Goddard Rocket
Goddard Rocket is an artwork in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 151 m. Elliott Hill stands 359 m to the northwest, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Goddard Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 5.9 miles off.
Depicts the first liquid-fueled rocket, launched by Robert Goddard on 16 March 1926.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
How to reach it
- 5.9 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 15.2 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 28.8 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
- 29.3 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Ledge · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Goddard Park: 0.0 mi
- Prospect Parkway Field: 0.7 mi
- C.A.R.E. Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
- Water Street Veterans' Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
- Ty Cobb Park: 2.0 mi
- War Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Kusy Square: 0.8 mi
- Conroy War Memorial: 1.0 mi
- The Goddard Rocket Launching Site National Historic Landmark: 1.5 mi
- Canadian Cross: 2.0 mi
- Ramshorn Brook: 0.3 mi
- Arnold Greene Property: 0.4 mi
- Rockland Rd Conservation Land: 1.1 mi
- Leesville Pond: 1.5 mi
- Rotary Beach: 1.5 mi
- Path Continues: 1.7 mi
- Path Continues: 2.1 mi
- Path Continues: 2.2 mi
- Path Continues: 3.7 mi
- Path Continues: 3.8 mi
- Dead Horse Hill: 1.9 mi
- Dorothy Hill: 2.0 mi
- Prospect Hill: 2.1 mi
- Crowl Hill: 2.2 mi
- Pakachoag Hill: 2.4 mi
- Orthodox Altar: 1.9 mi
- Orson the Polar Bear: 2.2 mi
- The Hand of Christ: 2.6 mi
- Sigmund Freud: 3.2 mi
- Egg-Ice to Steel: 4.2 mi
- Blackstone River Valley Heritage Center: 2.9 mi
- Worcester Historical Museum: 4.4 mi
- Major Taylor Museum: 4.9 mi
- Salisbury Mansion: 4.9 mi
- EcoTarium: 5.4 mi
- Jakubowitz-Chaifetz Garden: 3.3 mi
- Hadwen Community Garden: 3.7 mi
- IUI Garden for the Ages: 4.6 mi
- Eric J. Cook Memorial Garden: 11.5 mi
- Janet Colby Memorial Garden: 11.5 mi
- Point Rok Beach: 5.7 mi
- Memorial Beach: 9.9 mi
- Lashaway Park Town Beach: 11.3 mi
- Lake Chauncy Public Beach: 12.9 mi
- Sterling Town Beach: 15.3 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 3.9 mi
- Scar Hill Bluffs: 11.7 mi
- Sawyer Bluff: 13.2 mi
- Condo Rock: 17.1 mi
- The Wall: 17.4 mi
- Cargill Falls: 20.4 mi
- Emerson Falls: 24.1 mi
- Cascades: 24.4 mi
- Picnic: 18.2 mi
- Picnic Area: 22.5 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 22.9 mi
- Bara-Hack: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.9 miles of Goddard Rocket. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elliott Hill | NW 320° | 359 m | 6.9 mi |
| Howe Hill | NNW 328° | 352 m | 6.8 mi |
| Long Hill | W 265° | 328 m | 6.7 mi |
| Carey Hill | NW 314° | 327 m | 5.1 mi |
| Maple Hill | NW 326° | 324 m | 5.9 mi |
| Flat Hill | W 269° | 324 m | 6.7 mi |
| Eddy Hill | NNW 334° | 319 m | 5.8 mi |
| Gately Hill | WNW 286° | 312 m | 6.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:45 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:34 | 16:19 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 35 | 46 | 57 | 65 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Worcester, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1490424054
Day trips start here
- Millbury · 4 mi
- Worcester · 5 mi
- Blackstone Valley · 7 mi
- Central Massachusetts · 8 mi
- Shrewsbury · 9 mi
- South County · 9 mi
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