N 42.212138 W 71.114566 Picture Post - Blue Hill - West - Canton, MA
Posted by: NorStar
N 42° 12.728 W 071° 06.874
19T E 325455 N 4675494
At this location is a location where you take a set of pictures used to monitor the progress of foliage phases from the western side of the summit of Great Blue Hill.
Waymark Code: WMWYQQ
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 10/31/2017
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In Canton, near the summit of Great Blue Hill, is this fixture with coordinates, and identifying itself as Picture Post Project - Blue Hill - West.
The post and fixture is located west of the Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory Tower, by a telephone pole on the edge of a rocky field.
The post is installed on a concrete slab about a foot and a half high. The post is made of plastic and rises about four feet high, and is topped by a platform and an eight sided fixture. On the side is a laminated sheet with "Picture Post" at the top, then "Blue Hill-West" and then the coordinates:
"42.212138
-71.114566"
The text below describes the Picture Post Project and instructions on how to take pictures for the project. Picture Post Project is run by the University of New Hampshire. The web site: (
visit link) will get you to the front page. The post page is on the sheet:
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visit link)