Washington Monument
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Washington Monument is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 6 m. Single Tree Hill stands 100 m to the west-southwest, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Rose Kennedy Greenway, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 0.7 miles off.
The story
Park in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49577037, joined on its GNIS feature id.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 6 m
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 6.0 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 23.8 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 2 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 24 mi
- Eagle Rock · 26 mi
- Lookout Point · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Red Line Ball: 0.1 mi
- Ab Initio: 0.2 mi
- Boston Bricks of Winthrop Lane: 0.2 mi
- "The Creature Pond" Sculpture: 0.2 mi
- Color Commons: 0.4 mi
- Alexander Graham Bell Room Museum: 0.1 mi
- Boston Tea Party - Ships and Museum: 0.2 mi
- Boston Children's Museum: 0.3 mi
- Old South Meeting Place: 0.3 mi
- Boston Fire Museum: 0.3 mi
- Rose Kennedy Rose Garden: 0.5 mi
- Golden Age Center: 0.7 mi
- Rain Garden: 0.7 mi
- Saint Leonard's Peace Garden: 0.7 mi
- Bay Village Garden: 0.8 mi
- Flagstaff Hill: 0.6 mi
- Beacon Hill: 0.7 mi
- Copps Hill: 0.9 mi
- Camp Hill: 1.3 mi
- Telegraph Hill: 1.5 mi
- Rose Kennedy Greenway: 0.0 mi
- Leather District Park: 0.2 mi
- Norman B. Leventhal Park: 0.2 mi
- Winthrop Square: 0.2 mi
- Smith Family Waterfront: 0.2 mi
- Pleasure Bay Beach: 2.2 mi
- Corinha Beach: 3.8 mi
- Nickerson Beach: 4.1 mi
- Tenean Beach: 4.3 mi
- Yirrel Beach: 4.4 mi
- Buena Vista Urban Wild: 2.6 mi
- 140 Highland St: 2.8 mi
- Hall's Pond Sanctuary: 3.0 mi
- Fernald Terrace Rock: 3.0 mi
- Amory Woods: 3.1 mi
- Graphic Arts Building: 0.1 mi
- Evelyn F. Moakley Bridge Plaque: 0.1 mi
- John F. Fitzgerald Expressway Plaque: 0.2 mi
- 100 Franklin Street: 0.2 mi
- Benjamin Franklin Birthplace Site: 0.3 mi
- The Beaver: 0.2 mi
- The Eleanor: 0.2 mi
- Hood Milk Bottle: 0.2 mi
- Boston Wharf Co. Sign: 0.3 mi
- First Public School Site: 0.4 mi
- Pererea Point: 3.6 mi
- Winthrop Head: 4.5 mi
- Moon Head: 4.7 mi
- West Head: 5.0 mi
- Grovers Cliff: 5.0 mi
- Pine Knoll: 3.8 mi
- Oak Lea: 3.9 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 3.9 mi
- Babcock Arboretum: 6.1 mi
- Pinetops Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
- Boathouse: 8.5 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 8.5 mi
- Oil Shed: 8.5 mi
- Rainshed: 8.6 mi
- Boston Light: 8.6 mi
- Quarry Spring: 6.2 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 10.0 mi
- Mystery Spring: 24.0 mi
- Cascade Falls: 6.4 mi
- Rock Falls: 10.9 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 22.7 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 1.0 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 10.8 mi
- Haywardville: 7.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.5 miles of Washington Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single Tree Hill | WSW 247° | 100 m | 5.4 mi |
| Waban Hill | W 261° | 98 m | 6.2 mi |
| Mount Walley | SW 234° | 91 m | 5.3 mi |
| Green Hill | SW 229° | 89 m | 5.3 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | WSW 254° | 86 m | 5.8 mi |
| Boojum Rock | NNW 346° | 83 m | 6.1 mi |
| Fisher Hill | WSW 249° | 81 m | 4.7 mi |
| Corey Hill | W 259° | 80 m | 4.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:43 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:30 | 16:15 |
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 | 30 | 32 | 38 | 49 | 58 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boston, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358277280
Day trips start here
- Boston · 0 mi
- Boston/Downtown · 0 mi
- Boston/Back Bay-Beacon Hill · 1 mi
- Boston/North End · 1 mi
- Boston/South Boston · 1 mi
- Boston/South End · 1 mi
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