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Thoughts Become Things

Thoughts Become Things from directly overhead

Thoughts Become Things is an artwork in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Single Tree Hill stands 100 m to the south-southwest, 2.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Winds of Change, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 3.0 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2020
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates42.35482, -71.13380

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Gardens
Historic sites
Parks
  • Union Square: 0.2 mi
  • Penniman Road Play Area: 0.2 mi
  • James F. Collins Square: 0.3 mi
  • Rita Hester Green: 0.4 mi
  • Athletes Park: 0.5 mi
Museums
Peaks
  • Corey Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Coolidge Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Mount Auburn: 1.2 mi
  • Aspinwall Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Dana Hill: 1.7 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
Beaches
  • Crystal Lake Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Pleasure Bay Beach: 5.9 mi
  • Tenean Beach: 6.3 mi
  • Borggaard Beach: 6.9 mi
  • Nickerson Beach: 7.2 mi
Cliffs: 48
  • Temple Overhangs: 2.9 mi
  • Lower Cliff: 2.9 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 3.0 mi
  • Lunch Wall: 3.0 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 3.0 mi
Picnic sites: 24
  • Pine Knoll: 4.1 mi
  • Oak Lea: 4.1 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 4.3 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 6.5 mi
  • Picnic Site 12: 6.5 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 5
  • Commissioners Landing: 3.1 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 9.6 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 24.3 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 24.3 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 25.0 mi
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 5.8 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 21.0 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Rock Falls: 12.6 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 20.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.7 miles of Thoughts Become Things. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Single Tree HillSSW 203°100 m2.4 mi
Waban HillWSW 243°98 m2.3 mi
Mount GilboaNNW 334°95 m5.7 mi
Bellevue HillS 185°94 m5.4 mi
Mount WalleyS 183°91 m3.2 mi
Wellington HillNW 318°91 m4.4 mi
Bald Pate HillSSW 213°90 m4.2 mi
Green HillS 179°89 m3.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4320:26
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1115:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968747365534334
Precip in3.93.64.54.33.64.23.53.74.05.04.05.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jamaica Plain, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/9655352996

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