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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
Historic sites
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
Peaks
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • 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
  • Bedford Garden Club: 3.9 mi
Attractions
  • 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
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
Cliffs: 44
Picnic sites: 25
  • 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: 6
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 5.7 miles of The "Something Is Being Done" Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillSSW 197°135 m4.3 mi
Little ProspectSSW 196°133 m4.6 mi
Whipple HillE 101°110 m2.4 mi
Loring HillSSW 208°109 m0.8 mi
Granny HillENE 62°108 m0.5 mi
Zion HillE 80°107 m2.6 mi
Turkey HillESE 111°107 m3.1 mi
Pine HillW 261°106 m5.1 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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