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9/11 Memorial: Steel Beam

9/11 Memorial: Steel Beam from directly overhead

9/11 Memorial: Steel Beam is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 126 m. Ragged Hill stands 368 m to the east-northeast, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Memorial Field, a park 0.8 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.

What the record says

Material
metal
Inscription
9-11-01 Ware Will Never Forget

How to reach it

Coordinates42.25249, -72.25688

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Colonels Mountain: 1.7 mi
  • Fox Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Pattaquattic Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Coys Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Brimstone Hill: 3.1 mi
Historic sites
Parks
  • Memorial Field: 0.8 mi
  • Veterans' Park: 0.9 mi
  • Nenamesek Park: 1.0 mi
  • Grenville Park: 1.6 mi
  • Dean Park: 2.7 mi
Museums: 48
Artworks: 37
Attractions
  • The Rock House: 3.3 mi
  • Timber Frame: 4.7 mi
  • Path Continues?: 7.3 mi
  • Path Continues: 7.3 mi
  • SSG 102: 7.6 mi
Gardens: 28
Beaches: 12
  • West Brookfield Town Beach: 5.7 mi
  • Lashaway Park Town Beach: 10.6 mi
  • Streeter Beach: 11.8 mi
  • Haviland Pond Beach: 12.5 mi
  • Puffers Pond South Beach: 17.5 mi
Cliffs: 10
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 3
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 18.5 mi
  • Picnic: 18.5 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 23.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 24.9 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 25.0 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Bear's Den Falls: 20.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of 9/11 Memorial: Steel Beam. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ragged HillENE368 m4.4 mi
Steerage RockSSE367 m7.8 mi
Colonels MountainSE362 m1.7 mi
Coys HillE356 m2.5 mi
Poverty HillNNE348 m8.1 mi
Tower HillSSE336 m7.3 mi
Bell HillENE336 m9.0 mi
Charity HillNNE333 m8.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1319:4720:30
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1515:3516:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242534455766716962504030
Precip in3.53.13.73.73.64.24.24.84.54.83.54.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Belchertown, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12764602807

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