Westminster Soldiers' Monument
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.
The story
Town in Massachusetts.
Dates from 1737.
Wikidata Q2559758, matched on coordinates and name (91 m apart).
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 12.4 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 18.5 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 28.7 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Kiwanis Point · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- 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
- Former Seth Heywood Site: 4.5 mi
- Former Ohave Synagogue Marker: 4.7 mi
- Veterans Monument: 4.7 mi
- World War 1 Memorial: 4.8 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 4.8 mi
- 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
- Giant Shopping Cart: 0.1 mi
- Yellow Chair: 2.9 mi
- Bicentennial Giant Chair: 4.3 mi
- Moses' Rock: 5.6 mi
- Coggshall Rock Ledges & Cliffs: 5.6 mi
- Gardner Museum: 4.5 mi
- Fitchburg Historical Society: 6.1 mi
- Fitchburg Art Museum: 6.2 mi
- Frederick Historic Piano Collection: 6.3 mi
- Ron Bouchard Racing Museum: 7.4 mi
- 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
- Fitchburg Water Department Land: 0.8 mi
- Schenk Farm Conservation Area: 1.2 mi
- High Ridge Wildlife Management Area: 2.6 mi
- Quag Pond Bog Natural Heritage Area: 2.8 mi
- Wachusett Mountain State Reservation: 3.8 mi
- 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
- Ice Fall (in winter): 3.7 mi
- Ice Fall: 3.7 mi
- Sawyer Bluff: 15.0 mi
- Scar Hill Bluffs: 15.3 mi
- Old Limestone Quarry: 18.0 mi
- Emerson Falls: 3.6 mi
- Trap Falls: 11.2 mi
- Doane's Falls: 16.4 mi
- Spirit Falls: 17.2 mi
- Royalston Falls: 20.7 mi
- The Ashburnham Spring: 6.7 mi
- Falcon Spring: 23.3 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 10.8 mi
- Trap Falls: 11.2 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Wachusett | SSE 162° | 609 m | 4.1 mi |
| Little Wachusett | S 169° | 476 m | 5.7 mi |
| Pine Hill | SSE 154° | 440 m | 4.5 mi |
| Jewell Hill | NNE 21° | 429 m | 7.0 mi |
| Meeting House Hill | N 357° | 409 m | 6.8 mi |
| Packard Hill | N 351° | 407 m | 7.4 mi |
| Town Line Hill | NNW 330° | 406 m | 7.4 mi |
| Brown Hill | S 176° | 401 m | 5.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:46 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:32 | 16:18 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 24 | 32 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ashburnham, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/13253024192
Day trips start here
- Ashburnham · 0 mi
- Westminster · 0 mi
- Gardner · 5 mi
- Fitchburg · 6 mi
- North County · 6 mi
- Princeton · 7 mi
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