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Adams

Adams from directly overhead

Adams is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 69 m. Prospect Hill stands 135 m to the southeast, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Adams Land, a nature reserve less than a tenth of a mile away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 1.6 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
stone
Inscription
Ramelle Cochrane Adams 1916-2004
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.43307, -71.32698

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums
Attractions
  • Emerson's Cliff: 0.6 mi
  • Thoreau Bean Field: 1.0 mi
  • Thoreau Cabin site: 1.0 mi
  • Little Women House: 1.9 mi
  • Bloody Angle: 2.1 mi
Gardens
  • Native Plant Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Native Plant Garden: 0.6 mi
  • People For Pollinators: 0.9 mi
  • Italinate garden: 1.0 mi
  • Planted Canoe: 1.4 mi
Artworks
  • Archadian Gyro: 0.7 mi
  • Little Red Riding Hood and Other Stories: 0.8 mi
  • Dream World: 0.8 mi
  • Decordova Ball: 0.8 mi
  • Lincoln: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
Parks
  • Deborah Birt Memorial Park Lincoln Woods: 1.1 mi
  • Pierce Park: 1.3 mi
  • Sculpture park: 1.3 mi
  • Codman Community Farm: 1.3 mi
  • Peace Garden: 1.3 mi
Beaches
  • Stow Town Beach: 9.0 mi
  • Morses Pond Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Borggaard Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Crystal Lake Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Learned Pond Beach: 11.0 mi
Cliffs: 43
Picnic sites: 22
  • Picnic Site 1: 4.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 4.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 3: 4.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 4.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 6: 4.9 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 4
  • Commissioners Landing: 13.9 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 17.2 mi
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 20.1 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 22.9 mi
Springs: 3
  • Mystery Spring: 11.0 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 11.3 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 20.4 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Rock Falls: 23.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.2 miles of Adams. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillSE 129°135 m4.8 mi
Little ProspectSE 132°133 m5.0 mi
Reeves HillSSW 191°122 m6.2 mi
Goodman HillSW 225°119 m5.7 mi
Annursnac HillNW 312°110 m4.7 mi
Loring HillE 85°109 m4.6 mi
Granny HillENE 76°108 m5.6 mi
Pine HillNNW 340°106 m0.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:0919:4420:27
September equinox06:3318:0718:45
December solstice07:1215:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F282937495968747264524233
Precip in2.92.73.83.83.43.73.53.53.54.23.73.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bedford Hanscom FLD, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12029192065

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