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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

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
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
Museums
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
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
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
Gardens: 56
  • Kitchen Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Formal Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Braintree Community Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Lucerne-Balsam Streets Community Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Shrub Garden: 6.3 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions: 52
Cliffs: 47
Picnic sites: 22
  • 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
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • Westwood Rest Area: 4.6 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 10.9 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 16.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 17.6 mi
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 7.5 miles of Nike Missile Launch Site BO-55. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillWNW193 m2.3 mi
Chickatawbut HillNNE156 m1.6 mi
Hancock HillNW155 m1.7 mi
Buck HillN151 m1.0 mi
Fenno PeakNNE151 m1.6 mi
Nahanton HillNNE145 m1.9 mi
Hemenway HillNW140 m1.9 mi
Tucker HillNW133 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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