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Morse Hill Veterans Memorial Park

Morse Hill Veterans Memorial Park from directly overhead

Morse Hill Veterans Memorial Park is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 34 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the east-northeast, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Morse House, a museum 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway runs past it.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Norwood
Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.16990, -71.21087

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
  • Morse House: 0.1 mi
  • Sharon Historical Society: 3.6 mi
  • Kingsbury Grist Mill: 4.6 mi
  • Peak House Museum: 4.6 mi
  • Medfield Historical Society Museum: 4.9 mi
Parks
  • Endean Park: 0.2 mi
  • Bernie Cooper Riverfront Park: 0.5 mi
  • Charles Elliot Park: 0.6 mi
  • Alevizos Park: 0.8 mi
  • Francis William Bird Park: 0.9 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Peaks
Beaches
  • Turner Pond Beach: 3.1 mi
  • South Beach: 4.6 mi
  • North Beach: 4.7 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 4.8 mi
  • Shapiro Beach: 4.8 mi
Artworks
  • Deborah Sampson: 3.5 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Zullo Gallery: 4.9 mi
  • TOOTHY!!!: 5.2 mi
  • Tom Brady: 6.0 mi
Attractions
  • 2: 5.4 mi
  • 1: 5.5 mi
  • 13: 5.9 mi
  • 14: 5.9 mi
  • Path Continues: 5.9 mi
Cliffs: 48
Picnic sites: 40
  • Oak Grove: 7.8 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 11.1 mi
  • Oak Lea: 11.2 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 11.3 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 12.4 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • Westwood Rest Area: 4.3 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 11.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 12.3 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 14.8 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 19.9 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 19.2 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 20.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Morse Hill Veterans Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillENE 60°193 m5.7 mi
Moose HillS 183°163 m3.2 mi
Hancock HillENE 61°155 m6.8 mi
Buck HillENE 66°151 m7.6 mi
Hemenway HillENE 60°140 m6.6 mi
Bluff HillS 184°138 m3.9 mi
Snow HillNW 313°137 m5.5 mi
Cedar HillNW 313°134 m4.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:1019:4320:25
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1115:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968737264534334
Precip in3.93.44.84.43.64.23.64.03.75.04.15.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Walpole 2, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1414193763

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