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Breakneck Ledge

Breakneck Ledge, seen from above at true elevation

Breakneck Ledge is a cliff in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 134 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the southwest, 0.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Hemenway Hill, a peak 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 4.0 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
134 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.21954, -71.10144

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Hemenway Hill: 0.1 mi
  • Hancock Hill: 0.3 mi
  • Wolcott Hill: 0.4 mi
  • Houghton Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Breeze Hill: 0.8 mi
Attractions
Museums
Parks
  • Flatley Field: 1.4 mi
  • Camp Meigs Playground: 1.9 mi
  • Moynihan Recreation Area: 2.1 mi
  • Sprague Pond Park: 2.1 mi
  • Francis D. Martini Memorial Shell Park: 2.2 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Kitchen Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Formal Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Flower Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Lucerne-Balsam Streets Community Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Wheatland Avenue Community Garden: 5.2 mi
Historic sites
  • Nike Missile Launch Site BO-55: 2.0 mi
  • Paul C. "Puzzy" Carter Marine PFC Memorial: 2.0 mi
  • Francis D. Martini Memorial Shell: 2.1 mi
  • Civil War Memorial: 2.6 mi
  • Bishop Riley: 2.7 mi
Beaches
Artworks
  • Constitution Common: 5.3 mi
  • John Adams: 5.5 mi
  • John Hancock: 5.5 mi
  • Abigail Adams: 5.5 mi
  • TOOTHY!!!: 6.2 mi
Cliffs: 46
Picnic sites: 39
Rest areas: 6
  • Westwood Rest Area: 2.9 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 9.7 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 17.1 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 17.8 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 17.8 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 1.9 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 14.9 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 15.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.4 miles of Breakneck Ledge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillSW 231°193 m0.8 mi
Chickatawbut HillE 85°156 m2.0 mi
Hancock HillESE 107°155 m0.3 mi
Buck HillESE 104°151 m1.4 mi
Fenno PeakE 86°151 m2.1 mi
Nahanton HillE 82°145 m2.3 mi
Hemenway HillSSE 153°140 m0.1 mi
Tucker HillESE 120°133 m0.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4220:25
September equinox06:3218:0718:44
December solstice07:1115:3116:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272836475867737164534233
Precip in4.54.05.54.83.84.63.53.94.15.54.35.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blue Hill Coop, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358275452

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