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Joseph P McDonough Memorial

Joseph P McDonough Memorial from directly overhead

Joseph P McDonough Memorial is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 35 m. Holt Hill stands 128 m to the south, 3.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Stevens Pond Beach, a beach less than a tenth of a mile away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
In Memory of Joseph P McDonough World War Veteran and Town Official Erected June 27, 1931
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.68920, -71.10714

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Historic sites
  • Stevens Memorial: 0.1 mi
  • Phillips Brooks Statue: 0.5 mi
  • The Bridge: 0.5 mi
  • Bulrushes Foundation: 0.6 mi
  • Ampitheater Ruins: 1.7 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Weir Hill: 0.3 mi
  • Osgood Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Mills Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Town Farm Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Den Rock: 1.6 mi
Parks
  • Weir Hill Reservation: 0.4 mi
  • North Andover Town Common: 0.5 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
  • Beckys Pond: 1.3 mi
  • Carl Thomas Playground: 1.7 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Bicentennial Statue: 3.0 mi
  • Armillary Sphere: 3.2 mi
  • Pieta: 7.5 mi
  • muster: 8.8 mi
  • Wamesit Indian Statue: 9.2 mi
Gardens
  • Georgetown Community Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Davis Hayfield Pollinator Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Andover Community Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Tewksbury Community Garden: 7.9 mi
  • Trinity Church Memorial Garden: 8.1 mi
Attractions
  • Mine of Lost Souls: 10.1 mi
  • Kiddie Canoes: 10.1 mi
  • Policy Pond Log Flume: 10.1 mi
  • Pirate Ship: 10.1 mi
  • Rock Wall: 10.1 mi
Cliffs: 24
Picnic sites: 20
Rest areas: 9
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 7.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 8.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 10.4 mi
  • Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 13.1 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 17.3 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Newbury Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 16.9 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 19.5 mi
  • Great Falls: 21.8 mi
Springs: 5
  • Rail Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 17.5 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 22.0 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Joseph P McDonough Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Holt HillS 179°128 m3.3 mi
Mills HillS 185°121 m1.2 mi
Town Farm HillESE 119°117 m1.4 mi
Boston HillSSE 167°117 m3.1 mi
Claypit HillSSE 169°116 m1.9 mi
Wood HillWSW 247°112 m6.2 mi
Spicket HillNNW 329°112 m7.9 mi
Baldpate HillENE 75°107 m4.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:1918:57
June solstice05:0719:4420:27
September equinox06:3218:0618:44
December solstice07:1215:2816:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485867737264524233
Precip in2.92.43.43.63.44.03.53.03.74.13.53.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lawrence Muni AP, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/8874914321

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