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Cambridge Brick Memorial

Cambridge Brick Memorial from directly overhead

Cambridge Brick Memorial is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Whipple Hill stands 110 m to the northwest, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is McMath Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 1.5 miles off.

What the record says

Material
brick

How to reach it

Coordinates42.39058, -71.12782

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • McMath Park: 0.0 mi
  • Raymond Park: 0.3 mi
  • Saint Peters Field: 0.4 mi
  • Reverend Thomas J. Williams Park: 0.4 mi
  • Rothlisberger Park: 0.4 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Artworks
  • Gift of the Wind: 0.5 mi
  • Free Range Sculpture Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Elfland: 0.7 mi
  • George the Giraffe & Big Poppy: 0.9 mi
  • Judgement: 0.9 mi
Peaks
  • Powder House Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Spring Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Spring Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Clarendon Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Walnut Hill: 1.2 mi
Attractions
Beaches
  • Borggaard Beach: 4.4 mi
  • Crystal Lake Beach: 5.9 mi
  • Pleasure Bay Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Revere Beach: 7.4 mi
  • Short Beach: 7.5 mi
Cliffs: 47
Picnic sites: 24
  • Pine Knoll: 6.2 mi
  • Oak Lea: 6.2 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 6.3 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 6.4 mi
  • Valley Shelter: 6.5 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 3.3 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 12.9 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 19.5 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Rock Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 18.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.0 miles of Cambridge Brick Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Whipple HillNW 321°110 m4.6 mi
Turkey HillNW 321°107 m3.7 mi
Mount PisgahNNW 333°105 m4.3 mi
Single Tree HillSSW 195°100 m4.8 mi
Waban HillSSW 214°98 m4.2 mi
Mount GilboaNW 313°95 m3.8 mi
Cairn HillNNE 29°92 m4.3 mi
Wellington HillWNW 284°91 m3.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0819:4320:26
September equinox06:3218:0718:44
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, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/8281777735

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