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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. Packard Mountain stands 386 m to the west-northwest, 7.0 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

The story

Ghost town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.

Dates from 1801-02-18.

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

How to reach it

Coordinates42.42230, -72.22701

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

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
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
  • South Athol WWI Honor Roll: 7.7 mi
Parks
  • Rocking Stone Park: 3.7 mi
  • Town Common: 5.0 mi
  • Goddard Park: 5.1 mi
  • Deer Park: 6.3 mi
  • Felton Field: 6.9 mi
Museums: 44
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
Gardens: 29
  • Butterfly Garden: 10.6 mi
  • Wendell Community Garden: 12.3 mi
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 12.5 mi
  • Fort River Elementary Gardens: 14.2 mi
  • South Garden: 15.1 mi
Artworks: 29
Cliffs: 19
  • Indian Kitchen: 1.3 mi
  • Pigpen Ledges: 15.4 mi
  • Mormon Hollow: 15.4 mi
  • The Sanctuary: 15.6 mi
  • Roaring Falls: 15.8 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: 7
  • Bear's Den Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 15.7 mi
  • Spirit Falls: 17.1 mi
  • Hobo Falls: 20.0 mi
  • Royalston Falls: 20.3 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 1
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 22.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Dana Common Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Packard MountainWNW386 m7.0 mi
Poor Farm HillNW384 m8.3 mi
Hawes HillENE383 m6.1 mi
Babbitt HillENE376 m6.3 mi
Allen HillENE374 m5.4 mi
Sherman HillENE369 m5.1 mi
Loring HillENE357 m4.6 mi
Poverty HillSSE348 m4.4 mi

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.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/1736934769

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