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Ludlow Griscom 1890-1959

Ludlow Griscom 1890-1959 from directly overhead

Ludlow Griscom 1890-1959 is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 38 m. Nobscot Hill stands 183 m to the west-southwest, 3.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Sears Gift, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 7.2 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1983
Material
brass
Inscription
Ornathologist, Scholar, Author, Friend. This natural area is set aside in his name. Remembering his thirty years of May mornings following the spring bird migrations through these woods, fields and marshes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.35744, -71.38158

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Wayland Veterans Memorial: 1.1 mi
  • Barn Foundation: 1.5 mi
  • Haynes Garrison Site: 1.5 mi
  • World War II Peace Memorial: 4.6 mi
  • Blacksmith Minuteman Statue: 4.9 mi
Parks
  • Town Building Fields: 1.1 mi
  • Eric Schwartz Ballfield: 1.3 mi
  • Feeley Field: 1.9 mi
  • Frank G Feeley Park: 1.9 mi
  • Saxonville Beach: 2.2 mi
Peaks
Artworks
Museums
Attractions
  • Ponyhenge: 4.0 mi
  • Elephant Rock: 4.7 mi
  • Fairy Rock: 4.8 mi
  • Rice Tavern Foundation: 5.0 mi
  • Captain Miles House: 5.6 mi
Gardens
  • Community gardens of John J. Lane Park: 4.9 mi
  • Italinate garden: 4.9 mi
  • People For Pollinators: 5.6 mi
  • Conantum Community Gardens: 5.6 mi
  • Native Plant Garden: 6.2 mi
Beaches
  • Learned Pond Beach: 5.1 mi
  • Morses Pond Beach: 5.3 mi
  • Memorial Beach: 5.8 mi
  • Stow Town Beach: 6.9 mi
  • Memorial Beach: 7.7 mi
Cliffs: 44
Picnic sites: 33
  • Picnic Site 9: 6.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 6.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 6.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 6: 6.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 7: 6.7 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Westwood Rest Area: 15.0 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 15.7 mi
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 19.9 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 24.6 mi
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 15.1 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 15.4 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 19.1 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 16.7 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 19.2 mi
  • Rock Falls: 22.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.9 miles of Ludlow Griscom 1890-1959. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Nobscot HillWSW 257°183 m3.5 mi
Gibbs MountainWSW 251°153 m5.5 mi
Doeskin HillWSW 258°152 m3.9 mi
Juniper HillWSW 250°136 m4.0 mi
Prospect HillENE 72°135 m6.9 mi
Little ProspectENE 74°133 m6.7 mi
Tippling RockW 268°125 m3.1 mi
Indian Head HillW 263°123 m6.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1019:4420:27
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1215:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836475766727062514132
Precip in3.43.13.94.13.84.13.93.84.24.83.74.4

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/8663007618

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