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Shirley-Eustis House

Shirley-Eustis House from directly overhead

Shirley-Eustis House is a museum in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Single Tree Hill stands 100 m to the west, 4.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Dennis Street Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 0.7 miles off.

About

The story

historic house in Roxbury, Massachusetts

Dates from 1741.

Wikidata Q7498675, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.32350, -71.07178

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Dennis Street Park: 0.2 mi
  • Dudley Town Common: 0.2 mi
  • Clifford Playground: 0.3 mi
  • Howes Playground: 0.4 mi
  • Orchard Park: 0.5 mi
Gardens
  • Jarden De La Amistad community garden: 0.2 mi
  • The Food Project Lot #2: 0.3 mi
  • Julian, Judson, Dean Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Magnolia & Woodford Streets Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Nonquit Street Garden: 0.5 mi
Artworks
  • Clapp Favorite Pear: 0.6 mi
  • Edward Everett Statue: 0.6 mi
  • Frederick Douglass: 1.1 mi
  • 999 Cranes: 1.3 mi
  • 100 Years of Solitude: 1.3 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Historic sites
Peaks
Attractions
  • African Lion: 1.5 mi
  • Masai Giraffe: 1.5 mi
  • Hartmann's Mountain Zebra: 1.6 mi
  • Andean Condor: 1.6 mi
  • Wildebeest: 1.6 mi
Beaches
Cliffs: 50
  • Pererea Point: 3.7 mi
  • Moon Head: 4.5 mi
  • West Head: 5.0 mi
  • Lower Cliff: 5.2 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 5.2 mi
Picnic sites: 24
  • Pine Knoll: 1.5 mi
  • Oak Lea: 1.6 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 1.6 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 4.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 10.2 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Commissioners Landing: 2.4 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 8.6 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 20.6 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 20.6 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 24.2 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Pakomet Spring: 7.9 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 7.9 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 24.7 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Rock Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 24.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.1 miles of Shirley-Eustis House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Single Tree HillW 270°100 m4.1 mi
Waban HillWNW 282°98 m5.3 mi
Bellevue HillSW 229°94 m4.9 mi
Mount WalleyWSW 253°91 m3.5 mi
Bald Pate HillWSW 257°90 m5.6 mi
Green HillWSW 245°89 m3.4 mi
Chestnut HillW 276°86 m4.6 mi
Oak HillWSW 256°84 m6.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0819:4320:25
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1115:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968747365534334
Precip in3.93.64.54.33.64.23.53.74.05.04.05.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jamaica Plain, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/29552053

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