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Ed Walsh's Way

Ed Walsh's Way from directly overhead

Ed Walsh's Way is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Single Tree Hill stands 100 m to the southwest, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Nerve Center, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 1.2 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
metal
Inscription
Ed Walsh's Way
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates42.36301, -71.08200

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Gardens
  • Bergstrom Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Fish Family Terrace: 0.1 mi
  • Gruber Family Courtyard: 0.2 mi
  • Building 76 East Plaza: 0.3 mi
  • Stata Center Swale: 0.4 mi
Attractions
Museums
Parks
  • Binney Street Park: 0.2 mi
  • Timothy J. Toomey, Jr. Park: 0.3 mi
  • Loughrey Walkway: 0.3 mi
  • Charles Park: 0.3 mi
  • Front Park: 0.3 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Beacon Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Flagstaff Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Copps Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Breeds Hill: 1.4 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches
  • Pleasure Bay Beach: 3.7 mi
  • Corinha Beach: 5.1 mi
  • Tenean Beach: 5.3 mi
  • Nickerson Beach: 5.5 mi
  • Short Beach: 5.5 mi
Cliffs: 48
Picnic sites: 24
  • Pine Knoll: 4.0 mi
  • Oak Lea: 4.0 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 4.2 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 7.3 mi
  • Picnic Site 12: 9.0 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 4
  • Commissioners Landing: 0.5 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 10.8 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 22.9 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 22.9 mi
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 5.2 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 22.5 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Rock Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 21.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.6 miles of Ed Walsh's Way. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Single Tree HillSW 233°100 m4.5 mi
Waban HillWSW 251°98 m5.0 mi
Mount WalleySW 217°91 m4.7 mi
Green HillSSW 212°89 m4.9 mi
Chestnut HillWSW 241°86 m4.7 mi
Boojum RockN 359°83 m5.3 mi
Fisher HillSW 232°81 m3.7 mi
Corey HillWSW 242°80 m3.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0819:4320:25
September equinox06:3218:0618:44
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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12473096161

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