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As Seen From Buck Hill

Pack Monadnock Mountain, Peterborough and Temple NH photographed from Buck Hill.

To the left of the frame is a water tower, 307 Country Club Rd, Newton MA. Below the water tower there are four houses on Vershire St, West Roxbury MA.

Not 100% sure, but I think the water tower right under the mountain summit is near 102 Townsend St in Pepperell MA.

To the right of the frame is a water tower, Overlook Drive, Weston MA and a cell tower, West Newton Commuter Parking, 187 Webster St, Newton MA

Pack Monadnock Mountain, Peterborough and Temple NH photographed from Buck Hill.
#BuckHill#BlueHills#BlueHillsReservation
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As Seen From Buck Hill

The Fore River Bridge, a vertical lift bridge, in the raised position, photographed from Buck Hill.

I have been up on Buck Hill a lot during the past two years, and yet yesterday was the first time that I have seen the Fore River Bridge in the raised position. I am sure those stuck in traffic did not enjoy this, but for me it was a rare treat.

The trail up was frozen over hard, very uneven terrain from the previous footsteps through the snow. It wasn't too cold, but wind gusts of 40mph and very turbulent air made for poor photography conditions. After photographing a couple of targets, I decided to pack things up. I brought along my camcorder to get some shots for a short film I am working on. That's when I noticed the bridge. I quickly ran back to get all the gear, setup as quick as I could, without extending the tripod, and got down on my knees in the ice and snow and managed to capture some images. Shortly after I started shooting, the bridge began to be lowered, so I just made it! The air turbulence is quite noticeable, but at least I got the shot!

The Fore River Bridge, a vertical lift bridge, in the raised position, photographed from Buck Hill.
#BuckHill#BlueHills#BlueHillsReservation
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Chris White

I should have mentioned in my lead post that…

The #USGS #BlueHills #quad #bedrock map labels the rock at what it (and the historic map) call Babel Rock as the Babel Rock diabase. The #topo and most current maps put Babel Rock further north, where the only mapped bedrock is granite.

This is pretty diagnostic, as there are few mafic intrusions into the felsic Quincy/Blue Hills pluton…those few are mostly dike in form and Jurassic, whereas Babel Rock is dated as Carboniferous.

Just saying.

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Chris White

Where is Babel Rock?

The #USGS #BlueHills #quad #bedrock map and a #Quincy #Massachusetts #historical #map show Babel Rock overlooks a pond from just north of a bend in #Wampatuck Rd. I have been on that rock, and it's #diabase, a #mafic #intrusion into the Quincy #pluton. But the USGS #topographic quad & derivatives e.g. #GoogleEarth show it adjacent to the #BunkerHill #quarry (source of the #granite for the monument in #Boston).

Should a correction be proposed to USGS? Advice welcomed.

A USGS bedrock map of the vicinity of Babel Rock. The diabase intrusion of the Quincy Granite is marked with a blue arrow, and labeled as such on this map. The red arrow shows the approximate location of Bunker Hill quarry, and the location shown for Babel Rock on most current maps.
A crop of a map of Qunicy, Massachusetts from 1907. The blue arrow shows Babel Rock near the pond and inside the bend on Wampatuck Road. The Red Arrow indicates Bunker Hill Quarry, and is near the feature labeled Babel Rock on most current maps.
A crop of the Blue Hills quad USGS topo map, focused on the area of Babel Rock. The blue arrow indicates the feature labeled as Babel Rock on the historic and bedrock maps, but it is unlabeled here. The red arrow shows the feature near Bunker Hill Quarry that this map labels as Babel Rock.
This Google Earth view shows the area of Babel Rock. The blue arrow indicates a diabase exposure, which is labeled as Babel Rock on the USGS Blue Hills bedrock map and on the historic map. The red arrow shows the feature currently labeled as Babel Rock here and on the USGS topo map, near Bunker Hill quarry. Quarried exposures of Quincy Granite are visible above (north) of the feature labeled "Babel Rock" on this view.
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