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Arlington Center Historic District

Arlington Center Historic District from directly overhead

Arlington Center Historic District is an attraction in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 19 m. Whipple Hill stands 110 m to the northwest, 2.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Robbins Memorial Flagstaff, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Battle Road Scenic Byway runs past it.

What the record says

Elevation
19 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.41594, -71.15700

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Historic sites
Parks
  • Jason Russell House Park: 0.1 mi
  • Arlington Town Hall Park: 0.1 mi
  • Buzzell Field: 0.2 mi
  • Whittemore Park: 0.2 mi
  • Parmenter Park: 0.2 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Central Street Historical District: 0.1 mi
  • Bowman Tavern: 2.8 mi
  • Harvard Square: 3.5 mi
  • Pickerel Rock: 3.7 mi
  • 1899 MIT Observatory site: 4.1 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Gardens
  • Wildlife Habitat Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Tufts Community Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Winthrop Street Community Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Alex's Place: 2.0 mi
  • Shawn Megan Memorial Garden: 2.2 mi
Beaches
Cliffs: 46
  • Crag 1: 4.3 mi
  • Lookout Cliff: 5.4 mi
  • Bloody Bluff: 5.9 mi
  • Lunch Wall: 6.0 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 6.3 mi
Picnic sites: 24
  • Picnic Site 1: 5.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 5.3 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 5.3 mi
  • Picnic Site 3: 5.3 mi
  • Valley Shelter: 5.4 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 3.0 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 15.0 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 17.2 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 16.4 mi
  • Rock Falls: 16.9 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 4.7 miles of Arlington Center Historic District. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Whipple HillNW 323°110 m2.3 mi
Loring HillWNW 291°109 m4.4 mi
Granny HillNW 308°108 m4.1 mi
Turkey HillNW 324°107 m1.4 mi
Zion HillNNW 337°107 m2.9 mi
Mount PisgahNNW 349°105 m2.1 mi
Mount IndependenceWNW 289°101 m3.0 mi
Mount GilboaWNW 302°95 m1.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0819:4320:26
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1115:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283037485867737264534334
Precip in3.93.64.94.33.84.24.03.53.94.84.05.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Reading, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358278960

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