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Our Lady of Loretto Grotto

Our Lady of Loretto Grotto from directly overhead

Our Lady of Loretto Grotto is an artwork in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 99 m. Prospect Hill stands 135 m to the northeast, 3.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History, a museum 0.1 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 7.0 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1950
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.34918, -71.30860

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Case Park: 1.1 mi
  • Boston Post Road Historic District: 1.1 mi
  • Soldiers Field Town Park: 1.3 mi
  • The Terraces: 1.3 mi
  • Town Square: 1.3 mi
Peaks
Attractions
  • Elephant Rock: 2.3 mi
  • Fairy Rock: 2.6 mi
  • Boston Marathon - Wellesley Scream Tunnel: 3.7 mi
  • Ponyhenge: 3.8 mi
  • Piccadilly Square Chair: 6.0 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Richard Saivetz '69: 2.7 mi
  • Wayland Veterans Memorial: 2.8 mi
  • Usen Castle: 3.0 mi
  • Isaac Sprague Memorial Tower: 3.1 mi
  • Old Camp 2 Foundation: 3.5 mi
Beaches
  • Morses Pond Beach: 3.7 mi
  • Crystal Lake Beach: 5.7 mi
  • Memorial Beach: 5.9 mi
  • Learned Pond Beach: 7.0 mi
  • Shapiro Beach: 8.5 mi
Gardens
  • Bob's Island: 4.0 mi
  • Yvonne’s Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Wildflower Patch: 4.4 mi
  • Wildflower Patch: 4.5 mi
  • Emma Hart Fessenden Garden: 4.5 mi
Cliffs: 44
  • Lunch Wall: 6.6 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 6.9 mi
  • Temple Overhangs: 6.9 mi
  • Falling Rock Ridge: 7.1 mi
  • The Alcove: 7.1 mi
Picnic sites: 43
  • Picnic Site 9: 3.5 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 3.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 3.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 3.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 12: 3.7 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 5
  • Westwood Rest Area: 11.9 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 12.0 mi
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 23.3 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 23.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 24.0 mi
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 12.0 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 15.7 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 16.8 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Rock Falls: 18.7 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 19.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.8 miles of Our Lady of Loretto Grotto. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillNE 46°135 m3.9 mi
Little ProspectNE 48°133 m3.7 mi
Pegan HillS 178°125 m6.8 mi
Reeves HillW 263°122 m2.2 mi
Goodman HillWNW 290°119 m5.3 mi
Doublet HillE 91°108 m1.8 mi
Pine HillN 350°106 m6.2 mi
Fullers HillNNE 29°105 m5.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2018:58
June solstice05:0919:4420:26
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1215:3116:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836475766727062514132
Precip in3.43.13.94.13.84.13.93.84.24.83.74.4

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12947625033

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