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Mark S. Charbonnier & Richard T. Dever Memorial

Mark S. Charbonnier & Richard T. Dever Memorial from directly overhead

Mark S. Charbonnier & Richard T. Dever Memorial is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the southwest, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Henry Square, a park 0.4 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 3.4 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
stone
Inscription
Loved Dearly Respected Always Remembered Forever
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.27805, -71.05317

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Henry Square: 0.4 mi
  • Rev. William F. Toohig Playground: 0.4 mi
  • Dorchester Park: 0.5 mi
  • William H. Garvey Playground: 0.8 mi
  • Peabody Square: 0.8 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Popes Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Milton Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Forbes Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Mount Wollaston: 2.1 mi
  • Mount Bowdoin: 2.1 mi
Beaches
Gardens
  • Wheatland Avenue Community Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Fanny Lou Hamer Community Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Spencer Street Community Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Lucerne-Balsam Streets Community Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Audrey Jacobs Memorial Community Garden: 2.0 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • Wildebeest: 2.5 mi
  • Hartmann's Mountain Zebra: 2.5 mi
  • Goat: 2.5 mi
  • African Lion: 2.6 mi
  • Masai Giraffe: 2.7 mi
Cliffs: 47
Picnic sites: 40
Rest areas: 6
  • Commissioners Landing: 5.6 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 6.8 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 17.8 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 17.8 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 21.9 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 4.8 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 11.2 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 11.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.9 miles of Mark S. Charbonnier & Richard T. Dever Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillSW 214°193 m5.5 mi
Chickatawbut HillS 186°156 m3.9 mi
Hancock HillSSW 208°155 m4.7 mi
Fenno PeakS 185°151 m3.9 mi
Buck HillSSW 194°151 m4.5 mi
Nahanton HillS 183°145 m3.7 mi
Hemenway HillSSW 210°140 m4.8 mi
Kitchamakin HillS 183°133 m3.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:1918:56
June solstice05:0919:4220:25
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1115:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968747365534334
Precip in3.93.64.54.33.64.23.53.74.05.04.05.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jamaica Plain, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9997859312

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