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Crag 1

Crag 1, seen from above at true elevation

Crag 1 is a cliff in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 71 m. Cairn Hill stands 92 m to the northwest, 0.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Pinnacle Rock, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 4.1 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
15 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.43936, -71.07816

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Patchell Playground: 0.3 mi
  • Amerige Field: 0.6 mi
  • Coytemore Lea Park: 0.7 mi
  • Pine Banks Park: 0.7 mi
  • Waitt's Mount Park: 0.8 mi
Attractions
  • 1899 MIT Observatory site: 0.4 mi
  • Stone Chimney: 1.2 mi
  • Pickerel Rock: 1.3 mi
  • Hikmat home: 2.4 mi
  • Central Street Historical District: 4.3 mi
Gardens
  • Sylvester Baxter Delta: 0.7 mi
  • Malden Youth Community Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Winthrop Street Community Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Alex's Place: 3.1 mi
  • Tufts Community Garden: 3.3 mi
Historic sites
  • Firefighter Memorial: 0.8 mi
  • Nicholas L. Delano Memorial Fountain: 0.9 mi
  • The First Church in Malden: 0.9 mi
  • FIrst National Bank of Malden: 1.0 mi
  • Virginia Wood: 1.3 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Rock spiral: 1.6 mi
  • Mystic Musical Fence: 2.7 mi
  • Orange Dinosaur: 2.9 mi
  • LEGO Giraffe: 3.1 mi
  • Jumbo Statue: 3.1 mi
Museums
Beaches
Cliffs: 46
Picnic sites: 23
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 9.2 mi
  • Oak Lea: 9.3 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 9.4 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 9.4 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 0.4 mi
  • Rock Falls: 17.0 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 17.2 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 22.8 mi
Springs: 4
  • Quarry Spring: 1.4 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 15.9 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 19.5 mi
  • Rail Spring: 24.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 4.2 miles of Crag 1. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cairn HillNW 316°92 m0.6 mi
Bear HillNW 321°91 m2.4 mi
Castle RockNNE 27°87.2 m3.8 mi
Winthrop HillNW 314°84 m2.0 mi
Boojum RockW 275°83 m0.3 mi
Crow HillNNE 28°82.9 m3.9 mi
Taylor MountainNW 315°81 m2.0 mi
Blueberry MountainNW 309°80 m3.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0819:4320:26
September equinox06:3218:0618:44
December solstice07:1115:2916:15

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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1050601314

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