Harvard Square
Harvard Square is an attraction in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Turkey Hill stands 107 m to the northwest, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Ghost Bike - Darryl Willis, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 2.8 miles off.
The story
square near the center of Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Wikidata Q1587858, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 2.8 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 3.1 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 24.8 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
Named places within 25 miles
- Ghost Bike - Darryl Willis: 0.0 mi
- Statue of Charles Sumner: 0.1 mi
- John Harvard Statue: 0.1 mi
- The Harvard Lampoon Castle: 0.2 mi
- Irish Famine Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Harvard Bixi: 0.1 mi
- Compare The Shells: 0.2 mi
- Large Four Piece Reclining Figure: 0.2 mi
- Spiral: 0.2 mi
- Statue Of David: 0.3 mi
- Winthrop Park: 0.1 mi
- Brattle Square: 0.1 mi
- Dawes Island Park: 0.1 mi
- Flagstaff Park: 0.2 mi
- Cambridge Common: 0.3 mi
- Harvard Community Garden: 0.1 mi
- Wallach Garden: 0.2 mi
- Adolphus Busch Hall Garden: 0.3 mi
- Green Street Neighborhood Garden: 0.5 mi
- Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Fogg Museum: 0.2 mi
- Busch-Reisinger Museum: 0.2 mi
- Harvard Art Museums: 0.2 mi
- The Collection Of Historical Scientific Instruments: 0.3 mi
- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery: 0.3 mi
- Dana Hill: 0.5 mi
- Spring Hill: 1.1 mi
- Spring Hill: 1.1 mi
- Mount Auburn: 1.3 mi
- Central Hill: 1.3 mi
- Alewife Brook Parkway: 1.7 mi
- Alewife Brook Parkway: 1.8 mi
- Amory Woods: 1.8 mi
- Alewife Brook Parkway: 1.9 mi
- Hall's Pond Sanctuary: 1.9 mi
- Citgo Sign: 2.0 mi
- 34: 2.1 mi
- 26: 2.1 mi
- 45: 2.1 mi
- 14: 2.1 mi
- Crystal Lake Beach: 5.4 mi
- Pleasure Bay Beach: 5.7 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 5.7 mi
- Tenean Beach: 6.8 mi
- Corinha Beach: 7.0 mi
- Lunch Wall: 4.4 mi
- Temple Overhangs: 4.4 mi
- Lower Cliff: 4.4 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 4.4 mi
- Upper Cliff: 4.4 mi
- Pine Knoll: 4.9 mi
- Oak Lea: 5.0 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 5.1 mi
- Picnic Site 1: 7.0 mi
- Picnic Site 12: 7.0 mi
- Boathouse: 12.0 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 12.0 mi
- Oil Shed: 12.1 mi
- Rainshed: 12.1 mi
- Boston Light: 12.1 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 2.6 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 11.0 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 24.7 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 24.7 mi
- Quarry Spring: 4.4 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 11.7 mi
- Mystery Spring: 20.6 mi
- Cascade Falls: 5.4 mi
- Rock Falls: 13.4 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 19.9 mi
- Haywardville: 6.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.3 miles of Harvard Square. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey Hill | NW 326° | 107 m | 4.9 mi |
| Single Tree Hill | SSW 206° | 100 m | 3.9 mi |
| Waban Hill | SW 230° | 98 m | 3.7 mi |
| Mount Gilboa | NW 319° | 95 m | 5.0 mi |
| Cairn Hill | NNE 19° | 92 m | 5.2 mi |
| Wellington Hill | WNW 298° | 91 m | 4.2 mi |
| Mount Walley | SSW 192° | 91 m | 4.6 mi |
| Green Hill | S 188° | 89 m | 4.9 mi |
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.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/2448023622
Day trips start here
- Cambridge · 0 mi
- Somerville · 1 mi
- Boston/Allston-Brighton · 2 mi
- Boston/Fenway-Kenmore · 2 mi
- Arlington · 3 mi
- Boston · 3 mi
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