Great Brewster Island
Great Brewster Island is a park in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 6 m. Prospect Hill stands 72 m to the south-southeast, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Boathouse, a lighthouse 0.4 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 8.7 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 6 m
How to reach it
- 8.7 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 13.8 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 21.4 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 10 mi
- Eagle Rock · 23 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Brewster Island: 0.4 mi
- Calf Island: 0.6 mi
- Middle Brewster Island: 0.6 mi
- Shag Rocks Island: 0.7 mi
- Little Calf Island: 0.9 mi
- Battery Vincent: 1.7 mi
- Lighthouse Depot Wharf: 1.8 mi
- Fort Warren: 1.8 mi
- Civil War-era Castmate: 1.9 mi
- Fort Revere: 2.0 mi
- Allerton Hill: 1.8 mi
- Telegraph Hill: 2.0 mi
- Strawberry Hill: 3.1 mi
- White Head: 4.0 mi
- Sagamore Hill: 4.4 mi
- Hull Lifesaving Museum: 1.8 mi
- Windmill Point Boathouse: 2.4 mi
- Paragon Park Museum and Museum Shop: 4.8 mi
- Winthrop Public Library and Museum: 5.5 mi
- Benjamin Lincoln House: 6.2 mi
- Hull Village Beach: 2.2 mi
- Nantasket Beach: 3.0 mi
- Nantasket Beach: 3.8 mi
- Yirrel Beach: 4.3 mi
- Hampton Beach: 4.5 mi
- The Graves: 2.7 mi
- Weir River Woods Access: 5.0 mi
- Weir River Woods: 5.1 mi
- Emery Preserve: 5.1 mi
- George Washington Boulevard Lagoon: 5.1 mi
- Curci Studio 20 Madison Avenue: 5.4 mi
- The Lone Sailor: 7.2 mi
- Fight the Rise: 7.3 mi
- Rise: 7.3 mi
- Donald McKay: 7.5 mi
- SeaCoast Community Garden: 6.5 mi
- Albert 'Junior' Lombardi Garden: 7.4 mi
- Joseph Ciampa Community Garden: 7.5 mi
- Eastie Farm: 7.6 mi
- 6 Chelsea Terrace: 7.6 mi
- South Shore Model Railroad Club: 6.6 mi
- USS Salem: 7.3 mi
- United First Parish Church: 7.8 mi
- Hood Milk Bottle: 8.0 mi
- Boston Wharf Co. Sign: 8.0 mi
- East Head: 2.7 mi
- Middle Head: 3.0 mi
- Long Island Head: 3.1 mi
- West Head: 4.3 mi
- Winthrop Head: 4.4 mi
- Babcock Arboretum: 7.3 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 10.0 mi
- Pine Knoll: 10.0 mi
- Oak Lea: 10.1 mi
- Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 11.4 mi
- Boathouse: 0.4 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 0.4 mi
- Oil Shed: 0.4 mi
- Rainshed: 0.4 mi
- Boston Light: 0.4 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 9.2 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 15.6 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 15.9 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 16.0 mi
- Rock Falls: 10.6 mi
- Cascade Falls: 12.0 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 12.2 mi
- Quarry Spring: 12.8 mi
- Haywardville: 13.5 mi
- Dogtown: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Great Brewster Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect Hill | SSE 168° | 72 m | 9.8 mi |
| Penns Hill | SW 217° | 61 m | 8.4 mi |
| Turkey Hill | SSE 161° | 57 m | 6.7 mi |
| Fennos Hill | NW 310° | 55 m | 8.4 mi |
| Baker Hill | NW 325° | 55 m | 9.6 mi |
| Scituate Hill | SSE 153° | 54 m | 7.4 mi |
| Forbes Hill | SW 232° | 54 m | 8.5 mi |
| Whites Hill | SSW 207° | 53 m | 9.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:42 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:29 | 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, 6 mi away.
- Common Eider49 obs
- American Herring Gull32 obs
- staghorn sumac29 obs
- Great Black-backed Gull22 obs
- Brown-lipped Snail22 obs
- Common Periwinkle22 obs
- Double-crested Cormorant21 obs
- Barn Swallow16 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/29690019
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