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Boston Police Superior Officers Federation Memorial

Boston Police Superior Officers Federation Memorial from directly overhead

Boston Police Superior Officers Federation Memorial is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Chickatawbut Hill stands 156 m to the south, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is William H. Garvey Playground, a park 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 3.4 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
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Getting there

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Coordinates42.28518, -71.04516

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • William H. Garvey Playground: 0.2 mi
  • Rev. William F. Toohig Playground: 0.3 mi
  • Neponset Landing Park: 0.4 mi
  • Senator Joseph Finnegan Park (Neponset River Reservation): 0.4 mi
  • Henry Square: 0.6 mi
Museums
Peaks
  • Popes Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Milton Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Meeting House Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Savin Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Mount Bowdoin: 2.0 mi
Artworks
Gardens: 57
  • Fanny Lou Hamer Community Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Wheatland Avenue Community Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Spencer Street Community Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Audrey Jacobs Memorial Community Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Bullard Community garden: 1.9 mi
Beaches
Historic sites: 55
Nature reserves
Attractions: 51
  • Wildebeest: 2.5 mi
  • Hartmann's Mountain Zebra: 2.5 mi
  • Goat: 2.6 mi
  • African Lion: 2.6 mi
  • Masai Giraffe: 2.7 mi
Cliffs: 47
Picnic sites: 22
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • Commissioners Landing: 5.3 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 7.4 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 22.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 23.2 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 5.4 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 10.9 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 11.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.0 miles of Boston Police Superior Officers Federation Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chickatawbut HillS156 m4.4 mi
Hancock HillSSW155 m5.3 mi
Fenno PeakS151 m4.4 mi
Buck HillSSW151 m5.1 mi
Nahanton HillS145 m4.2 mi
Hemenway HillSSW140 m5.4 mi
Kitchamakin HillS133 m4.3 mi
Tucker HillSSW133 m5.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0819:4220:25
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 °F283038495968747365534334
Precip in3.93.64.54.33.64.23.53.74.05.04.05.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jamaica Plain, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11498412559

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