Massachusetts Fire Towers

The following is a state list and map of all known Fire Tower Sites in Massachusetts. The map shows the approximate location of the sites. A color code indicates if the tower is still standing, staffed or not standing. Below the map there is a tower listing table showing that tower's status and a link to more information and photos if it is available.

Town - Location	Map #	Standing Active	Standing Inactive	No Longer Standing
Acushnet - Mendall Hill	1	X
Adams - Mount Greylock	2			X
Agawam - Provin Mountain	3	X
Andover - Holt Hill	4	X
Ashburnham - Mount Watatic	5			X
Ashfield - Cran Pond Hill	6			X
Barnstable - Clay Hill	7	X
Barnstable - Shoot Flying Hill	8			X
Becket - Becket Mountain	9			X
Bourne - Signal Hill	10	X
Brewster - Deer Park Hill	11	X
Brimfield - Steerage Rock	12		X
Carver - Bare Hill	13	X
Carver - SW Line Road	14			X
Charlton - Little Mugget Hill	15	X
Chelmsford - Robbin Hill	16	X
Chester - Holcomb Hill	17	X
Dennis - Signal Hill	18	X
Dighton - Richmond Hill	19			X
Dover - Snow Hill	20	X
Dover - South Side Snow Hill	20A			X
Duxbury - Unknown Hill	21			X
Edgartown - Airfield Hill	22			X
Fall River - Copicut Hill	23	X
Falmouth - Howlands Park Hill	24	X
Foxboro - High Rock	25			X
Framingham - Nobscott Hill	25A			X
Franklin - Top room of Fire Station	26		X
Georgetown - Balplate Hill	27	X
Goshen - Moores Hill	28	X
Granville - Sweetman Mountain	29			X
Groton - Gibbet Hill	30	X
Hancock - Brodie Mountain	31		X
Hadley - Mount Holyoke	32			X
Hanson - Bonney Hill	33	X
Harvard - Prospect Hill	34	X
Harwich - Top of Exchange Bdg.	35			X
Hingham - Prospect Hill	36			X
Holbrook - Turkey Hill	37		X
Holyoke - Mount Tom	38			X
Kingston - Monks Hill	39	X
Lenox - Lenox Mountain	40		X
Ludlow - Minechoag Mountain	41	X
Lynn - Burrill Hill	42		X
Manchester - Morse Hill	43	X
Medford - Rams Head	45			X
Medford - Bear Hill	45A			X
Mendon - Chestnut Hill	46	X
Middleboro - Barden Hill	47	X
Middleboro - Top of Town Hall	48		X
Milton - Great Blue Hill	49		X
Monterey - Mount Wilcox	50	X
Mt. Washington - Alander Mountain	51			X
Mt. Washington - Mount Everett	52			X
Mt. Washington - Mount Plantain	52A	FUTURE
Needham - Carleeta Hill	52B			X
Norwell - Judges Hill	53	X
North Attleboro - Sunrise Hill	54	X
Oxford - Goat Hill	55	X
Pelham - Mount Lincoln	56	X
Petersham - Soapstone Hill	57		X
Phillipston - Prospect Hill	58	X
Pittsfield - Tower Hill	59			X
Plymouth - Billington Hilll	60			X
Plymouth - Manomet Hill	61			X
Plymouth - Pine Hill	62	X
Plymouth - Reservoir Hill	63			X
Plymouth - Telegraph Hill	63A			X
Prescott - Lighthouse Hill	64			X
Princeton - Wachusett Mountain	65	X
Princeton - Wachusett Mountain	65A			X
Rehoboth - Great Meadow Hill	66			X
Rehoboth - Long Hill	67	X
Rockport - Pigeon Hill	68			X
Rockport - Pool Hill	69			X
Sandisfield - Town Hill	70			X
Sandwich - Telegraph Hill	71	X
Sandwich - OTIS Military Res.	71A			X
Sandwich - OTIS Military Res	71B			X
Savoy - Borden Mountain	72	X
Savoy - Tower Mountain	72A			X
Sharon - Bluff Head	73			X
Sharon - Moose Hill	74	X
Shelburne - Mount Massaemett	75	X
Sherborn - Brush Hill	76			X
Sudbury - Nobscott Hill	77	X
Sunderland - Mount Toby	78	X
Tisbury - Unknown Site	78A			X
Tolland - Lair Mountain	79			X
Wakefield - Castle Rock	80			X
Wakefield - Harts Hill	81			X
Waltham - Prospect Hill	82		X
Wareham - Tempest Knob	82A		X
Warwick - Mount Grace	83	X
Washington - October Mountain	84			X
Webster - Wood Hill	85			X
Welfleet - At Brownies	86	X
West Brookfield - Ragged Hill	87	X
West Tisbury - Indian Hill	88	X
Westborough - Fay Mountain	89		X
Westwood - Grossman Camp Hill	90		X
Wilbraham - Mount Marcy	91			X
Williamstown - Berlin Mountain	92			X

	Total Sites	Total Standing Active	Total Standing Inactive	Total No Longer Standing
Totals	103	43	13	46

Notes:

The "102" total number includes one tower to be erected (Mt Washington)
Fire Tower research by Henry Isenberg
The map locations are approximate
Information on individual towers will be posted as information is found
A 1913 version of the above map can be found here