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Mayflower Compact Memorial

Mayflower Compact Memorial from directly overhead

Mayflower Compact Memorial is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the south-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Bas Relief, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 21 miles off. 41 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
This memorial stone is erected by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to commemorate the Compact, or Constitution of Government, signed by the Pilgrims, on board the Mayflower in Provincetown Harbor, November 11th 1620.
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.05189, -70.18784
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
  • Ryder Street Beach: 0.1 mi
  • Town Beach: 0.8 mi
  • Town Beach: 1.2 mi
  • Herring Cove Beach: 1.6 mi
  • Boys Beach: 1.7 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks: 41
  • High Pole Hill: 0.0 mi
  • Town Hill: 0.2 mi
  • Telegraph Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Miller Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Oak Head: 1.3 mi
Parks: 36
  • Bas Relief Park: 0.0 mi
  • Town Hall Grounds: 0.0 mi
  • Motta Field: 0.2 mi
  • Old Ann Page Park: 0.4 mi
  • Jerome Smith Field: 0.4 mi
Historic sites: 24
Artworks: 24
  • Torsion: 0.1 mi
  • Or As We So: 0.1 mi
  • Sea Serpent (1978): 0.1 mi
  • Hearing Trumpet: 0.1 mi
  • Big Bird: 0.1 mi
Museums: 24
Attractions: 6
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 6
  • truck pull-off: 23.2 mi
  • truck pull-off: 24.2 mi
  • truck pull-off: 24.3 mi
  • truck pull-off: 24.5 mi
  • rest area: 24.8 mi
Cliffs: 5
Gardens: 3
Ghost towns: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnick Area: 21.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mayflower Compact Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillSSE 159°165 m21.8 mi
Manomet HillWSW 248°114 m22.4 mi
Pine HillsWSW 249°95 m22.1 mi
Mountain HillSW 232°61 m23.9 mi
Signal HillS 179°60 m22.0 mi
Telegraph HillWSW 243°55 m23.2 mi
Hio HillSW 235°54 m23.2 mi
Bay HillSW 234°53 m24.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1618:53
June solstice05:0619:3820:21
September equinox06:2918:0318:40
December solstice07:0615:2816:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313339495968747366564637
Precip in4.84.25.84.73.73.83.53.64.35.04.44.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Plymouth-kingston, 27 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5651974118

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