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Veteran's Memorial Park

Veteran's Memorial Park from directly overhead

Veteran's Memorial Park is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 41 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the north, 10.0 miles off. The nearest named place is World War II Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 8.3 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.06773, -71.10271

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Museums
Artworks
  • Oliver Ames: 0.2 mi
  • EARLY HISTORY OF STOUGHTON MURAL: 4.0 mi
  • Welcome to Camp Christina: 4.5 mi
  • TOOTHY!!!: 4.5 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 4.8 mi
Peaks
Beaches
  • Fishermans Beach: 8.3 mi
  • Turner Pond Beach: 10.2 mi
  • Sweatt Beach: 13.0 mi
  • Whiting's Pond Beach: 13.0 mi
  • Lake Street Beach: 13.1 mi
Gardens: 55
Parks
  • Queset Gardens: 0.2 mi
  • Frothingham Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Povoas Park: 0.4 mi
  • Sheep Pasture: 0.8 mi
  • Hancock Field: 2.5 mi
Cliffs: 48
  • King Philip Rock: 4.1 mi
  • King Philip Cave: 4.3 mi
  • Breakneck Ledge: 10.5 mi
  • The Shield: 11.8 mi
  • S Wall: 12.7 mi
Attractions: 42
  • Ames Boulder: 3.1 mi
  • King Philip Rock: 4.1 mi
  • Old Shed: 5.7 mi
  • Path Continues: 7.1 mi
  • To L.A. Foster Wildlife Refuge: 8.7 mi
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 21
  • Oak Grove: 3.2 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 10.6 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
  • 16-34: 11.8 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 14.8 mi
Rest areas: 9
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 9.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 10.6 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 10.7 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 19.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 19.7 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 9.9 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 22.8 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rock Falls: 10.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of Veteran's Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillN193 m10.0 mi
Moose HillNW163 m6.9 mi
Chickatawbut HillN156 m10.9 mi
Hancock HillN155 m10.4 mi
Buck HillN151 m10.2 mi
Fenno PeakNNE151 m10.9 mi
Nahanton HillNNE145 m11.1 mi
Hemenway HillN140 m10.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4220:24
September equinox06:3218:0718:44
December solstice07:1015:3116:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303138495968747265544435
Precip in4.03.65.24.53.44.13.23.64.15.04.45.1

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1222999865

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