Irish Famine Memorial
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Irish Famine Memorial is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Turkey Hill stands 107 m to the northwest, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Civil War Monument, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 2.6 miles off.
The story
The Irish Famine Memorial, or An Gorta Mor 'Irish Famine and Emigration,' also known as the Irish Famine Monument, is a memorial in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q49505357, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Inscription
- NEVER AGAIN SHOULD A PEOPLE STARVE IN A WORLD OF PLENTY
What to expect
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 3.3 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 24.7 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 3 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 24 mi
- Eagle Rock · 27 mi
- Lookout Point · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Dawes Island Park: 0.0 mi
- Flagstaff Park: 0.1 mi
- Cambridge Common: 0.1 mi
- Brattle Square: 0.2 mi
- Winthrop Park: 0.2 mi
- Statue Of David: 0.1 mi
- Compare The Shells: 0.2 mi
- Night Wall I: 0.2 mi
- Harvard Bixi: 0.2 mi
- Judgement: 0.3 mi
- Dana Hill: 0.6 mi
- Spring Hill: 1.0 mi
- Central Hill: 1.3 mi
- Mount Auburn: 1.3 mi
- Prospect Hill: 1.4 mi
- Wallach Garden: 0.1 mi
- Adolphus Busch Hall Garden: 0.3 mi
- Harvard Community Garden: 0.3 mi
- Green Street Neighborhood Garden: 0.7 mi
- Shawn Megan Memorial Garden: 1.1 mi
- Crystal Lake Beach: 5.4 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 5.5 mi
- Pleasure Bay Beach: 5.8 mi
- Tenean Beach: 7.0 mi
- Corinha Beach: 7.1 mi
- Alewife Brook Parkway: 1.6 mi
- Amory Woods: 2.0 mi
- Hall's Pond Sanctuary: 2.1 mi
- Mystic River Reservation: 2.1 mi
- Euston Path Rock: 2.7 mi
- Civil War Monument: 0.0 mi
- Statue of Charles Sumner: 0.1 mi
- Statue of John Bridge: 0.1 mi
- Ghost Bike - Darryl Willis: 0.2 mi
- The Hiker: 0.3 mi
- Harvard Square: 0.2 mi
- Citgo Sign: 2.2 mi
- Charles Riverboat Company: 2.3 mi
- Longfellow Bridge Trophy Room: 2.3 mi
- The Mapparium: 2.7 mi
- Lunch Wall: 4.4 mi
- Temple Overhangs: 4.5 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 4.5 mi
- Lower Cliff: 4.5 mi
- Upper Cliff: 4.5 mi
- Pine Knoll: 5.1 mi
- Oak Lea: 5.2 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 5.3 mi
- Picnic Site 1: 6.9 mi
- Valley Shelter: 6.9 mi
- Boathouse: 12.1 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 12.1 mi
- Oil Shed: 12.2 mi
- Rainshed: 12.2 mi
- Boston Light: 12.2 mi
- Quarry Spring: 4.2 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 11.9 mi
- Mystery Spring: 20.4 mi
- Cascade Falls: 5.3 mi
- Rock Falls: 13.6 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 19.7 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 2.7 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 11.1 mi
- Haywardville: 6.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.4 miles of Irish Famine Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey Hill | NW 325° | 107 m | 4.7 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | NNW 335° | 105 m | 5.3 mi |
| Single Tree Hill | SSW 204° | 100 m | 4.0 mi |
| Waban Hill | SW 228° | 98 m | 3.7 mi |
| Mount Gilboa | NW 318° | 95 m | 4.8 mi |
| Cairn Hill | NNE 20° | 92 m | 5.1 mi |
| Wellington Hill | WNW 297° | 91 m | 4.1 mi |
| Mount Walley | S 191° | 91 m | 4.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:30 | 16:15 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 53 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jamaica Plain, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/4846396741
Day trips start here
- Cambridge · 0 mi
- Somerville · 1 mi
- Boston/Allston-Brighton · 2 mi
- Arlington · 3 mi
- Boston · 3 mi
- Boston/Back Bay-Beacon Hill · 3 mi
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