Leif Ericson
Leif Ericson is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 5 m. Single Tree Hill stands 100 m to the west-southwest, 3.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Boston Strong, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 1.1 miles off.
The story
Leif Eriksson is an outdoor statue by Anne Whitney at the west end of the Commonwealth Avenue Mall in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Installed in 1887, it was the first public sculpture to honor the Norse explorer in the New World.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1887-10-29.
Wikidata Q85803330, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 5 m
- Material
- bronze
- Inscription
- Leif the Discoverer, Son of Erik, who sailed from Iceland and landed on this continent, AD 1000.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 5.0 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 25.2 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 1 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 23 mi
- Lookout Point · 27 mi
- Eagle Rock · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- First Corps of Cadets Museum: 0.5 mi
- Gabel Museum of Archaeology: 0.6 mi
- Hart Nautical Gallery: 0.7 mi
- New England Historic Genealogical Society: 0.8 mi
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: 0.8 mi
- Flagstaff Hill: 1.4 mi
- Beacon Hill: 1.5 mi
- Parker Hill: 1.5 mi
- Dana Hill: 1.8 mi
- Copps Hill: 2.2 mi
- Alignment: 0.1 mi
- John Boyle O'Reilly Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Patterned Behavior: 0.2 mi
- Teammates: 0.3 mi
- Yaz: 0.3 mi
- James P. Kelleher Rose Garden: 0.5 mi
- Julie Fassett Garden: 0.6 mi
- Braddock Park Garden: 0.7 mi
- Lipchitz Courtyard: 0.7 mi
- Steinbrenner Garden: 0.7 mi
- Hall's Pond Sanctuary: 1.0 mi
- Amory Woods: 1.1 mi
- Parker Hilltop: 1.6 mi
- Back Of The Hill Urban Wild: 1.6 mi
- 140 Highland St: 1.7 mi
- Pleasure Bay Beach: 3.7 mi
- Tenean Beach: 4.6 mi
- Nickerson Beach: 5.2 mi
- Orchard Beach: 5.6 mi
- Corinha Beach: 5.8 mi
- Symphony Community Park: 0.4 mi
- Commonwealth Ave Mall: 0.4 mi
- Belvidere/Dalton Plaza: 0.4 mi
- Harry Ellis Dickson Park: 0.4 mi
- Sitting Grove: 0.5 mi
- Citgo Sign: 0.3 mi
- The Mapparium: 0.4 mi
- Boston Marathon Finish Line: 0.7 mi
- Longfellow Bridge Trophy Room: 1.1 mi
- Good Will Hunting Bench: 1.1 mi
- Lower Cliff: 4.5 mi
- Upper Cliff: 4.5 mi
- The Alcove: 4.6 mi
- Temple Overhangs: 4.6 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 4.7 mi
- Boston Strong: 0.1 mi
- Ghost bike - Anita Kurmann: 0.2 mi
- Domingo Sarmiento: 0.3 mi
- James & Helen Storrow Memorial: 0.4 mi
- The Boston Women's Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Pine Knoll: 3.0 mi
- Oak Lea: 3.1 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 3.2 mi
- Babcock Arboretum: 6.7 mi
- Picnic Site 11: 8.7 mi
- Boathouse: 10.3 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 10.3 mi
- Oil Shed: 10.4 mi
- Rainshed: 10.4 mi
- Boston Light: 10.4 mi
- Quarry Spring: 6.0 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 9.8 mi
- Mystery Spring: 22.8 mi
- Cascade Falls: 6.7 mi
- Rock Falls: 11.3 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 22.0 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 1.1 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 9.7 mi
- Haywardville: 8.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.1 miles of Leif Ericson. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single Tree Hill | WSW 240° | 100 m | 3.6 mi |
| Waban Hill | W 261° | 98 m | 4.3 mi |
| Bellevue Hill | SSW 208° | 94 m | 5.7 mi |
| Mount Walley | SW 220° | 91 m | 3.7 mi |
| Bald Pate Hill | SW 235° | 90 m | 5.4 mi |
| Green Hill | SSW 213° | 89 m | 3.8 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | WSW 251° | 86 m | 3.8 mi |
| Oak Hill | WSW 237° | 84 m | 5.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
The recorded facing catches the sunset.
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:43 | 20:25 |
| 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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/345437365
Day trips start here
- Boston/Back Bay-Beacon Hill · 1 mi
- Boston/Fenway-Kenmore · 1 mi
- Boston/South End · 1 mi
- Boston · 2 mi
- Boston/Charlestown · 2 mi
- Boston/Downtown · 2 mi
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