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For Giving For Getting

For Giving For Getting from directly overhead

For Giving For Getting is an artwork in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Single Tree Hill stands 100 m to the west-southwest, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Sacred Journey, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 0.4 miles off.

What the record says

Built
2019
Height
3 m
Material
brick

What to expect

Access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.34420, -71.06060

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Underground at Ink Block: 0.1 mi
  • Fourth Street Park: 0.1 mi
  • Tai Tung Park: 0.3 mi
  • Peters Park: 0.4 mi
  • Reggie Wong Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Peaks
  • Flagstaff Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Telegraph Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Beacon Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Copps Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Camp Hill: 2.0 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches
Cliffs: 48
Picnic sites: 24
  • Pine Knoll: 3.0 mi
  • Oak Lea: 3.1 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 3.2 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 5.6 mi
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 4
  • Commissioners Landing: 1.2 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 10.1 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 21.2 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 21.2 mi
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 6.7 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 9.4 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 24.2 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Rock Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 23.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.5 miles of For Giving For Getting. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Single Tree HillWSW 253°100 m4.9 mi
Waban HillW 267°98 m5.8 mi
Bellevue HillSW 222°94 m6.3 mi
Mount WalleyWSW 238°91 m4.6 mi
Green HillSW 232°89 m4.7 mi
Chestnut HillW 260°86 m5.3 mi
Fisher HillWSW 256°81 m4.2 mi
Corey HillW 268°80 m3.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

The recorded facing catches the sunset.

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:1918:57
June solstice05:0819:4320:25
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1115:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238495868747366554536
Precip in3.43.24.23.63.23.93.33.23.64.03.74.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boston, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/7995814197

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