Naval Air Station Squantum Ammunition Bunkers
Naval Air Station Squantum Ammunition Bunkers is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Chickatawbut Hill stands 156 m to the south-southwest, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Moswetuset Hummock Historical Marker, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 3.8 miles off.
The story
Airport in Massachusetts, United States of America.
Wikidata Q3016396, matched on coordinates and name (598 m apart).
What the record says
- Inscription
- Ammunition depot, abandoned 1953
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 3.8 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 10.1 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 26.7 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 5 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 21 mi
- Lookout Point · 25 mi
- Eagle Rock · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Quincy Navy Park at Squantum: 0.5 mi
- Senator Joseph Finnegan Park (Neponset River Reservation): 0.6 mi
- Squantum Point Park: 0.6 mi
- Neponset Landing Park: 0.7 mi
- Welcome Young Park: 0.8 mi
- The Lone Sailor: 0.5 mi
- Sunflowers for Vincent: 1.7 mi
- Edward Everett Statue: 2.6 mi
- Clapp Favorite Pear: 2.6 mi
- Constitution Common: 2.7 mi
- Popes Hill: 1.3 mi
- Savin Hill: 1.7 mi
- Meeting House Hill: 2.0 mi
- Mount Wollaston: 2.2 mi
- Forbes Hill: 2.4 mi
- Pierce House: 1.3 mi
- Josiah Quincy House: 1.5 mi
- Commonwealth Museum: 1.6 mi
- Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate: 1.7 mi
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum: 1.7 mi
- Moswetuset Hummock Historical Marker: 0.3 mi
- Boston Police Superior Officers Federation Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Departed Knights of Columbus Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Myles Standish cairn: 1.2 mi
- Mark S. Charbonnier & Richard T. Dever Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Columbia Point Community Garden: 2.1 mi
- Fanny Lou Hamer Community Garden: 2.2 mi
- Audrey Jacobs Memorial Community Garden: 2.4 mi
- Spencer Street Community Garden: 2.5 mi
- Bullard Community garden: 2.5 mi
- Tenean Beach: 0.8 mi
- Nickerson Beach: 1.0 mi
- Wollaston Beach: 1.1 mi
- Orchard Beach: 1.2 mi
- Pleasure Bay Beach: 2.9 mi
- Neponset River Reservation: 1.9 mi
- Quincy Shore Reservation: 2.1 mi
- Fernald Terrace Rock: 2.3 mi
- Furnace Brook Parkway: 2.4 mi
- Buena Vista Urban Wild: 3.6 mi
- United First Parish Church: 3.1 mi
- Wildebeest: 3.1 mi
- Hartmann's Mountain Zebra: 3.2 mi
- African Lion: 3.2 mi
- Goat: 3.2 mi
- Babcock Arboretum: 1.6 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 3.2 mi
- Pine Knoll: 3.3 mi
- Oak Lea: 3.3 mi
- Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
- Boathouse: 7.4 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 7.4 mi
- Oil Shed: 7.5 mi
- Boston Light: 7.5 mi
- Rainshed: 7.5 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 5.2 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 8.4 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 23.4 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 24.1 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 6.1 mi
- Quarry Spring: 10.7 mi
- Rock Falls: 6.5 mi
- Cascade Falls: 10.9 mi
- Haywardville: 12.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.4 miles of Naval Air Station Squantum Ammunition Bunkers. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chickatawbut Hill | SSW 200° | 156 m | 5.1 mi |
| Hancock Hill | SW 214° | 155 m | 6.1 mi |
| Fenno Peak | SSW 199° | 151 m | 5.1 mi |
| Buck Hill | SSW 204° | 151 m | 5.8 mi |
| Nahanton Hill | SSW 197° | 145 m | 4.9 mi |
| Hemenway Hill | SW 216° | 140 m | 6.3 mi |
| Kitchamakin Hill | SSW 198° | 133 m | 5.0 mi |
| Tucker Hill | SSW 209° | 133 m | 6.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:42 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:30 | 16:15 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 38 | 49 | 58 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boston, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1098088178
Day trips start here
- Boston/Dorchester · 2 mi
- Boston/South Boston · 3 mi
- Milton · 3 mi
- Quincy · 3 mi
- Boston Harbor Islands · 4 mi
- Boston/Jamaica Plain-Mission Hill · 4 mi
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