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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

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
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
Attractions
  • The Rock House: 3.3 mi
  • Timber Frame: 4.7 mi
  • Path Continues?: 7.3 mi
  • Path Continues: 7.3 mi
  • Path Continues: 7.4 mi
Historic sites
Museums: 49
Artworks: 37
Gardens: 31
  • Butterfly Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Wilbraham Community Garden: 11.8 mi
  • Herb Garden: 12.9 mi
  • Small House Garden: 12.9 mi
  • Pick-your-own Fields: 14.9 mi
Beaches: 13
  • 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: 12
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 3
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 18.5 mi
  • Picnic: 18.5 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 23.3 mi
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 20.7 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 20.8 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 20.8 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Cascade: 19.7 mi
  • Bear's Den Falls: 20.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 24.9 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 25.0 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 HillENE 57°368 m4.4 mi
Steerage RockSSE 168°367 m7.8 mi
Colonels MountainSE 133°362 m1.7 mi
Coys HillE 100°356 m2.5 mi
Poverty HillNNE 21°348 m8.1 mi
East HillNW 309°338 m9.0 mi
Tower HillSSE 157°336 m7.3 mi
Bell HillENE 77°336 m9.0 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 5080 °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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