Soldiers Monument
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Soldiers Monument is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 10 m. Single Tree Hill stands 100 m to the west-southwest, 1.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Pierce School Playground, a park 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 1.8 miles off.
The story
park in the United States of America
Wikidata Q49562983, matched on coordinates and name (61 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 10 m
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 5.2 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 27.0 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 2 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 21 mi
- Lookout Point · 25 mi
- Eagle Rock · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pierce School Playground: 0.1 mi
- Emerson Garden: 0.2 mi
- Linden Park: 0.2 mi
- Cypress Emerson Historic District: 0.2 mi
- Boylston Street Playground: 0.2 mi
- Private First Class Dennis Conry Memorial Square: 0.2 mi
- Riverway Park: 0.8 mi
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site: 0.9 mi
- Ghost bike - Paula Sharaga: 1.2 mi
- Parkman Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Walnut Place Conservation Restriction: 0.5 mi
- Sargent Beechwood Nature Walk: 0.7 mi
- Friedman Park: 0.7 mi
- Back Of The Hill Urban Wild: 0.7 mi
- Sargent Pond Conservation Restriction: 1.0 mi
- Aspinwall Hill: 0.6 mi
- Corey Hill: 0.8 mi
- Fisher Hill: 1.0 mi
- Parker Hill: 1.0 mi
- Single Tree Hill: 1.7 mi
- School Garden: 0.7 mi
- Lawton Park Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Tobin Community Center Garden: 1.3 mi
- Mission Hill Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- Jamaica Pond Park Rain Garden: 1.3 mi
- Four Seasons Mural: 0.8 mi
- Beauty Master Mural: 1.1 mi
- Taino Mural: 1.1 mi
- The Greening of Griggs: 1.1 mi
- Gateway to the Gardens: 1.1 mi
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site: 0.9 mi
- International Paper Museum: 0.9 mi
- Warren Anatomical Museum: 0.9 mi
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: 1.2 mi
- MassArt Art Museum: 1.2 mi
- Jamaica Pond Bench: 1.3 mi
- 34: 1.4 mi
- 26: 1.4 mi
- 45: 1.4 mi
- 14: 1.4 mi
- Crystal Lake Beach: 4.1 mi
- Tenean Beach: 5.0 mi
- Pleasure Bay Beach: 5.1 mi
- Nickerson Beach: 6.0 mi
- Orchard Beach: 6.5 mi
- Lower Cliff: 2.7 mi
- Upper Cliff: 2.7 mi
- The Alcove: 2.8 mi
- Temple Overhangs: 2.8 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 2.9 mi
- Pine Knoll: 2.6 mi
- Oak Lea: 2.6 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 2.8 mi
- Babcock Arboretum: 7.1 mi
- Picnic Site 11: 7.6 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 3.0 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 8.3 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 23.0 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 23.0 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 23.9 mi
- Boathouse: 11.8 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 11.8 mi
- Oil Shed: 11.8 mi
- Rainshed: 11.9 mi
- Boston Light: 11.9 mi
- Quarry Spring: 7.1 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 9.1 mi
- Mystery Spring: 22.4 mi
- Cascade Falls: 8.0 mi
- Rock Falls: 11.1 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 22.2 mi
- Haywardville: 9.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.0 miles of Soldiers Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single Tree Hill | WSW 243° | 100 m | 1.7 mi |
| Waban Hill | W 277° | 98 m | 2.7 mi |
| Bellevue Hill | SSW 195° | 94 m | 4.2 mi |
| Bird's Hill | SW 233° | 92 m | 6.0 mi |
| Mount Walley | SSW 203° | 91 m | 2.0 mi |
| Wellington Hill | NW 323° | 91 m | 5.9 mi |
| Bald Pate Hill | SW 234° | 90 m | 3.5 mi |
| Green Hill | SSW 194° | 89 m | 2.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:43 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:30 | 16:16 |
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 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 53 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jamaica Plain, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358269345
Day trips start here
- Brookline · 0 mi
- Boston/Fenway-Kenmore · 1 mi
- Boston/Allston-Brighton · 2 mi
- Boston/Jamaica Plain-Mission Hill · 2 mi
- Boston/Roxbury · 2 mi
- Boston/Back Bay-Beacon Hill · 3 mi
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