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Foster Square

Foster Square from directly overhead

Foster Square is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 59 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the north-northwest, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Civil War Memorial, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 9.1 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
In Memory of Edward A. Foster Jr. Avon Firefighter
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.12696, -71.04160

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Civil War Memorial: 0.3 mi
  • Peterson Square: 0.5 mi
  • Harry N. Landman Square: 2.2 mi
  • Joseph J. Silva Square: 2.2 mi
  • Alfred J Silva SR. Square: 2.3 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • John J DeMarco Park: 0.6 mi
  • D W Field Park: 0.8 mi
  • D W Field Park: 1.1 mi
  • D W Field Park: 1.1 mi
  • D W Field Park: 1.3 mi
Artworks
  • Welcome to Camp Christina: 2.1 mi
  • EARLY HISTORY OF STOUGHTON MURAL: 3.1 mi
  • TOOTHY!!!: 4.2 mi
  • Elf Mini Bridge: 5.1 mi
  • Oliver Ames: 5.1 mi
Museums
Peaks
Gardens
Beaches
Attractions
Cliffs: 44
Picnic sites: 38
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 5.6 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
  • Oak Grove: 7.7 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 10.1 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 12.4 mi
Rest areas: 9
  • Westwood Rest Area: 8.7 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 13.3 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 13.4 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 14.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 15.4 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 22.1 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 5.8 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Foster Square. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillNNW 328°193 m6.9 mi
Moose HillW 269°163 m8.8 mi
Chickatawbut HillN 351°156 m6.7 mi
Hancock HillNNW 336°155 m6.9 mi
Buck HillNNW 344°151 m6.3 mi
Fenno PeakN 352°151 m6.6 mi
Nahanton HillN 354°145 m6.8 mi
Hemenway HillNNW 334°140 m7.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:2018:56
June solstice05:0919:4220:24
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1015:3116:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303138495968747265544435
Precip in4.03.65.24.53.44.13.23.64.15.04.45.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brockton, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6234846619

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