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Brister Freeman Homestead Site Marker

Brister Freeman Homestead Site Marker from directly overhead

Brister Freeman Homestead Site Marker is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 59 m. Prospect Hill stands 135 m to the southeast, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Thoreau Bean Field, a attraction 0.2 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 0.8 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
stone
Inscription
Near here lived Brister Freeman (d. 1822) formerly enslaved in Concord Fenda Freeman (d. 1811), and their family
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.44660, -71.34135

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Historic sites
Gardens
Museums
Nature reserves
Parks
Peaks
Artworks
  • Minute Man Statue: 1.6 mi
  • Dream World: 1.8 mi
  • Little Red Riding Hood and Other Stories: 1.8 mi
  • Archadian Gyro: 1.8 mi
  • Watershed: 1.8 mi
Beaches
  • Stow Town Beach: 8.5 mi
  • Borggaard Beach: 10.1 mi
  • Morses Pond Beach: 10.5 mi
  • Memorial Beach: 10.9 mi
  • Centennial Beach: 11.0 mi
Cliffs: 44
Picnic sites: 23
  • Picnic Site 1: 5.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 5.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 3: 5.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 5.9 mi
  • Picnic Site 6: 6.0 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Waterfalls: 4
  • Wamesit Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 13.5 mi
  • Rock Falls: 24.3 mi
  • Cascades: 24.5 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Commissioners Landing: 15.0 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 18.4 mi
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 19.1 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 22.2 mi
Springs: 3
  • Mystery Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.5 miles of Brister Freeman Homestead Site Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillSE 132°135 m6.0 mi
Little ProspectSE 134°133 m6.1 mi
Goodman HillSSW 214°119 m5.9 mi
Annursnac HillNW 308°110 m3.5 mi
Loring HillE 96°109 m5.4 mi
Great HillWNW 285°109 m5.9 mi
Granny HillE 86°108 m6.2 mi
Pine HillSE 135°106 m0.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:0919:4420:27
September equinox06:3318:0718:45
December solstice07:1215:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F282937495968747264524233
Precip in2.92.73.83.83.43.73.53.53.54.23.73.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bedford Hanscom FLD, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13157005285

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