Schoolhouse: 0.0 mi
  • F-94 Starfire Crash Site: 1.0 mi
  • Indian Kitchen: 1.3 mi
  • Dead Man's Curve: 1.3 mi
Peaks
  • Skinner Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Little Skinner Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Whitney Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Pottapaug Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Raccoon Hill: 1.5 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Rocking Stone Park: 3.7 mi
  • Town Common: 5.0 mi
  • Town Common: 5.0 mi
  • Goddard Park: 5.1 mi
  • Town Common: 6.2 mi
Museums: 45
Gardens: 32
  • Community Garden: 7.6 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 10.6 mi
  • Wendell Community Garden: 12.3 mi
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 12.5 mi
  • Fort River Elementary Gardens: 14.2 mi
Artworks: 29
Cliffs: 23
  • Indian Kitchen: 1.3 mi
  • Overlook: 4.1 mi
  • Pigpen Ledges: 15.4 mi
  • Mormon Hollow: 15.4 mi
  • Mormon Hollow: 15.4 mi
Beaches: 17
  • 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
Waterfalls: 9
  • Bear's Den Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 15.7 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 15.7 mi
  • Spirit Falls: 17.1 mi
  • Hobo Falls: 20.0 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 1
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 22.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Dana Common Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillNNE 18°416 m8.9 mi
Packard MountainWNW 293°386 m7.0 mi
Poor Farm HillNW 314°384 m8.3 mi
Hawes HillENE 66°383 m6.1 mi
Babbitt HillENE 62°376 m6.3 mi
Allen HillENE 79°374 m5.4 mi
Sherman HillENE 56°369 m5.1 mi
Loring HillENE 60°357 m4.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1319:4720:30
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1615:3416:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465665706861493930
Precip in3.53.03.63.93.74.24.14.54.44.93.74.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Barre Falls DAM, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/1736934769

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