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Always Sunny Wall

Always Sunny Wall, seen from above at true elevation

Always Sunny Wall is a cliff in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 48 m. Castle Rock stands 87 m to the west, 3.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Hermon, a peak 0.2 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
3 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.49428, -70.97722

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Mount Hermon: 0.2 mi
  • Mount Spickett: 0.4 mi
  • Burrill Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Indian Hill: 0.7 mi
Attractions
  • Echo Rock: 0.5 mi
  • Dungeon Rock: 0.8 mi
  • Union Rock: 0.9 mi
  • Steel Tower: 0.9 mi
  • Lynn Woods Rose Garden: 1.4 mi
Parks
  • Gowdy Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
  • Lakeshore Park: 1.1 mi
  • Magnolia Avenue Playground: 1.2 mi
  • Flax Pond Playground: 1.6 mi
  • Raddin Road Park: 1.7 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Herb Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Ropes Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Pickman Park Community Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Salem Community Gardens: 4.7 mi
  • Community Gardens: 5.3 mi
Museums
Beaches
  • Pearce Lake Beach: 3.0 mi
  • Lynn Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Kings Beach: 3.4 mi
  • Nahant Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Fisherman's Beach: 4.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Peabody Public Safety Memorial: 3.0 mi
  • World War I Memorial: 3.5 mi
  • Civil War Monument: 3.5 mi
  • Major Doak A. Weston USAAF: 4.1 mi
  • Francis J. Cassidy (1928–1990): 4.1 mi
Artworks
Cliffs: 49
Picnic sites: 23
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 2.8 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 14.2 mi
  • Oak Lea: 14.3 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 14.4 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 15.5 mi
Lighthouses: 20
Springs: 5
  • Quarry Spring: 7.7 mi
  • Rail Spring: 19.2 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 20.3 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 22.9 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 24.9 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Commissioners Landing: 10.6 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 21.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 21.8 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 21.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 22.8 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 17.8 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 18.8 mi
  • Rock Falls: 20.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.3 miles of Always Sunny Wall. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Castle RockW 263°87.2 m3.4 mi
Burrill HillSW 236°87 m0.5 mi
Crow HillW 264°82.9 m3.3 mi
Mount HoodSW 224°79 m4.1 mi
Whip HillWSW 249°79 m6.0 mi
Mount GileadWSW 251°77 m0.9 mi
Mount HermonNNW 334°76 m0.2 mi
Black RockSW 235°75 m6.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0719:4320:25
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1115:2916:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272935455564716963524233
Precip in3.83.54.74.33.54.13.53.33.65.04.14.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marblehead, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1037771217

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