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Baxter Street Historic District

Baxter Street Historic District from directly overhead

Baxter Street Historic District is a park in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 11 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the west-southwest, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Quincy Skatepark, a park 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 7.0 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
11 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.24927, -70.99505

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Quincy Skatepark: 0.2 mi
  • William H. Flynn Playground: 0.2 mi
  • John Quincy Adams Park: 0.4 mi
  • Hancock Adams Common: 0.5 mi
  • Faxon Park: 0.7 mi
Attractions
Artworks
  • John Hancock: 0.4 mi
  • Abigail Adams: 0.4 mi
  • John Adams: 0.5 mi
  • Constitution Common: 0.8 mi
  • The Lone Sailor: 3.8 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Peaks
Nature reserves
Beaches
  • Back Beach: 1.0 mi
  • Norton Road Beach: 1.1 mi
  • Heron Beach: 1.3 mi
  • Shea Beach: 1.3 mi
  • Sailors Snug Harbor Beach: 1.4 mi
Gardens
  • Braintree Community Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Fanny Lou Hamer Community Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Wheatland Avenue Community Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Spencer Street Community Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Flower Garden: 5.4 mi
Cliffs: 46
Picnic sites: 39
  • Babcock Arboretum: 1.7 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 5.8 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 5.8 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 6.1 mi
  • Oak Lea: 6.2 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 6
  • Commissioners Landing: 8.5 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 8.6 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 14.2 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 14.2 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 22.1 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 3.4 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 14.2 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 4.6 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 14.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.8 miles of Baxter Street Historic District. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillWSW 247°193 m6.6 mi
Chickatawbut HillWSW 241°156 m3.9 mi
Hancock HillWSW 247°155 m5.6 mi
Fenno PeakWSW 240°151 m3.8 mi
Buck HillWSW 240°151 m4.7 mi
Nahanton HillWSW 241°145 m3.6 mi
Hemenway HillWSW 248°140 m5.8 mi
Kitchamakin HillWSW 240°133 m3.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0819:4220:25
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1015:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238485867737265544435
Precip in4.54.05.44.63.84.03.63.83.95.24.45.1

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

Wildlife nearby
  • Painted Turtle628 obs
  • American pokeweed241 obs
  • Pond Slider191 obs
  • Canada Goose174 obs
  • Wild Turkey173 obs
  • Great Egret157 obs
  • American Robin144 obs
  • American Bullfrog136 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 node/358278969

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