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Memorial Square

Memorial Square from directly overhead

Memorial Square is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 140 m. Mugget Hill stands 299 m to the north-northwest, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Harriet K. Crawford Memorial Tree, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 6.3 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
DEDICATED BY THE TOWN OF DUDLEY IN HONOR OF HER SONS WHO DIED IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WAR 1917 - 1918 RALPH ALLEN THEODORE BINIEWICZ CHARLES L. CROSS PROSPER M. GADOURY ISRAEL P. HENRIES VICTOR J. OSOWSKI OLIVER J. RIENDEAU
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Coordinates42.04805, -71.89031

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • French River Park: 0.5 mi
  • Berthol Field: 0.8 mi
  • Starzec Field: 1.0 mi
  • Memorial Athletic Field: 1.1 mi
  • Wilsonville Playground: 2.8 mi
Peaks
  • Bates Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Sugarloaf Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Emerson Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Wood Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Buck Hill: 3.8 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks: 33
  • Motion: 7.5 mi
  • Goddard Rocket: 11.2 mi
  • Orthodox Altar: 13.1 mi
  • Orson the Polar Bear: 13.4 mi
  • The Hand of Christ: 13.8 mi
Attractions
  • Cellar Hole: 9.4 mi
  • Path Continues: 9.4 mi
  • Fat Man's Misery: 10.5 mi
  • Devil's Corncrib: 10.5 mi
  • Bara-Hack Abandoned Village: 13.2 mi
Museums: 28
Beaches: 22
Gardens: 19
  • Small House Garden: 11.5 mi
  • Eric J. Cook Memorial Garden: 12.8 mi
  • Janet Colby Memorial Garden: 12.8 mi
  • Jakubowitz-Chaifetz Garden: 14.5 mi
  • Hadwen Community Garden: 14.8 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Woodward's Rock: 13.1 mi
  • Rattlesnake Ledge: 14.5 mi
  • Condo Rock: 21.7 mi
  • The Wall: 21.9 mi
  • Scar Hill Bluffs: 22.9 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Cargill Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 20.2 mi
  • Ponogansett Falls: 20.9 mi
  • Diana's Pool Falls: 22.3 mi
  • Codfish Falls: 23.2 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Thirsty Beaver: 21.8 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 23.5 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 23.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 24.0 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 24.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic: 10.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Memorial Square. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mugget HillNNW299 m6.9 mi
Ponnakin HillNNW278 m8.6 mi
Wood HillE277 m3.8 mi
Blood HillNW273 m4.6 mi
Goat HillNE268 m5.5 mi
Brackett HillNNW265 m8.2 mi
Snake HillNW263 m8.5 mi
Bare HillENE262 m3.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1319:4520:28
September equinox06:3618:1018:47
December solstice07:1315:3416:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635465766717062504030
Precip in3.83.24.44.33.64.13.94.24.14.83.94.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Buffumville Lake, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11692517395

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