Porter
Porter is a railway stop in City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Porter is situated nearby to the sports venue Cambridge Healthworks, as well as near the retail building Lovell Block.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Porter station and Porter Square.
Porter station
Railway station
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Porter station is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority transit station in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It serves the Red Line rapid transit line, the MBTA Commuter Rail Fitchburg Line, and several MBTA bus lines.
Porter Square
Square
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Porter Square is a neighborhood in Cambridge and Somerville, Massachusetts, located around the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Somerville Avenue, between Harvard and Davis Squares.
Harvard College Observatory
Observatory
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The Harvard College Observatory is an institution managing a complex of buildings and multiple instruments used for astronomical research by the Harvard University Department of Astronomy. Harvard College Observatory is situated 3,500 feet southwest of Porter.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Avon Hill Historic District and Spring Hill.
Avon Hill Historic District
Neighborhood
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The Avon Hill Historic District is a residential historic district near Porter Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Set atop Avon Hill southwest of Porter Square, this subdivision, laid out about 1870, contains a concentration of the finest Victorian and Second Empire residential buildings in the city.
Spring Hill
Neighborhood
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Spring Hill is a ridge in the central part of the city of Somerville, Massachusetts, United States, and the residential neighborhood that sits atop it.
Baldwin
Neighborhood
Baldwin, formerly known as Agassiz and also called Harvard North, Area 8 or Agassiz/Baldwin, is one of the thirteen neighborhoods of Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
Porter
- Type: Railway stop
- Categories: transport stop and transportation
- Location: City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.38835° or 42° 23′ 18″ northLongitude
-71.11912° or 71° 7′ 9″ westNetwork
MBTAOpen location code
87JC9VQJ+89OpenStreetMap ID
node 5333733254OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_positionOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stop
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