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Civil War Monument

Civil War Monument from directly overhead

Civil War Monument is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 24 m. Chickatawbut Hill stands 156 m to the south, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Allen Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 1.7 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1867-09-17
Material
granite
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.30819, -71.06280

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Allen Park: 0.0 mi
  • Coppens Square: 0.1 mi
  • Downer Avenue Playground: 0.2 mi
  • Ronan Park: 0.3 mi
  • Deer Street Park: 0.3 mi
Peaks
  • Meeting House Hill: 0.1 mi
  • Savin Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Mount Bowdoin: 0.8 mi
  • Popes Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Scarboro Hill: 1.8 mi
Museums
Artworks
Gardens: 57
  • Monadnock Street Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Nonquit Street Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Audrey Jacobs Memorial Community Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Bullard Community garden: 0.7 mi
  • Magnolia & Woodford Streets Garden: 0.8 mi
Beaches
Nature reserves
Attractions: 51
  • Wildebeest: 1.3 mi
  • Hartmann's Mountain Zebra: 1.3 mi
  • African Lion: 1.3 mi
  • Goat: 1.4 mi
  • Masai Giraffe: 1.4 mi
Historic sites: 49
Cliffs: 49
Picnic sites: 22
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • Commissioners Landing: 3.5 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 7.9 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 23.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 24.1 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 6.9 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 9.1 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 9.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.0 miles of Civil War Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chickatawbut HillS156 m5.9 mi
Fenno PeakS151 m6.0 mi
Nahanton HillS145 m5.8 mi
Kitchamakin HillS133 m5.9 mi
Wampatuck HillS103 m5.5 mi
Single Tree HillWNW100 m4.7 mi
Fox HillS95 m5.4 mi
Bellevue HillWSW94 m4.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0819:4220:25
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 °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, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/836636483

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