Historic site · Massachusetts
Adams
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.
What the record says
- Material
- stone
- Inscription
- Ramelle Cochrane Adams 1916-2004
How to reach it
Coordinates42.43307, -71.32698
- 1.6 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 14.1 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 27.8 mi off the The Apple Way of Londonderry
- 29.5 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 14 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 26 mi
- Lookout Point · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Museums
- Gropius House: 0.4 mi
- Thoreau Cabin replica: 0.7 mi
- Codman House Museum: 1.0 mi
- Codman Estate: 1.1 mi
- Orchard House Museum: 1.8 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
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
Nature reserves
- Adams Land: 0.0 mi
- Millots Land: 0.2 mi
- Baker Bridge North: 0.3 mi
- Pine Hill: 0.3 mi
- Conant Land: 0.7 mi
Peaks
- Pine Hill: 0.3 mi
- Smiths Hill: 1.3 mi
- Mount Misery: 1.3 mi
- Fairhaven Hill: 1.4 mi
- Brooks Hill: 1.6 mi
Gardens
- Native Plant Garden: 0.6 mi
- People For Pollinators: 0.9 mi
- Italinate garden: 1.0 mi
- Planted Canoe: 1.4 mi
- Conantum Community Gardens: 2.2 mi
Historic sites: 57
- Aureet Bar-Yam: 0.8 mi
- Reflection: 1.1 mi
- Brister Freeman Homestead Site Marker: 1.2 mi
- Buried British Soldiers: 1.8 mi
- British Grave Near Bloody Angle: 2.1 mi
Attractions: 52
- 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
Cliffs: 43
- Bloody Bluff: 3.3 mi
- Farmers Cliff: 3.9 mi
- Falling Rock Ridge: 8.6 mi
- Lunch Wall: 10.2 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 10.6 mi
Picnic sites: 19
- 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: 5
- Boathouse: 23.4 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 23.4 mi
- Oil Shed: 23.4 mi
- Rainshed: 23.4 mi
- Boston Light: 23.5 mi
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
- Haywardville: 12.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.3 miles of Adams. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect Hill | SE 129° | 135 m | 4.8 mi |
| Little Prospect | SE 132° | 133 m | 5.0 mi |
| Reeves Hill | SSW 191° | 122 m | 6.2 mi |
| Goodman Hill | SW 225° | 119 m | 5.7 mi |
| Annursnac Hill | NW 312° | 110 m | 4.7 mi |
| Loring Hill | E 85° | 109 m | 4.6 mi |
| Granny Hill | ENE 76° | 108 m | 5.6 mi |
| Pine Hill | NNW 340° | 106 m | 0.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:21 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:44 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:30 | 16:16 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 29 | 37 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bedford Hanscom FLD, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12029192065
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