Artwork · Massachusetts

Night Wall I

Night Wall I from directly overhead

Night Wall I is an artwork in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Turkey Hill stands 107 m to the northwest, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Judgement, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 2.5 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built: 1972
Material: Painted steel

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Coordinates42.37839, -71.11786

2.5 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
3.3 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
24.4 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway

Overlooks nearby

Skywalk Observatory · 3 mi
Sunset Ledge · 24 mi
Eagle Rock · 27 mi
Lookout Point · 28 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks

Judgement: 0.1 mi
Statue Of David: 0.1 mi
Mesoamerican Stele: 0.2 mi
Compare The Shells: 0.2 mi
Bessie: 0.2 mi

Museums

Harvard Museum of Natural History: 0.1 mi
Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology: 0.1 mi
Harvard Geological and Mineral Museum: 0.1 mi
The Collection Of Historical Scientific Instruments: 0.1 mi
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology: 0.1 mi

Historic sites

Parks

Flagstaff Park: 0.2 mi
Cambridge Common: 0.2 mi
Dawes Island Park: 0.2 mi
Sacramento Field: 0.3 mi
Brattle Square: 0.4 mi

Gardens

Adolphus Busch Hall Garden: 0.2 mi
Wallach Garden: 0.3 mi
Harvard Community Garden: 0.5 mi
Community Garden: 0.8 mi
Green Street Neighborhood Garden: 0.8 mi

Attractions

Peaks

Dana Hill: 0.7 mi
Spring Hill: 0.8 mi
Spring Hill: 0.8 mi
Central Hill: 1.1 mi
Prospect Hill: 1.3 mi

Nature reserves

Beaches

Borggaard Beach: 5.4 mi
Crystal Lake Beach: 5.6 mi
Pleasure Bay Beach: 5.8 mi
Corinha Beach: 7.0 mi
Tenean Beach: 7.1 mi

Cliffs49

Lunch Wall: 4.6 mi
Crag 1: 4.7 mi
Temple Overhangs: 4.7 mi
Pusherman Wall: 4.7 mi
Lower Cliff: 4.7 mi

Picnic sites24

Pine Knoll: 5.2 mi
Oak Lea: 5.3 mi
Nature's Pavilion: 5.4 mi
Picnic Site 1: 7.0 mi
Valley Shelter: 7.0 mi

Lighthouses6

Boathouse: 12.1 mi
Keeper's Dwelling: 12.1 mi
Oil Shed: 12.1 mi
Rainshed: 12.1 mi
Boston Light: 12.1 mi

Rest areas4

Commissioners Landing: 2.7 mi
Westwood Rest Area: 11.3 mi
State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 24.9 mi
State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 24.9 mi

Springs3

Quarry Spring: 4.0 mi
Pakomet Spring: 12.0 mi
Mystery Spring: 20.4 mi

Waterfalls3

Cascade Falls: 5.1 mi
Rock Falls: 13.7 mi
Wamesit Falls: 19.6 mi

Ghost towns1

Haywardville: 6.1 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.3 miles of Night Wall I. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Turkey Hill	NW 323°	107 m	4.7 mi
Mount Pisgah	NNW 333°	105 m	5.2 mi
Single Tree Hill	SSW 205°	100 m	4.2 mi
Waban Hill	SW 227°	98 m	3.9 mi
Mount Gilboa	NW 316°	95 m	4.8 mi
Cairn Hill	NNE 19°	92 m	4.9 mi
Wellington Hill	WNW 294°	91 m	4.1 mi
Mount Walley	SSW 192°	91 m	4.9 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:49	18:20	18:57
June solstice	05:08	19:43	20:26
September equinox	06:32	18:07	18:44
December solstice	07:11	15:30	16:15

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	28	30	38	49	59	68	74	73	65	53	43	34
Precip in	3.9	3.6	4.5	4.3	3.6	4.2	3.5	3.7	4.0	5.0	4.0	5.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jamaica Plain, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12884636171

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