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Aureet Bar-Yam

Aureet Bar-Yam from directly overhead

Aureet Bar-Yam is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 75 m. Prospect Hill stands 135 m to the southeast, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Watershed, a artwork 0.3 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 1.2 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1991-01-07
Material
stone
Inscription
Shirver to think her light her warmth. Forever frozen in this clear cold pond. May its glimmer give you pause. For ice broke hearts the day she drowned.
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.43600, -71.31145

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Watershed: 0.3 mi
  • Dream World: 0.3 mi
  • Little Red Riding Hood and Other Stories: 0.3 mi
  • Archadian Gyro: 0.4 mi
  • Best of All Possible Worlds: 0.4 mi
Parks
  • Pierce Park: 0.9 mi
  • Deborah Birt Memorial Park Lincoln Woods: 1.6 mi
  • Sculpture park: 1.6 mi
  • Peace Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Codman Community Farm: 1.7 mi
Museums
Historic sites: 58
Beaches
  • Borggaard Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Crystal Lake Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Morses Pond Beach: 9.7 mi
  • Stow Town Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Baby Beach: 11.0 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Gardens
  • People For Pollinators: 1.0 mi
  • Native Plant Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Italinate garden: 1.6 mi
  • Planted Canoe: 1.9 mi
  • Monument Square: 2.6 mi
Attractions: 52
  • Emerson's Cliff: 1.3 mi
  • Bloody Angle: 1.5 mi
  • Thoreau Bean Field: 1.5 mi
  • Thoreau Cabin site: 1.6 mi
  • Paul Revere Capture Site: 1.8 mi
Cliffs: 44
Picnic sites: 19
  • Picnic Site 1: 4.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 4.2 mi
  • Picnic Site 3: 4.2 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 4.3 mi
  • Valley Shelter: 4.5 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • Commissioners Landing: 13.3 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 17.0 mi
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 20.7 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 22.5 mi
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 11.1 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 20.1 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 13.3 mi
  • Rock Falls: 22.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.4 miles of Aureet Bar-Yam. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillSE135 m4.4 mi
Little ProspectSE133 m4.6 mi
Annursnac HillNW110 m5.2 mi
Loring HillE109 m3.8 mi
Granny HillENE108 m4.8 mi
Doublet HillSSE108 m6.3 mi
Pine HillW106 m0.9 mi
Fullers HillESE105 m3.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2018:58
June solstice05:0919:4420:27
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
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, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7157509031

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