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watering trough

watering trough from directly overhead

watering trough is an artwork in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 54 m. Prospect Hill stands 135 m to the southwest, 3.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Adams Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway runs past it.

The record

What the record says

Material
stone
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.42963, -71.20377

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Adams Park: 0.1 mi
  • Rindge Park: 0.6 mi
  • Antony Park Public Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Tower Park: 0.7 mi
  • Hibbert Playground: 0.7 mi
Attractions
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums
Artworks
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Wildlife Habitat Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Idylwilde Community Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Winthrop Street Community Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Tufts Community Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Shawn Megan Memorial Garden: 4.6 mi
Beaches
  • Borggaard Beach: 3.5 mi
  • Crystal Lake Beach: 7.2 mi
  • Baby Beach: 9.4 mi
  • Pearce Lake Beach: 9.6 mi
  • Morses Pond Beach: 10.9 mi
Cliffs: 46
  • Bloody Bluff: 3.4 mi
  • Crag 1: 6.4 mi
  • Lunch Wall: 6.9 mi
  • Lookout Cliff: 7.1 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 7.2 mi
Picnic sites: 23
  • Picnic Site 1: 3.4 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 3.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 3: 3.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 3.8 mi
  • Valley Shelter: 3.9 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 5.0 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 14.8 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 16.8 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Rock Falls: 18.9 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.1 miles of watering trough. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillSW 222°135 m3.8 mi
Little ProspectSW 220°133 m4.0 mi
Whipple HillNE 50°110 m1.3 mi
Loring HillWNW 291°109 m1.8 mi
Granny HillNNW 332°108 m1.8 mi
Turkey HillE 83°107 m1.6 mi
Zion HillNE 35°107 m2.2 mi
Mount PisgahENE 61°105 m2.3 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 solstice07:1215:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F282937495968747264524233
Precip in2.92.73.83.83.43.73.53.53.54.23.73.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bedford Hanscom FLD, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9223408607

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