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Lt Elmer Hollis Memorial

Lt Elmer Hollis Memorial from directly overhead

Lt Elmer Hollis Memorial is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 52 m. Chickatawbut Hill stands 156 m to the northwest, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Rock Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 12 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
stone
Inscription
Lt Elmer Hollis Memorial
Getting there

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Coordinates42.14711, -70.96557

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Richard E. Gifford Playground: 0.2 mi
  • Great Pond Nature Preserve: 0.8 mi
  • Patch Park: 0.8 mi
  • Lawn Park: 0.9 mi
  • Pond Plain Improvement Association Memorial Garden: 0.9 mi
Artworks
Peaks
  • Turkey Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Pine Hills: 2.8 mi
  • Farm Hills: 3.5 mi
  • Locust Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Penniman Hill: 4.2 mi
Museums
Gardens: 56
Beaches
Attractions: 50
  • House Rock: 4.8 mi
  • Herring Run: 5.0 mi
  • Pastoral Center: 6.0 mi
  • South Shore Natural Science Center: 6.4 mi
  • USS Salem: 6.6 mi
Nature reserves
Cliffs: 43
  • The Shield: 6.9 mi
  • S Wall: 7.6 mi
  • R Wall: 7.6 mi
  • Q Wall: 7.6 mi
  • N Wall: 7.6 mi
Historic sites: 32
Picnic sites: 22
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 1.9 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 1.9 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 8.9 mi
  • Oak Grove: 11.8 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 12.5 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 5
  • Westwood Rest Area: 11.0 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 15.6 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 18.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 19.4 mi
  • Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 21.3 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 21.4 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 6.7 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 21.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Lt Elmer Hollis Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chickatawbut HillNW156 m7.1 mi
Hancock HillNW155 m8.3 mi
Fenno PeakNW151 m7.1 mi
Buck HillNW151 m7.3 mi
Nahanton HillNW145 m7.1 mi
Hemenway HillNW140 m8.4 mi
Kitchamakin HillNW133 m7.0 mi
Tucker HillNW133 m7.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0919:4220:24
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1015:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238485867737265544435
Precip in4.54.05.44.63.84.03.63.83.95.24.45.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hingham, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6722772774

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