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Belcher Cemetery

Belcher Cemetery from directly overhead

Belcher Cemetery is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 53 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the west-northwest, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Weymouth Street Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 12 miles off.

The story

cemetery in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States

Wikidata Q117515036, matched on coordinates and name (9 m apart).

What the record says

Inscription
Belcher Cemetery Their works immortalize their names, their labors cease and here they rest. 1811

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.15580, -70.97741

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Great Pond Nature Preserve: 0.7 mi
  • Old Forgotten Park: 0.8 mi
  • Richard E. Gifford Playground: 0.8 mi
  • Negus Park: 0.9 mi
  • Pond Plain Improvement Association Memorial Garden: 1.0 mi
Peaks
Attractions
Beaches
Cliffs: 45
  • The Shield: 6.1 mi
  • S Wall: 6.8 mi
  • R Wall: 6.8 mi
  • Q Wall: 6.8 mi
  • N Wall: 6.8 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 1.8 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 1.8 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 8.2 mi
  • Oak Grove: 11.6 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 11.7 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 7
  • Westwood Rest Area: 10.2 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 10.4 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 10.4 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 14.8 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 18.5 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 20.6 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 20.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Belcher Cemetery. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillWNW 299°193 m8.0 mi
Chickatawbut HillNW 317°156 m6.3 mi
Hancock HillNW 306°155 m7.4 mi
Fenno PeakNW 317°151 m6.2 mi
Buck HillNW 309°151 m6.4 mi
Nahanton HillNW 319°145 m6.2 mi
Hemenway HillNW 304°140 m7.6 mi
Kitchamakin HillNW 319°133 m6.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0919:4220:24
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1015:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238485867737265544435
Precip in4.54.05.44.63.84.03.63.83.95.24.45.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hingham, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/6394953050

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