Lancaster, Massachusetts: Big Apple at Rest Stop
Claims to be the biggest in New England. Formerly stood outside the Red Apple Farm in Phillipston, then was refinished and moved here in 2019.
Johnny Appleseed Visitors' Center
- Address:
- 1000 Route 2 W., Lancaster, MA
- Directions:
- Johnny Appleseed Visitors' Center. East edge of the city. Only accessible from the westbound lanes of MA-2.
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There is a travel plaza on Route 2 going West that has a large (8-10 feet tall) apple sculpture in the parking lot. It commemorates Johnny Appleseed at the Johnny Appleseed Visitors' Center.
[Jennifer Coyne, 09/10/2020]Nearby Offbeat Places
Birthplace of Johnny Appleseed, Leominster, MA - 1 mi.
Grave of Man Persecuted For His Beard, Leominster, MA - 3 mi.
Indian Muffler Man, Shirley, MA - 5 mi.In the region:
Optical Heritage Museum, Southbridge, MA - 35 mi.
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The apple claims to be the biggest in New England. Formerly stood outside the Red Apple Farm in Phillipston, then was refinished and moved here in 2019. The Johnny Appleseed travel plaza has over 90 apple trees, three of them supposedly descended from ones planted by Johnny.