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David C Wood Memorial Field Memorial

David C Wood Memorial Field Memorial from directly overhead

David C Wood Memorial Field Memorial is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 59 m. Chickatawbut Hill stands 156 m to the northwest, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Negus Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 12 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
stone
Inscription
David C. Wood 1968-1981 MEMORIAL FIELD DEDICATED JULY 17, 1983
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.16251, -70.96327

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Negus Park: 0.0 mi
  • Great Pond Nature Preserve: 0.3 mi
  • Pond Plain Improvement Association Memorial Garden: 0.3 mi
  • South Field Vintage Cherry Blossoms Grove: 0.5 mi
  • Weymouth Great Pond Dam Greens: 0.5 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens
Museums
Peaks
Beaches
Attractions
Cliffs: 45
Picnic sites: 39
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 0.9 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 0.9 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 7.9 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 11.6 mi
  • Oak Lea: 11.8 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 7
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 9.8 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 9.8 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 10.7 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 14.7 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 19.4 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 20.4 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 6.2 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 20.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of David C Wood Memorial Field Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chickatawbut HillNW 309°156 m6.5 mi
Hancock HillWNW 300°155 m7.8 mi
Fenno PeakNW 310°151 m6.4 mi
Buck HillWNW 302°151 m6.8 mi
Nahanton HillNW 312°145 m6.4 mi
Kitchamakin HillNW 311°133 m6.4 mi
Tucker HillWNW 299°133 m7.2 mi
Houghton HillWNW 297°129 m7.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0919:4220:24
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1015:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238485867737265544435
Precip in4.54.05.44.63.84.03.63.83.95.24.45.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hingham, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/6810522445

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