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Indian Grave Stone

Indian Grave Stone from directly overhead

Indian Grave Stone is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 23 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the south, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is The Gut, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 11 miles off. 45 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
1976-05-30
Material
stone
Inscription
HERE LIES AN INDIAN WOMAN A WAMPANOAG WHOSE FAMILY AND TRIBE GAVE OF THEMSELVES AND THEIR LAND THAT THIS GREAT NATION MIGHT BE BORN AND GROW REINTERRED HERE MAY 30, 1976 WAMPANOAG TRIBAL COUNCIL WELLFLEET HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.93273, -70.06871
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Beaches
Parks
  • Cannon Hill Park: 2.2 mi
  • Snows Field: 4.7 mi
  • Mill Field: 5.3 mi
  • Mill Field: 5.4 mi
  • Pilgrim Pond Park: 7.0 mi
Peaks: 45
Historic sites: 37
Museums: 33
Artworks: 26
  • Chime: 5.2 mi
  • They Also Faced the Sea: 9.9 mi
  • Homage to the Fishermen (1989): 10.1 mi
  • Bubbles the Humpback: 10.1 mi
  • ART: 10.2 mi
Attractions: 16
Rest areas: 10
  • truck pull-off: 13.5 mi
  • truck pull-off: 14.8 mi
  • truck pull-off: 15.3 mi
  • truck pull-off: 16.5 mi
  • rest area: 17.4 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Gardens: 5
Cliffs: 4
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnick Area: 11.9 mi
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Indian Grave Stone. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillS 172°165 m12.2 mi
Signal HillSSW 203°60 m14.9 mi
Clay HillSW 221°58 m22.7 mi
Indian HillW 262°49 m24.2 mi
Black Ball HillSSW 204°45 m15.3 mi
The HighlandsN 3°41 m7.4 mi
Mill HillSSE 162°41 m11.4 mi
Green HillNNE 14°38 m5.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1618:53
June solstice05:0619:3720:20
September equinox06:2818:0318:39
December solstice07:0615:2816:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323338465564717164544537
Precip in3.83.64.44.03.32.92.83.03.64.24.55.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chatham Muni AP, 17 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/8735517958

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