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Memorial to Robert E. Loud

Memorial to Robert E. Loud from directly overhead

Memorial to Robert E. Loud is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 55 m. Chickatawbut Hill stands 156 m to the northwest, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Pond Plain Improvement Association Memorial Garden, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 12 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
MEMORIAL TO ROBERT E. LOUD BY IRENE LOUD WALKER 1920
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.15879, -70.95975

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Pond Plain Improvement Association Memorial Garden: 0.0 mi
  • Great Pond Nature Preserve: 0.2 mi
  • Negus Park: 0.3 mi
  • Brookfield Community Park: 0.3 mi
  • Brookfield Park: 0.3 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Artworks
Gardens
Museums
Peaks
  • Turkey Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Pine Hills: 2.2 mi
  • Farm Hills: 2.9 mi
  • Penniman Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Mullein Hill: 3.8 mi
Beaches
Attractions
  • House Rock: 3.9 mi
  • Herring Run: 4.1 mi
  • Pastoral Center: 5.6 mi
  • USS Salem: 5.8 mi
  • South Shore Model Railroad Club: 5.9 mi
Cliffs: 45
Picnic sites: 39
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 1.0 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 1.0 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 8.2 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 11.9 mi
  • Oak Lea: 12.1 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 7
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 9.6 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 9.6 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 10.9 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 15.0 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 19.4 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 20.7 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 6.5 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 20.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Memorial to Robert E. Loud. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chickatawbut HillNW 310°156 m6.8 mi
Fenno PeakNW 310°151 m6.7 mi
Buck HillWNW 303°151 m7.1 mi
Nahanton HillNW 312°145 m6.7 mi
Kitchamakin HillNW 312°133 m6.7 mi
Tucker HillWNW 300°133 m7.5 mi
Houghton HillWNW 298°129 m8.0 mi
Hawk HillNW 305°120 m6.5 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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6437815284

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