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 I've visited more than 200 different fire towers in 31 states.  This week I visited the final tower in MA.  I still need one more to close out RI (but access is restricted).  MA now has 53 as one got removed recently.

Mt Wilcox - 54th MA tower

Fire towers of Massachusetts

 There are currently 53 standing fire towers in Massachusetts.  Yesterday I reached the summit of Mt Wilcox to close the book on all standing towers in MA.  It only took me 34 years!

Dt climbed	Hill	Town	Height	A or I	Notes:
8/21/1991	Burrill hill	LYNN	285	I	Lynn woods
10/4/1992	Grossman camp hill	Westwood	247	I	Orienteering location
10/15/1992	Nobscott hill	Sudbury	891	A	O-meet
9/19/1993	Prospect hill	WALTHAM	695	I	O-meet
10/23/1993	Great Blue hill	Milton		I	O-meet plus other times
11/25/1994	Holt hill	Andover		A	Charles Ward Reservation.
5/27/1995	Wachusett mountain	Princeton	1076	A	Can be a drive-up when park is open.
5/8/1999	Deerhill park	Brewster	102	A	In Nickerson state park
8/28/2007	Balpate hill	Georgetown		A	Near Georgetown Rowley State forest on hospital ground
9/8/2007	Gibbet hill	Groton		A	Nice trail location open fields
10/1/2007	Robbin hill	Chelmsford		A	Could be a drive up but also trails
10/14/2007	Morse hill	Manchester-by-the-Sea		A	Dirt rd access, actual tower heavily posted (cameras)
11/17/2007	Sunrise hill	North Attleboro		A	Very nice urban park.
3/15/2008	Moores hill	Goshen		A
3/23/2008	Judges hill	Norwell		A	Signed no trespassing, but I think that is for the Cell towers.
4/19/2008	Signal hill	Bourne		A	Very short climb from the road.  Huge quarry.
4/19/2008	Barden hill	Middleborough		A
4/20/2008	Snow hill	Dover		A	Open access viewing platform!
5/17/2008	Little Mugget hill	Charlton		A	Access blocked by farms and warning signs posted.
5/17/2008	Chestnut hill	Mendon		A
5/17/2008	Goat Hill	Oxford		A
5/17/2008	Fay mountain	Westborough	531	I	Nice paved trail to the top.  Locals hike on trails.
8/2/2008	Bonney hill	Hanson	157	A	Park right in front of tower.
8/2/2008	Moose Hill	Sharon	167	A
8/9/2008	Mt Massaemett	Shelburne	1588	A	Trailhead at watertower, on Rt 2 across from Shea's antiques
8/15/2008	Holcomb hill	Chester	1722	A	Posted but a quick trot up the road (off of chesterfield rd), looks like a tr to a farm on the north
8/15/2008	Borden Mountain	Savoy	2515	A	Approach on Adams road blocked by washout had to go around
8/16/2008	Provin Mountain	Agawam		A	M&M trail from Westfield, messy summit lots of junk and towers
8/16/2008	Minechoag mountain	Ludlow	721	A	Posted but a quick trot up the road. Took exit 7 off 90 toward Ludlow
8/28/2008	Steerage rock	Brimfield	1204	I	Long trail approach.  Posted.
8/28/2008	Ragged hill	West Brookfield	1206	A	o/b had to be stealhty, lots of activity in the privately owned area
11/10/2008	Clay hill	Barnstable		A	Hiked in the dark, nice dirt road right to the tower.  Exit 5 off Rt 6
1/10/2009	Prospect hill	Harvard	612	A	Right on the road, less than a mile off of rt 2 (exit 38)
1/10/2009	Lenox mountain	Lenox	2123	I	1st climbed of the day.  Icy crust made the steep climb tough. RT 52min. Bottom 2 sets of steps are gone
1/10/2009	Prospect hill	Phillipston	1383	A	Unplowed road made it tough to figure out a good approach, easy trail run. 3m off Rt 2 near Athol.  Open access!
1/17/2009	Brodie mountain	Hancock	2152	I	Great enclosed glass room.  Open Access!
1/18/2009	Mount Lincoln	Pelham	1230	A	Open Access!  Nice 3m loop with most on the M&M trail. 3m off Rt 9 north of Belchertown
3/13/2009	Mt Grace	Warwick	1617	A	3m RT hike.  Between Keene NH and Orange MA, easy access from main rd.
3/13/2009	Mt Toby	Sunderland	1269	A	Poorly marked trails but made the RT in 50 min.  Off of 63, 7miles s of Rt 2/63 jct.
3/29/2009	Long hill	Rehoboth	200	A
4/18/2009	Mendall hill	Acushnet	148	A
4/18/2009	Copicut hill	FALL RIVER	358	A
4/25/2009	Bare hill	Carver	136	A	In Myles Standish state forest
4/25/2009	Signal hill	Dennis	150	A
4/26/2009	Howlands park hill	Falmouth	192	A	Fire tower rd is drive-able but I ran it.  Occupied tower but no response.  Off rt 28 in W Falmouth
4/26/2009	Monks hill	Kingston	272	A	Sort of behind the mall, drove dirt rd to junction then 2 min run.  Off Rt 3 Exit 7
4/25/2009	Pine hill	Plymouth	210	A	near the summit of Manomet hill, accessed via powerline trail or paved rd
4/25/2009	Telegraph hill	Sandwich	279	A	Easy access, drove to radio tower then ran up.  Occupied but no response.  Off rt 6 exit 2 in Sandwich
4/25/2009	Tempes knob	Wareham	100	I	Mostly a ruined building, maps are not very accurate
4/26/2009	At Brownies	Wellfleet	50	A	Right on Rt 6.  Drive up.
9/11/2017	Indian hill	West Tisbury	262	A	Couldn't find it - 02/15/08 got it while visiting Trustees
10/19/2023	Soapstone hill	Petersham	890	I	Couldn't find it - 11/21/09.  5m west of Petersahm Rt 32, got it on my way to Catskills for a long weekend of towers
11/3/2025	Mount Wilcox	Monterey	2106	A	6m round trip via AT and access road
	I =			10
	A =			43
	Total			53	50
	Visited			53	53
	Remain			0
	Percent complete			100%