Historic site · Massachusetts
Brodette Memorial Circle
Brodette Memorial Circle is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Whipple Hill stands 110 m to the north-northwest, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Teeven Memorial Circle, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 1.5 miles off.
What the record says
- Material
- steel
- Inscription
- (STAR) David Joseph Brodette CO F. 168th Inf. 42nd DIV A.E.F. Dec 20, 1894 - Oct. 29, 1918 (Cross) Killed In Action
How to reach it
Coordinates42.38664, -71.14096
- 1.5 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 4.6 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 24.7 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 4 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 24 mi
- Eagle Rock · 27 mi
- Lookout Point · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Teeven Memorial Circle: 0.2 mi
- Cambridge Olympians: 0.3 mi
- Cambridge Brick Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Mount Auburn Veterans Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Mary Baker Eddy Memorial: 0.9 mi
Parks
- Danehy Park: 0.3 mi
- Rothlisberger Park: 0.3 mi
- Buckingham, Brown And Nichols School Athletic Field: 0.3 mi
- Saint Peters Field: 0.4 mi
- Kingsley Park: 0.4 mi
Gardens
- Shawn Megan Memorial Garden: 0.4 mi
- Wallach Garden: 1.2 mi
- Bikeway Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- Native Pollinator Garden: 1.5 mi
- Adolphus Busch Hall Garden: 1.5 mi
Nature reserves
- Alewife Brook Parkway: 0.4 mi
- Alewife Brook Parkway: 0.5 mi
- Alewife Brook Parkway: 0.6 mi
- Cooke's Hollow: 2.3 mi
- Whitney Hill Park: 2.4 mi
Artworks
- Boston: 0.8 mi
- Turtle: 0.9 mi
- Longfellow: 1.1 mi
- Gift of the Wind: 1.1 mi
- Judgement: 1.3 mi
Museums
- Cooper-Frost-Austin House: 1.0 mi
- Griffin Museum at Digital Silver Imaging: 1.1 mi
- Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology: 1.4 mi
- Harvard Museum of Natural History: 1.4 mi
- Harvard Geological and Mineral Museum: 1.4 mi
Peaks
- Mount Auburn: 1.2 mi
- Coolidge Hill: 1.4 mi
- Clarendon Hill: 1.4 mi
- Powder House Hill: 1.6 mi
- Spring Hill: 1.6 mi
Attractions
- Harvard Square: 1.4 mi
- Arlington Center Historic District: 2.2 mi
- Central Street Historical District: 2.3 mi
- 34: 3.4 mi
- 26: 3.4 mi
Beaches
- Borggaard Beach: 4.7 mi
- Crystal Lake Beach: 5.2 mi
- Pleasure Bay Beach: 7.1 mi
- Revere Beach: 8.2 mi
- Short Beach: 8.2 mi
Cliffs: 46
- Lunch Wall: 4.4 mi
- Temple Overhangs: 4.5 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 4.6 mi
- Lower Cliff: 4.6 mi
- Upper Cliff: 4.7 mi
Picnic sites: 24
- Picnic Site 1: 5.7 mi
- Valley Shelter: 5.8 mi
- Picnic Site 12: 5.8 mi
- Picnic Site 4: 5.8 mi
- Picnic Site 11: 5.8 mi
Lighthouses: 6
- Boathouse: 13.4 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 13.4 mi
- Oil Shed: 13.4 mi
- Rainshed: 13.4 mi
- Boston Light: 13.4 mi
Springs: 3
- Quarry Spring: 3.9 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 12.9 mi
- Mystery Spring: 19.2 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Cascade Falls: 5.2 mi
- Rock Falls: 14.7 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 18.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Commissioners Landing: 4.0 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 11.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Haywardville: 5.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.2 miles of Brodette Memorial Circle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whipple Hill | NNW 330° | 110 m | 4.4 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NNW 333° | 107 m | 3.6 mi |
| Zion Hill | NNW 337° | 107 m | 5.1 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | NNW 343° | 105 m | 4.3 mi |
| Mount Independence | NW 310° | 101 m | 4.8 mi |
| Single Tree Hill | S 188° | 100 m | 4.4 mi |
| Waban Hill | SSW 207° | 98 m | 3.7 mi |
| Mount Gilboa | NW 323° | 95 m | 3.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:30 | 16:16 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 53 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jamaica Plain, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/11134847205
Day trips start here
- Arlington · 2 mi
- Boston/Allston-Brighton · 2 mi
- Cambridge · 2 mi
- Somerville · 2 mi
- Watertown · 2 mi
- Medford · 3 mi
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