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Francis M. Donnelly Memorial

Francis M. Donnelly Memorial from directly overhead

Francis M. Donnelly Memorial is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 44 m. Whipple Hill stands 110 m to the north-northwest, 1.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Francis M. Donnelly Memorial Square, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 0.3 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
stone
Getting there

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Coordinates42.42842, -71.17451

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Francis M. Donnelly Memorial Square: 0.0 mi
  • McClennen Park: 0.4 mi
  • Locke School Playground: 0.5 mi
  • Cutter/Reinhart Park: 0.6 mi
  • Symmes Hospital Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums
Gardens
  • Wildlife Habitat Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Winthrop Street Community Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Tufts Community Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Alex's Place: 3.2 mi
  • Shawn Megan Memorial Garden: 3.5 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Beaches
  • Borggaard Beach: 2.4 mi
  • Crystal Lake Beach: 7.2 mi
  • Pearce Lake Beach: 8.3 mi
  • Baby Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Revere Beach: 9.7 mi
Cliffs: 47
  • Bloody Bluff: 4.8 mi
  • Crag 1: 5.0 mi
  • Lookout Cliff: 5.8 mi
  • Lunch Wall: 6.8 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 7.0 mi
Picnic sites: 23
  • Picnic Site 1: 4.5 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 4.9 mi
  • Picnic Site 3: 4.9 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 4.9 mi
  • Valley Shelter: 5.0 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 3.6 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 15.9 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 16.1 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 15.2 mi
  • Rock Falls: 18.1 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 4.9 miles of Francis M. Donnelly Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Whipple HillNNW 334°110 m1.1 mi
Loring HillWNW 283°109 m3.2 mi
Granny HillNW 305°108 m2.9 mi
Turkey HillNNE 15°107 m0.3 mi
Zion HillN 352°107 m1.9 mi
Mount PisgahNNE 22°105 m1.3 mi
Fullers HillW 263°105 m4.1 mi
Robinson HillWNW 298°102 m3.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0819:4320:26
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1215:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F282937495968747264524233
Precip in2.92.73.83.83.43.73.53.53.54.23.73.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bedford Hanscom FLD, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/8238670442

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