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Nike Missile Launch Site BO-55

Nike Missile Launch Site BO-55 from directly overhead

Nike Missile Launch Site BO-55 is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 53 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the west-northwest, 2.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Wakeling Little League Field, a park 0.3 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 6.0 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1955/06
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.20004, -71.07255

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Wakeling Little League Field: 0.3 mi
  • Powers Farm Community Park: 2.0 mi
  • Bertha Soule Memorial Park: 2.0 mi
  • Hollingsworth Park: 2.5 mi
  • Belcher Park: 2.5 mi
Peaks
  • Burnt Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Boyce Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Hawk Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Buck Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Tucker Hill: 1.1 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches
  • Fishermans Beach: 1.3 mi
  • Smith Beach: 6.0 mi
  • Norton Road Beach: 6.2 mi
  • Back Beach: 6.2 mi
  • Wollaston Beach: 6.3 mi
Attractions
Gardens
  • Kitchen Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Formal Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Flower Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Braintree Community Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Lucerne-Balsam Streets Community Garden: 6.1 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Civil War Memorial: 3.7 mi
  • Sacco & Vanzetti Victims: 3.7 mi
  • KIA Andrew R. Wood Jr. Memorial: 3.9 mi
  • Joseph J. Silva Square: 4.0 mi
  • Paul C. "Puzzy" Carter Marine PFC Memorial: 4.0 mi
Artworks
  • Welcome to Camp Christina: 4.8 mi
  • John Hancock: 5.0 mi
  • Abigail Adams: 5.0 mi
  • John Adams: 5.0 mi
  • Constitution Common: 5.0 mi
Cliffs: 47
Picnic sites: 39
  • Babcock Arboretum: 5.8 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 6.6 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 7.2 mi
  • Oak Lea: 7.3 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Westwood Rest Area: 4.6 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 10.9 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 15.9 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 16.0 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 16.9 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 0.7 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 16.4 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 16.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Nike Missile Launch Site BO-55. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillWNW 291°193 m2.3 mi
Chickatawbut HillNNE 20°156 m1.6 mi
Hancock HillNW 317°155 m1.7 mi
Buck HillN 353°151 m1.0 mi
Fenno PeakNNE 23°151 m1.6 mi
Nahanton HillNNE 26°145 m1.9 mi
Hemenway HillNW 311°140 m1.9 mi
Tucker HillNW 322°133 m1.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4220:25
September equinox06:3218:0718:43
December solstice07:1015:3116:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272836475867737164534233
Precip in4.54.05.54.83.84.63.53.94.15.54.35.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blue Hill Coop, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6097042624

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