Civil War Monument
Civil War Monument is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Turkey Hill stands 107 m to the northwest, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Irish Famine Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 2.6 miles off.
The story
The Civil War Monument, also known as the Civil War Memorial and Lincoln-Soldier Monument, is installed in Cambridge Common, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. The monument was completed in 1870 and was designed by artists Cyrus Cobb and Darius Cobb with supervising architect Thomas W. Silloway. McDonald & Mann were the contractors. The memorial features a bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln.
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Dates from 1870.
Wikidata Q26460141, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 3.3 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 24.6 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 3 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 24 mi
- Eagle Rock · 27 mi
- Lookout Point · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cambridge Common: 0.0 mi
- Dawes Island Park: 0.1 mi
- Flagstaff Park: 0.1 mi
- Brattle Square: 0.2 mi
- Winthrop Park: 0.3 mi
- Statue Of David: 0.1 mi
- Compare The Shells: 0.2 mi
- Night Wall I: 0.2 mi
- Judgement: 0.2 mi
- Harvard Bixi: 0.3 mi
- Dana Hill: 0.7 mi
- Spring Hill: 1.0 mi
- Central Hill: 1.3 mi
- Mount Auburn: 1.3 mi
- Prospect Hill: 1.4 mi
- Wallach Garden: 0.1 mi
- Adolphus Busch Hall Garden: 0.3 mi
- Harvard Community Garden: 0.3 mi
- Green Street Neighborhood Garden: 0.7 mi
- Shawn Megan Memorial Garden: 1.1 mi
- Crystal Lake Beach: 5.4 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 5.5 mi
- Pleasure Bay Beach: 5.8 mi
- Tenean Beach: 7.0 mi
- Corinha Beach: 7.1 mi
- Alewife Brook Parkway: 1.5 mi
- Amory Woods: 2.1 mi
- Mystic River Reservation: 2.1 mi
- Hall's Pond Sanctuary: 2.1 mi
- Euston Path Rock: 2.7 mi
- Irish Famine Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Statue of John Bridge: 0.1 mi
- Statue of Charles Sumner: 0.1 mi
- Ghost Bike - Darryl Willis: 0.2 mi
- The Hiker: 0.3 mi
- Harvard Square: 0.2 mi
- Citgo Sign: 2.2 mi
- Charles Riverboat Company: 2.3 mi
- Longfellow Bridge Trophy Room: 2.3 mi
- The Mapparium: 2.8 mi
- Lunch Wall: 4.4 mi
- Temple Overhangs: 4.5 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 4.5 mi
- Lower Cliff: 4.5 mi
- Upper Cliff: 4.5 mi
- Pine Knoll: 5.1 mi
- Oak Lea: 5.2 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 5.3 mi
- Picnic Site 1: 6.9 mi
- Valley Shelter: 6.9 mi
- Boathouse: 12.2 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 12.2 mi
- Oil Shed: 12.2 mi
- Rainshed: 12.2 mi
- Boston Light: 12.2 mi
- Quarry Spring: 4.2 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 11.9 mi
- Mystery Spring: 20.4 mi
- Cascade Falls: 5.3 mi
- Rock Falls: 13.6 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 19.6 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 2.7 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 11.1 mi
- Haywardville: 6.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.4 miles of Civil War Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey Hill | NW 325° | 107 m | 4.7 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | NNW 335° | 105 m | 5.3 mi |
| Single Tree Hill | SSW 204° | 100 m | 4.0 mi |
| Waban Hill | SW 227° | 98 m | 3.7 mi |
| Mount Gilboa | NW 318° | 95 m | 4.8 mi |
| Cairn Hill | NNE 20° | 92 m | 5.1 mi |
| Wellington Hill | WNW 296° | 91 m | 4.0 mi |
| Mount Walley | S 191° | 91 m | 4.8 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 | 06:32 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:30 | 16:15 |
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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/29515342
Day trips start here
- Cambridge · 0 mi
- Somerville · 1 mi
- Boston/Allston-Brighton · 2 mi
- Arlington · 3 mi
- Boston · 3 mi
- Boston/Back Bay-Beacon Hill · 3 mi
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