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National Lightship Sailors Memorial

National Lightship Sailors Memorial from directly overhead

National Lightship Sailors Memorial is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Copicut Hill stands 109 m to the northwest, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Coast Guard Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Route 114 and High Street passes 18 miles off.

What the record says

Inscription
Bell

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.63387, -70.92111

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Coast Guard Park: 0.0 mi
  • Rasmus Tonnessen Park: 0.1 mi
  • Captain Paul Cuffe Park: 0.1 mi
  • New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park Boundary: 0.2 mi
  • Custom House Square Park: 0.2 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Benjamin Rose: 1.0 mi
  • Fort Phoenix: 1.2 mi
  • Sun Dial: 1.5 mi
  • Rodney French Memorial: 1.9 mi
  • Battery Milliken: 2.7 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches
Peaks
  • Tarkiln Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Mendall Hill: 5.1 mi
  • Round Hill: 6.5 mi
  • Tinkham Hill: 6.6 mi
  • Ridge Hill: 7.0 mi
Cliffs: 25
Gardens: 21
Artworks: 19
  • Spinwinder: 4.4 mi
  • Commonwealth Park "Green Monstah" Mural: 13.4 mi
  • Rachel Carson: 14.9 mi
  • Whale Tail: 14.9 mi
  • Helen Keller: 14.9 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 18.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 18.8 mi
  • Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 18.9 mi
  • Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 24.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 18.9 mi
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 21.0 mi
Springs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.7 miles of National Lightship Sailors Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Copicut HillNW 310°109 m9.4 mi
Pocasset HillW 275°95 m14.0 mi
Cook HillW 278°85 m13.9 mi
Townsend HillWNW 282°77 m13.8 mi
Townsend HillWNW 282°77 m13.9 mi
Ridge HillNW 308°64 m7.0 mi
Yellow HillWNW 290°64 m8.3 mi
Breakneck HillNNW 326°64 m12.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:1019:4020:22
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:0815:3216:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303138485969767467564536
Precip in3.84.15.34.63.74.13.64.14.24.94.65.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Bedford Coop, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/8388502270

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