Abandoned Places in Massachusetts

410 documented locations. Top spots below — the full set with GPS pins is on the interactive map.

Pier Five

Other · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Commonwealth Avenue Service Road

Other · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Marconi/RCA Tower Transmission Site

Other · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Center-Chmney Cellar Hole

Other · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Bent Ice House

Residential · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Castle Hill Yard

Other · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Jolly Cholly's Funland

Residential · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

rope-tow engine

Abandoned Factory · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Dighton and Somerset Railroad Aggregate Quarry

Abandoned Factory · Moderate difficulty · Red hazard

Masonic Hospital

Hospital · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Lighthouse Keeper's Dwelling

Residential · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Sankaty Head Light

Residential · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Civil War-era Castmate

Tunnel · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Battery Whipple

Military · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Battery Burbeck

Military · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Battery Vincent

Military · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Lighthouse Depot Wharf

Residential · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Teaching Area

Other · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Slidewinder

Other · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Boulevard

Other · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Riverview

Other · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

T.Z. Does It

Other · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Lift Line Slope

Other · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Pump House Slope

Residential · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Big Tom Run

Other · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Beginner's Slope

Other · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Boston Post Road Crossing

Other · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Lift C

Other · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Lift D

Other · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Josiah Nelson House Site

Residential · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Samiill Site

Other · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Stone Barn

Other · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Mill River Dam

Abandoned Factory · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Ski Lift Operators Cabin

Other · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

The Captain David Brown House Site

Residential · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Panama mount

Military · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Assonset Ledge Quarry

Abandoned Factory · Moderate difficulty · Red hazard

Railroad Wharf

Other · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Pope's Hill Station foundation

Other · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

St. Moritz Park

Other · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Crescent Worsted Mill Ruins

Abandoned Factory · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Pine Plunge (Abandoned)

Other · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Old Middlesex Turnpike

Other · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Bump Rock Road

Other · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Highway Trail (Closed)

Other · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Old TOT North Climb

Other · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Old Country Club Road

Other · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Abandoned Connector

Other · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Gazebo foundations

Other · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Abaondoned Trail

Other · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

North Acton Station

Other · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Putnam Avenue

Other · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Clay Pit Access Road

Other · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Former Hangar

Other · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Moon Island Flume Pilings

Other · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Route 8 Former Allignment

Other · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Sugar House Ramp

Residential · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

The Dreamyard

Other · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

Strickland Quarry

Abandoned Factory · Moderate difficulty · Red hazard

Pump House Ruin

Residential · Moderate difficulty · Yellow hazard

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