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Bill Forward Monument

Bill Forward Monument from directly overhead

Bill Forward Monument is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Littles Hill stands 79 m to the west-southwest, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Eagle Hill, a peak 0.3 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 1.4 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
Bill Forward Wildlife Management Area Dedicated October 16, 1977 By Spoortsmen and Friends
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.76550, -70.87789

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Peaks
  • Eagle Hill: 0.3 mi
  • Cedar Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Wolf's Den Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Adams Place Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Old Town Hill: 1.5 mi
Beaches
  • The Knobbs: 4.7 mi
  • Plum Island Beach: 4.7 mi
  • Clark Beach: 6.0 mi
  • Salisbury Beach: 6.2 mi
  • Ipswich Bar: 6.6 mi
Historic sites: 56
Parks
  • Lower Green: 1.6 mi
  • Central Street Recreation & Natural Resource Area: 2.5 mi
  • March's Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Clipper City Rail Trail: 2.7 mi
  • Perkins Park & Playground: 2.8 mi
Attractions: 55
  • Market Square: 3.2 mi
  • Captain's Fishing Parties: 4.6 mi
  • Corn Maze: 5.5 mi
  • The Rockery: 9.2 mi
  • Al Gauron Fishing & Whale Watching: 9.8 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens: 53
  • Bushee Garden: 1.4 mi
  • The Shade Garden: 1.7 mi
  • The Flame Garden: 1.7 mi
  • The Shade Shrub Collection: 1.7 mi
  • The 'Water Fall': 1.7 mi
Artworks: 52
  • Sparrows: 2.4 mi
  • Clyde: 2.6 mi
  • Eclipse: 2.7 mi
  • Torrential Flight: 2.8 mi
  • Will He.: 3.0 mi
Cliffs: 20
  • Great Neck: 5.6 mi
  • Sheep's Rock: 6.8 mi
  • Bar Head Cliff: 6.9 mi
  • Coastal Bank Bluff: 7.3 mi
  • Wildcat Ledge: 9.5 mi
Lighthouses: 12
Waterfalls: 11
  • Newbury Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Great Falls: 15.3 mi
  • Lower Falls: 15.4 mi
  • Piscassic Falls: 22.2 mi
Picnic sites: 9
Rest areas: 8
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 7.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 7.9 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 8.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 9.7 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 11.7 mi
Springs: 3
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.3 miles of Bill Forward Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Littles HillWSW79 m7.1 mi
Brake HillW79 m6.5 mi
Prospect HillS77 m4.3 mi
Crow HillW77 m6.5 mi
Whittier HillNNW76 m7.2 mi
Archelaus HillWNW74 m4.9 mi
Pond HillNW74 m7.2 mi
Turner HillS70 m6.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0619:4320:26
September equinox06:3118:0518:43
December solstice07:1215:2716:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262936475767727163514132
Precip in3.73.64.94.23.84.23.63.44.14.93.94.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groveland, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/2748581647

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