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Sacco & Vanzetti Victims

Sacco & Vanzetti Victims from directly overhead

Sacco & Vanzetti Victims is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 19 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the west, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Rock Falls, a waterfall 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 8.8 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
This monument is dedicated to the memory of Frederick Albert Parmenter and Alessandro Berardelli. On April 15, 1920, while performing their duties for the Slater & Morrell Shoe Company, these men lost their lives near this location, victims of an armed ro
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Coordinates42.20150, -70.99975

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Robert S. Mattulina Playground: 0.3 mi
  • French's Common: 0.4 mi
  • Furlong Park: 0.4 mi
  • Sunset Lake Beach: 0.5 mi
  • Dyer Hill Playground: 0.6 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Gardens
Historic sites
Attractions
Beaches
Museums
Artworks
Cliffs: 44
  • The Shield: 2.9 mi
  • S Wall: 3.4 mi
  • R Wall: 3.4 mi
  • Q Wall: 3.4 mi
  • N Wall: 3.5 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 3.3 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 3.3 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 4.9 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 8.4 mi
  • Oak Lea: 8.5 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 6
  • Westwood Rest Area: 8.2 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 11.5 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 12.6 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 12.6 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 19.5 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 0.2 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 17.3 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 3.5 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 17.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Sacco & Vanzetti Victims. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillW 277°193 m5.9 mi
Chickatawbut HillWNW 294°156 m3.5 mi
Hancock HillWNW 283°155 m5.0 mi
Fenno PeakWNW 295°151 m3.4 mi
Buck HillWNW 283°151 m4.0 mi
Nahanton HillWNW 298°145 m3.3 mi
Hemenway HillWNW 282°140 m5.3 mi
Kitchamakin HillWNW 297°133 m3.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

The recorded facing catches the sunset.

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0919:4220:24
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1015:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238485867737265544435
Precip in4.54.05.44.63.84.03.63.83.95.24.45.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hingham, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6037089235

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