Monument Square
Monument Square is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Pine Hill stands 74 m to the west-southwest, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is White Head, a peak 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 11 miles off.
How to reach it
- 11.1 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 16.8 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 24.3 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 12 mi
- Eagle Rock · 26 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 27 mi
- Lookout Point · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- White Head: 0.1 mi
- Sagamore Hill: 0.4 mi
- Hampton Hill: 0.6 mi
- Strawberry Hill: 1.0 mi
- Planters Hill: 1.1 mi
- Nantasket Bay Park: 0.2 mi
- Hull Shore Common: 0.3 mi
- Lt. Joseph McLaughlin Park: 0.6 mi
- Worlds End Reservation: 1.0 mi
- Weir River Estuary Park: 1.3 mi
- Nantasket Beach: 0.2 mi
- Hampton Beach: 0.6 mi
- Little Beach: 0.7 mi
- Nantasket Beach: 0.9 mi
- Valley Beach: 1.3 mi
- Father Connolly: 0.7 mi
- F. Arthur Edwards Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Fort Revere: 2.5 mi
- Fort Andrews: 3.5 mi
- Fort Warren: 4.2 mi
- Paragon Park Museum and Museum Shop: 0.8 mi
- Hull Lifesaving Museum: 2.5 mi
- Benjamin Lincoln House: 2.8 mi
- Windmill Point Boathouse: 3.2 mi
- Bare Cove Fire Museum: 3.6 mi
- Weir River Woods Access: 1.1 mi
- Weir River Woods: 1.1 mi
- George Washington Boulevard Lagoon: 1.1 mi
- Emery Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Hull Shore Reservation: 1.3 mi
- South Shore Model Railroad Club: 3.7 mi
- Herring Run: 5.5 mi
- USS Salem: 5.9 mi
- House Rock: 6.0 mi
- United First Parish Church: 7.2 mi
- Craig M. Simeone Square: 4.5 mi
- Braintree Community Garden: 6.9 mi
- Fogg Opera House Garden: 8.4 mi
- Olden's Garden: 8.4 mi
- Olden's Community Horticulture Garden Set: 8.4 mi
- John Hancock: 7.2 mi
- Abigail Adams: 7.2 mi
- John Adams: 7.2 mi
- Constitution Common: 7.4 mi
- Scituate Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: 8.1 mi
- East Head: 3.4 mi
- Middle Head: 3.4 mi
- Rose Cliff: 3.8 mi
- Houghs Neck Great Hill: 4.3 mi
- Nut Island: 4.4 mi
- Babcock Arboretum: 7.4 mi
- Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 8.5 mi
- Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 8.5 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 11.4 mi
- Pine Knoll: 11.5 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 3.6 mi
- Boston Light: 3.6 mi
- Oil Shed: 3.6 mi
- Rainshed: 3.6 mi
- Boathouse: 3.6 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 11.9 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 12.0 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 12.0 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 15.5 mi
- Rock Falls: 8.8 mi
- Cascade Falls: 15.7 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 11.3 mi
- Quarry Spring: 16.3 mi
- Haywardville: 17.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Monument Square. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Hill | WSW 247° | 74 m | 8.9 mi |
| Prospect Hill | S 175° | 72 m | 6.0 mi |
| Judges Hill | SSE 159° | 71 m | 6.5 mi |
| Mount Blue | SSE 162° | 66 m | 6.7 mi |
| Black Pond Hill | SSE 155° | 64 m | 7.5 mi |
| Penns Hill | WSW 245° | 61 m | 7.2 mi |
| Otis Hill | SSE 162° | 58 m | 7.3 mi |
| Paradise Hill | SSE 161° | 58 m | 8.5 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 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 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 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 4.0 | 5.4 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hingham, 4 mi away.
- American Herring Gull69 obs
- Common Periwinkle57 obs
- eastern redcedar56 obs
- White-tailed Deer50 obs
- garlic mustard45 obs
- European Green Crab44 obs
- Great Egret43 obs
- Atlantic Horseshoe Crab42 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/933667139
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