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The "Something Is Being Done" Monument

The "Something Is Being Done" Monument from directly overhead

The "Something Is Being Done" Monument is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 67 m. Prospect Hill stands 135 m to the south-southwest, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Peace, Love, Music, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Battle Road Scenic Byway runs past it.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
Bold Women Make History
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.44879, -71.22939

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Museums
Parks
  • Emery Park: 0.1 mi
  • Lexington Battle Green: 0.1 mi
  • Belfry Hill Park: 0.1 mi
  • Fletcher Park: 0.4 mi
  • Center Recreation Complex: 0.4 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites: 58
Beaches
  • Borggaard Beach: 4.4 mi
  • Baby Beach: 8.3 mi
  • Crystal Lake Beach: 8.6 mi
  • Pearce Lake Beach: 10.3 mi
  • Morses Pond Beach: 11.5 mi
Gardens: 56
  • Idylwilde Community Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Wildlife Habitat Garden: 2.6 mi
  • The Kindness Rocks Project: 3.7 mi
  • Bedford Garden Club: 3.9 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 3.9 mi
Attractions: 51
  • Bowman Tavern: 1.6 mi
  • vernal pool: 2.0 mi
  • Paul Revere Capture Site: 2.6 mi
  • Bloody Angle: 3.5 mi
  • RR Semaphore: 4.2 mi
Cliffs: 44
Picnic sites: 22
  • Picnic Site 1: 3.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 4.2 mi
  • Picnic Site 3: 4.2 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 4.3 mi
  • Valley Shelter: 4.5 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • Commissioners Landing: 10.1 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 16.4 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 21.2 mi
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 24.6 mi
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 6.4 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 12.9 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 18.5 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 12.9 mi
  • Rock Falls: 20.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.8 miles of The "Something Is Being Done" Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillSSW135 m4.3 mi
Little ProspectSSW133 m4.6 mi
Whipple HillE110 m2.4 mi
Loring HillSSW109 m0.8 mi
Granny HillENE108 m0.5 mi
Zion HillE107 m2.6 mi
Turkey HillESE107 m3.1 mi
Fullers HillSSW105 m2.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4420:26
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1215:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F282937495968747264524233
Precip in2.92.73.83.83.43.73.53.53.54.23.73.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bedford Hanscom FLD, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12886794802

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