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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.

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What the record says

Material
stone
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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
Beaches
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
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Artworks
Gardens
  • 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
Attractions
  • 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: 40
Rest areas: 6
  • Commissioners Landing: 5.3 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 7.4 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 17.8 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 17.8 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 22.5 mi
Lighthouses: 6
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 HillS 191°156 m4.4 mi
Hancock HillSSW 209°155 m5.3 mi
Fenno PeakS 190°151 m4.4 mi
Buck HillSSW 197°151 m5.1 mi
Nahanton HillS 188°145 m4.2 mi
Hemenway HillSSW 211°140 m5.4 mi
Kitchamakin HillS 188°133 m4.3 mi
Tucker HillSSW 203°133 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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