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Operation Enduring Freedom Tennis Courts

Operation Enduring Freedom Tennis Courts from directly overhead

Operation Enduring Freedom Tennis Courts is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 14 m. Cairn Hill stands 92 m to the west-northwest, 2.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Trafton Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 5.6 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
In Memory Of Lance CPL Edwards (Eddy) M Garvin USMC 1st Fallen Hero Always Remembere Never Forgotten
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.43703, -71.04333

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Trafton Park: 0.0 mi
  • High Rock Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
  • Linden Victory Delta: 0.5 mi
  • Hunting Field: 0.5 mi
  • Richard C. Howard Park: 0.7 mi
Artworks: 60
Museums
Peaks
Historic sites: 58
  • Firefighter Memorial: 0.9 mi
  • The Hiker at Wehner Park: 1.1 mi
  • Major Doak A. Weston USAAF: 1.1 mi
  • FIrst National Bank of Malden: 1.5 mi
  • Nicholas L. Delano Memorial Fountain: 1.6 mi
Gardens: 58
  • Malden Youth Community Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Sylvester Baxter Delta: 2.2 mi
  • Anita's Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Chelsea Community Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Charlestown Sprouts Garden: 3.9 mi
Beaches
  • Revere Beach: 3.2 mi
  • Pearce Lake Beach: 3.8 mi
  • Short Beach: 4.4 mi
  • Borggaard Beach: 5.2 mi
  • Nahant Beach: 5.4 mi
Attractions: 51
  • Hikmat home: 2.1 mi
  • 1899 MIT Observatory site: 2.2 mi
  • Stone Chimney: 2.6 mi
  • Pickerel Rock: 3.0 mi
  • Lynn Woods Rose Garden: 3.9 mi
Cliffs: 50
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 21
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 3.8 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 9.4 mi
  • Oak Lea: 9.4 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 9.5 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 11.0 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 1.8 mi
  • Rock Falls: 16.5 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 18.5 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 22.4 mi
Springs: 4
  • Quarry Spring: 3.2 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 15.8 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 21.2 mi
  • Rail Spring: 24.0 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 4.5 miles of Operation Enduring Freedom Tennis Courts. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cairn HillWNW92 m2.2 mi
Bear HillWNW91 m3.8 mi
Castle RockN87 m3.6 mi
Winthrop HillWNW84 m3.6 mi
Boojum RockW83 m2.1 mi
Crow HillN83 m3.6 mi
Taylor MountainWNW81 m3.6 mi
Mount HoodNNE79 m1.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0819:4320:26
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1115:2916:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238495868747366554536
Precip in3.43.24.23.63.23.93.33.23.64.03.74.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boston, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7884099918

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