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Charles Eliot Memorial

Charles Eliot Memorial, a historic site in Massachusetts
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Charles Eliot Memorial is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Single Tree Hill stands 100 m to the west-southwest, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Commissioners Landing, a rest area 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 0.8 miles off.

The story

The Charles Eliot Memorial is a memorial commemorating landscape architect Charles Eliot, installed along Boston's Charles River Esplanade, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q75154688, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Built
1931
Height
2.5 m
Material
granite
Inscription
To honor | Charles Eliot | 1859 - 1897 | Landscape Architect | He sought out hill forest shore for all to enjoy

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.35949, -71.07307

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
Gardens: 58
Peaks
  • Beacon Hill: 0.4 mi
  • Flagstaff Hill: 0.4 mi
  • Copps Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Breeds Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 1.9 mi
Beaches
  • Pleasure Bay Beach: 3.2 mi
  • Corinha Beach: 4.7 mi
  • Tenean Beach: 4.9 mi
  • Nickerson Beach: 5.0 mi
  • Short Beach: 5.2 mi
Nature reserves
Cliffs: 48
Picnic sites: 22
  • Pine Knoll: 3.8 mi
  • Oak Lea: 3.9 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 4.0 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 6.8 mi
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 5.5 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 10.4 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 23.0 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 5.9 mi
  • Rock Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 21.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.9 miles of Charles Eliot Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Single Tree HillWSW100 m4.8 mi
Waban HillWSW98 m5.3 mi
Mount WalleySW91 m4.8 mi
Green HillSW89 m5.0 mi
Chestnut HillWSW86 m5.0 mi
Boojum RockN83 m5.6 mi
Fisher HillWSW81 m4.0 mi
Corey HillWSW80 m3.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0819:4320:25
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 °F303238495868747366554536
Precip in3.43.24.23.63.23.93.33.23.64.03.74.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boston, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/834377041

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