The park you have visited your whole life is hiding something.
Three self-guided mystery games through downtown Salem and its waterfront. The answers are on markers, tablets and statues you can read from the sidewalk, and the walking is flat and short. No reservations, no guide; a phone and an afternoon.
All three games are walked, on sidewalks, in and around downtown.
“Don't just read the history,
experience it.”
Pick your game and purchase for your group.
Your game opens immediately after purchase. Head to Salem to begin at the first stop.
Send the link to your group so everyone can follow along on their own device.
$16.92 per group · Any group size · Link valid for 7 days
Count what the captains left. Decode it. Name the cargo.
Count real things at each stop, decode the numbers with a codebook, and unscramble the letters to name what filled the ships.
Walk the town that made him. Spell what he could not leave.
Seven markers around downtown and the waterfront each give up one letter — together they name the word that followed Nathaniel Hawthorne all his life.
Follow the accusation. Read what Salem carved afterward.
Seven carved words trace 1692 through the streets, from the founder to the court to the memorial — then one walk west for a final name.
Each game is a self-guided mystery played entirely on your phone — no app download required.
You will visit 5 to 8 real markers, tablets and statues around downtown Salem and the waterfront, solving a clue at each one.
Every answer is readable from a public sidewalk. Nothing requires paid admission, and no stop is inside a museum.
All three games are walked, on sidewalks, in and around downtown.
Routes run about 1.4 to 2.6 miles of walking depending on the game, and take roughly 1 to 2 and a quarter hours.
Each game link is valid for 7 days from the time of purchase — plenty of time for a full visit.
The Deep Dive finishes at Proctor’s Ledge, about a mile west of downtown, on a residential street with no parking; allow 20 to 25 minutes to walk back.
The Witch Trials Memorial is open dawn to dusk, so start the Deep Dive with daylight to spare.
