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Westminster Soldiers' Monument

Westminster Soldiers' Monument from directly overhead

Westminster Soldiers' Monument is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 325 m. Mount Wachusett stands 609 m to the south-southeast, 4.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Giant Shopping Cart, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.

About

The story

town in Massachusetts

Dates from 1737.

Wikidata Q2559758, matched on coordinates and name (91 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.54502, -71.91099

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Giant Shopping Cart: 0.1 mi
  • Yellow Chair: 2.9 mi
  • Observation Tower: 4.1 mi
  • Bicentennial Giant Chair: 4.3 mi
  • Moses' Rock: 5.6 mi
Parks
  • Westminster Town Common: 0.3 mi
  • Forrester: 2.1 mi
  • Crocker Pond Recreation Area: 2.2 mi
  • Westminster State Forest: 2.5 mi
  • Crocker Playground: 3.6 mi
Peaks
  • Academy Hill: 0.4 mi
  • Damon Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Church Rock: 2.0 mi
  • Beech Hill: 2.2 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Schoolboy of 1850: 6.3 mi
  • "Johnny Ro": 9.5 mi
  • Clyde II: 11.9 mi
  • South Royalston Chicken: 13.4 mi
  • Wo Peen, The Dreamer: 15.5 mi
Museums: 39
Gardens: 35
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Sundial Community Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Prichard Street Community Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 12.4 mi
  • Maybarton Community Garden: 14.5 mi
Beaches: 28
  • Crocker Pond Beach: 2.2 mi
  • The Beach at Arrive: 8.7 mi
  • Lunenburg Town Beach: 8.9 mi
  • Wilder Beach: 8.9 mi
  • Holiday Cove: 9.4 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • Emerson Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Cascades: 5.7 mi
  • Trap Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 16.4 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 16.5 mi
Cliffs: 11
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 6.7 mi
  • Falcon Spring: 23.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Trap Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Picnic Area: 11.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 10.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Westminster Soldiers' Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WachusettSSE 162°609 m4.1 mi
Little WachusettS 169°476 m5.7 mi
Pine HillSSE 154°440 m4.5 mi
Jewell HillNNE 21°429 m7.0 mi
Meeting House HillN 357°409 m6.8 mi
Packard HillN 351°407 m7.4 mi
Brown HillS 176°401 m5.8 mi
Canesto HillWSW 254°400 m7.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1119:4620:29
September equinox06:3618:1018:47
December solstice07:1515:3216:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432445564706861483828
Precip in3.53.34.44.24.04.23.93.94.25.13.84.6

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13253024192

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