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The Graves

The Graves from directly overhead

The Graves is a nature reserve, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Burrill Hill stands 87 m to the northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Green Island, a park 1.5 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 10 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
3 m
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.36537, -70.86905

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Battery Vincent: 3.9 mi
  • Lighthouse Depot Wharf: 4.1 mi
  • Civil War-era Castmate: 4.2 mi
  • Fort Warren: 4.3 mi
  • Fort Revere: 4.6 mi
Peaks
  • Allerton Hill: 4.1 mi
  • Telegraph Hill: 4.6 mi
  • Baileys Hill: 4.8 mi
  • Cottage Hill: 5.1 mi
  • Strawberry Hill: 5.3 mi
Beaches
  • Canoe Beach: 4.2 mi
  • Josephs Beach: 4.3 mi
  • Forty Steps Beach: 4.4 mi
  • Curlew Brech: 4.5 mi
  • Crystal Beach: 4.6 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Curci Studio 20 Madison Avenue: 5.9 mi
  • Heart of the Ocean: 8.3 mi
  • Fight the Rise: 8.3 mi
  • Donald McKay: 8.3 mi
  • Rise: 8.4 mi
Gardens
Attractions
  • CCUS (Christian congregation): 7.7 mi
  • South Shore Model Railroad Club: 9.1 mi
  • Waterboat Duck House: 9.2 mi
  • Cycleboat Boston: 9.2 mi
  • New England Aquarium Whale Watching: 9.2 mi
Cliffs: 51
Picnic sites: 20
  • Babcock Arboretum: 9.8 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 12.0 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 12.0 mi
  • Oak Lea: 12.0 mi
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
Lighthouses: 19
Rest areas: 4
  • Commissioners Landing: 10.4 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 17.7 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 17.7 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 18.0 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Cascade Falls: 11.9 mi
  • Rock Falls: 13.3 mi
Springs: 2
  • Quarry Spring: 13.0 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 14.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of The Graves. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Burrill HillNW 325°87 m10.5 mi
Mount HoodNW 306°79 m10.3 mi
Mount MoriahNW 321°74 m10.5 mi
Turkey HillS 175°57 m8.7 mi
Fennos HillWNW 291°55 m8.4 mi
Baker HillNW 309°55 m8.9 mi
Long HillNNW 334°55 m9.7 mi
Scituate HillSSE 167°54 m9.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0719:4220:25
September equinox06:3118:0618:43
December solstice07:1015:2916:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238495868747366554536
Precip in3.43.24.23.63.23.93.33.23.64.03.74.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boston, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Double-crested Cormorant12 obs
  • Piping Plover11 obs
  • Grey Seal9 obs
  • Forbes's Sea Star8 obs
  • Sea Lemon6 obs
  • American Herring Gull6 obs
  • Great Black-backed Gull5 obs
  • Harlequin Duck5 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/29694146

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