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Father Connolly

Father Connolly from directly overhead

Father Connolly is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Pine Hill stands 74 m to the west-southwest, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Beach, a beach less than a tenth of a mile away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 12 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
Dedicated in Memory of Fr. John Joseph Connolly
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.26926, -70.86461

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Peaks
  • Hampton Hill: 0.1 mi
  • Sagamore Hill: 0.3 mi
  • White Head: 0.6 mi
  • Planters Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Atlantic Hill: 0.9 mi
Parks
  • Lt. Joseph McLaughlin Park: 0.1 mi
  • Hull Shore Common: 0.5 mi
  • Nantasket Bay Park: 0.5 mi
  • Worlds End Reservation: 0.5 mi
  • Weir River Estuary Park: 0.6 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
  • Paragon Park Museum and Museum Shop: 0.4 mi
  • Benjamin Lincoln House: 2.3 mi
  • Hull Lifesaving Museum: 3.1 mi
  • Bare Cove Fire Museum: 3.2 mi
  • Windmill Point Boathouse: 3.7 mi
Historic sites
  • F. Arthur Edwards Memorial: 0.7 mi
  • Fort Revere: 3.1 mi
  • More-Brewer Stone: 3.7 mi
  • Fort Andrews: 4.0 mi
  • prs 2011 sun dial: 4.5 mi
Attractions
Gardens
Artworks
  • John Hancock: 7.2 mi
  • Abigail Adams: 7.2 mi
  • John Adams: 7.2 mi
  • Constitution Common: 7.4 mi
  • Scituate Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: 7.5 mi
Cliffs: 46
Picnic sites: 21
  • Babcock Arboretum: 7.5 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 8.0 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 11.7 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 11.8 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 4
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 11.3 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 11.3 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 12.3 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 15.4 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 16.3 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 16.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Father Connolly. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine HillWSW 251°74 m8.8 mi
Prospect HillS 176°72 m5.3 mi
Judges HillSSE 158°71 m5.8 mi
Mount BlueSSE 161°66 m6.0 mi
Black Pond HillSSE 154°64 m6.8 mi
Penns HillWSW 251°61 m7.1 mi
Otis HillSSE 162°58 m6.6 mi
Paradise HillSSE 160°58 m7.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0819:4220:24
September equinox06:3118:0618:43
December solstice07:1015:2916:15

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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/8692259808

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