Dallin's Menotomy Indian Hunter statue
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Dallin's Menotomy Indian Hunter statue is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 21 m. Whipple Hill stands 110 m to the northwest, 2.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Arlington Town Hall Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Battle Road Scenic Byway runs past it.
A bronze statue created by Cyrus E. Dallin in 1911.
The story
The Menotomy Hunter (1911) is a sculpture by Cyrus E. Dallin in Arlington, Massachusetts, showing a Native American hunter pausing at a brook for a drink of water located in the Arlington Center Historic District. The sculpture resides at the center of the garden between the Robbins Memorial Town Hall and the Robbins Memorial Library, on a crest above a long, shallow reflecting pool. The man is equipped for a hunt, holding a bow. His catch for the day, a goose, rests by his foot. The sculpture was commissioned by the family of the late Winfield Robbins. On the June 25, 1913, this sculpture and the nearby Robbins Memorial Flagstaff were dedicated and Dallin's speech included a passionate plea for renaming the town of Arlington as Menotomy after the historic significance of its largely vanished inhabitants. The architect Richard Clipston Sturgis designed a fountain and grounds to fit the sculpture into a naturalized setting. In 1938, the Robbins sisters hired Frederick Law Olmsted of the Olmsted Brothers firm to redesign the gardens. The new design transformed the garden into a secluded, welcoming space that included a circular brick walk and an "informal, woodsy and rocky environment and a naturalistic planting as a background to the Indian". (Town Report, 1939.) Like many of Dallin's iconic sculptures, this one too has seen its essence repurposed elsewhere. The statue has become one of Arlington's symbols. It is on the patch of the town's police officers and the fire department, and it is one of the logos used by the Spy Ponders, Arlington High School's athletic team. The sculpture can be found outside the library at 700 Massachusetts Avenue in Arlington and about 200 yards (180 m) west of the Cyrus Dallin Art Museum.
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Dates from 1911.
Wikidata Q106570661, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- On the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 6.5 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 23.8 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 6 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 26 mi
- Eagle Rock · 27 mi
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Arlington Town Hall Park: 0.0 mi
- Jason Russell House Park: 0.1 mi
- Whittemore Park: 0.2 mi
- Buzzell Field: 0.2 mi
- Parmenter Park: 0.2 mi
- My Boys: 0.1 mi
- Robbins Memorial Flagstaff: 0.1 mi
- Dog Statue: 1.0 mi
- Boston: 1.3 mi
- Jumbo Statue: 1.9 mi
- Arlington Center Historic District: 0.1 mi
- Central Street Historical District: 0.1 mi
- Bowman Tavern: 2.9 mi
- Harvard Square: 3.5 mi
- Pickerel Rock: 3.6 mi
- Jason Russell House: 0.1 mi
- Smith Museum Archives: 0.1 mi
- Cyrus Dallin Art Museum: 0.2 mi
- Old Schwamb Mill: 1.3 mi
- Griffin Museum at Digital Silver Imaging: 1.4 mi
- Arlington Civil War Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Sagamore John Memorial / Native Burial Spot: 1.0 mi
- Pomp's Wall: 1.1 mi
- Bobby Mac Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Francis M. Donnelly Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Cooke's Hollow: 0.3 mi
- Hill's Hill: 1.0 mi
- Crusher Lot: 1.1 mi
- Turkey Hill Reservation: 1.5 mi
- Brooks Estate: 1.5 mi
- Turkey Hill: 1.5 mi
- Clarendon Hill: 1.6 mi
- Mount Gilboa: 1.6 mi
- Arlington Heights Hills: 1.7 mi
- Flagstaff Hill: 1.9 mi
- Wildlife Habitat Garden: 1.8 mi
- Tufts Community Garden: 1.9 mi
- Winthrop Street Community Garden: 2.0 mi
- Alex's Place: 2.0 mi
- Shawn Megan Memorial Garden: 2.2 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 2.7 mi
- Crystal Lake Beach: 6.6 mi
- Pearce Lake Beach: 8.1 mi
- Revere Beach: 8.7 mi
- Revere Beach: 8.9 mi
- Crag 1: 4.3 mi
- Lookout Cliff: 5.4 mi
- Lunch Wall: 6.0 mi
- Bloody Bluff: 6.0 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 6.2 mi
- Picnic Site 1: 5.1 mi
- Picnic Site 4: 5.4 mi
- Picnic Site 2: 5.4 mi
- Picnic Site 3: 5.4 mi
- Valley Shelter: 5.4 mi
- Boathouse: 14.8 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 14.8 mi
- Oil Shed: 14.8 mi
- Rainshed: 14.8 mi
- Boston Light: 14.9 mi
- Quarry Spring: 3.0 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 15.0 mi
- Mystery Spring: 17.3 mi
- Cascade Falls: 4.6 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 16.4 mi
- Rock Falls: 16.8 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 5.8 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 13.7 mi
- Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 23.7 mi
- Haywardville: 4.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 4.7 miles of Dallin's Menotomy Indian Hunter statue. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whipple Hill | NW 323° | 110 m | 2.3 mi |
| Loring Hill | WNW 292° | 109 m | 4.4 mi |
| Granny Hill | NW 308° | 108 m | 4.2 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NW 324° | 107 m | 1.5 mi |
| Zion Hill | NNW 336° | 107 m | 3.0 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | NNW 348° | 105 m | 2.1 mi |
| Mount Independence | WNW 290° | 101 m | 3.1 mi |
| Mount Gilboa | WNW 303° | 95 m | 1.6 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 | 06:33 | 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 | 37 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 53 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Reading, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Arlington · 0 mi
- Medford · 3 mi
- Somerville · 3 mi
- Watertown · 3 mi
- Boston/Allston-Brighton · 4 mi
- Cambridge · 4 mi
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