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Blackstone Memorial Tablet

Blackstone Memorial Tablet from directly overhead

Blackstone Memorial Tablet is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 16 m. Single Tree Hill stands 100 m to the west-southwest, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is IEEE Milestone, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 0.5 miles off.

The story

park in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Wikidata Q49474966, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
16 m
Material
stone

How to reach it

Coordinates42.35662, -71.06225

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Artworks
Parks
  • Old City Hall Grounds: 0.2 mi
  • Ashburton Park: 0.2 mi
  • School Street Mall: 0.2 mi
  • Temple Street Park: 0.2 mi
  • Winthrop Square: 0.3 mi
Peaks
  • Flagstaff Hill: 0.2 mi
  • Beacon Hill: 0.3 mi
  • Copps Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Breeds Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Camp Hill: 1.6 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches
  • Pleasure Bay Beach: 2.6 mi
  • Corinha Beach: 4.2 mi
  • Tenean Beach: 4.5 mi
  • Nickerson Beach: 4.5 mi
  • Yirrel Beach: 4.8 mi
Cliffs: 48
Picnic sites: 24
  • Pine Knoll: 3.8 mi
  • Oak Lea: 3.9 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 3.9 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 6.4 mi
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 9.5 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 4
  • Commissioners Landing: 0.6 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 10.8 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 21.9 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 21.9 mi
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 10.2 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 23.5 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Rock Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 22.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Single Tree HillWSW 243°100 m5.1 mi
Waban HillWSW 258°98 m5.8 mi
Mount WalleySW 229°91 m5.1 mi
Green HillSW 224°89 m5.2 mi
Chestnut HillWSW 251°86 m5.4 mi
Boojum RockN 349°83 m5.8 mi
Fisher HillWSW 245°81 m4.4 mi
Corey HillWSW 255°80 m3.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:1918:57
June solstice05:0819:4320:25
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1115:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238495868747366554536
Precip in3.43.24.23.63.23.93.33.23.64.03.74.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boston, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358276784

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