The Battle of Bunker Hill Museum
The Battle of Bunker Hill Museum is a museum in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 17 m. Single Tree Hill stands 100 m to the southwest, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Monument Square, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 1.8 miles off.
The story
1775 early battle of the American Revoluntionary War
Wikidata Q334029, matched on coordinates and name (100 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 17 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- National Park Service
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 4.9 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 22.8 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 2 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 25 mi
- Eagle Rock · 25 mi
- Lookout Point · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Monument Square: 0.0 mi
- Winthrop Square: 0.1 mi
- Thompson Square: 0.1 mi
- Thompson Square: 0.2 mi
- Mt. Vernon Street Plaza: 0.2 mi
- Colonel William Prescott: 0.0 mi
- Bunker Hill Monument: 0.1 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 0.1 mi
- Paul Revere’s Landing: 0.3 mi
- Potato Shed Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Breeds Hill: 0.1 mi
- Copps Hill: 0.7 mi
- Beacon Hill: 1.1 mi
- Admiral's Hill: 1.2 mi
- Mount Benedict (historic): 1.3 mi
- Charlestown Sundial: 0.2 mi
- Zakim Down Under: 0.4 mi
- Five Beacons for the Lost Half Mile: 0.4 mi
- The Charlestown Bells: 0.4 mi
- Collective Ascension: 0.6 mi
- USS Constitution Museum: 0.3 mi
- USS Constitution: 0.3 mi
- Boston Marine Society Museum: 0.4 mi
- USS Cassin Young: 0.4 mi
- The Sports Museum: 0.7 mi
- Charlestown Sprouts Garden: 0.5 mi
- The Community Garden: 0.7 mi
- Saint Leonard's Peace Garden: 0.8 mi
- Saint Leonard's Peace Garden: 0.9 mi
- Rose Kennedy Rose Garden: 1.1 mi
- Cycleboat Boston: 0.6 mi
- Skinny House: 0.7 mi
- Boston Duck Tours: 0.7 mi
- Capt. Jackson’s Historic Chocolate Shop: 0.8 mi
- All Saints Way: 0.8 mi
- Mystic River Reservation: 2.4 mi
- Hall's Pond Sanctuary: 3.3 mi
- Amory Woods: 3.3 mi
- Buena Vista Urban Wild: 3.8 mi
- 140 Highland St: 3.8 mi
- Pleasure Bay Beach: 3.6 mi
- Corinha Beach: 4.1 mi
- Short Beach: 4.3 mi
- Revere Beach: 4.8 mi
- Yirrel Beach: 4.8 mi
- Crag 1: 4.5 mi
- Winthrop Head: 4.8 mi
- Grovers Cliff: 4.8 mi
- Pererea Point: 4.9 mi
- Moon Head: 6.1 mi
- Pine Knoll: 5.0 mi
- Oak Lea: 5.1 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 5.2 mi
- Babcock Arboretum: 7.6 mi
- Pinetops Picnic Area: 8.2 mi
- Boathouse: 9.3 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 9.3 mi
- Oil Shed: 9.3 mi
- Rainshed: 9.3 mi
- Boston Light: 9.3 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 1.3 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 12.0 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 22.8 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 22.8 mi
- Quarry Spring: 4.7 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 11.5 mi
- Mystery Spring: 22.7 mi
- Cascade Falls: 4.9 mi
- Rock Falls: 12.5 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 21.2 mi
- Haywardville: 6.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.9 miles of The Battle of Bunker Hill Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single Tree Hill | SW 232° | 100 m | 5.9 mi |
| Cairn Hill | NNW 345° | 92 m | 5.0 mi |
| Boojum Rock | NNW 346° | 83 m | 4.6 mi |
| Fisher Hill | SW 232° | 81 m | 5.1 mi |
| Corey Hill | WSW 238° | 80 m | 4.3 mi |
| Mount Hood | NNE 16° | 79 m | 5.5 mi |
| Pinnacle Rock | N 349° | 76 m | 4.5 mi |
| Gerry Hill | NNW 335° | 76 m | 5.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:19 | 18:57 |
| 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/29520683
Day trips start here
- Boston/Charlestown · 0 mi
- Boston · 1 mi
- Boston/Downtown · 1 mi
- Boston/East Boston · 1 mi
- Boston/North End · 1 mi
- Greater Boston · 1 mi
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