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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
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
Nature reserves
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
Cliffs: 48
Picnic sites: 24
  • 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: 6
Rest areas: 4
  • Commissioners Landing: 0.1 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 10.7 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 22.4 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 22.4 mi
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
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.8 miles of Charles Eliot Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Single Tree HillWSW 238°100 m4.8 mi
Waban HillWSW 255°98 m5.3 mi
Mount WalleySW 223°91 m4.8 mi
Green HillSW 218°89 m5.0 mi
Chestnut HillWSW 246°86 m5.0 mi
Boojum RockN 355°83 m5.6 mi
Fisher HillWSW 239°81 m4.0 mi
Corey HillWSW 249°80 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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