Dinosaur Footprints
Dinosaur Footprints is an archaeological site in City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Dinosaur Footprints is situated nearby to Gilliland Observatory, as well as near Science Park station.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Museum of Science and TD Garden.
Museum of Science
Museum
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The Museum of Science is a nature and science museum and indoor zoological establishment located in Science Park, a plot of land in Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts, spanning the Charles River.
TD Garden
Stadium
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TD Garden is a multi-purpose arena in Boston, Massachusetts. It is located directly above the MBTA's North Station, and it replaced the original Boston Garden upon opening in 1995. TD Garden is situated 2,600 feet east of Dinosaur Footprints.
Lechmere Viaduct
Bridge
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The Lechmere Viaduct is a concrete arch bridge connecting the West End neighborhood of Boston to East Cambridge, Massachusetts. Opened in 1912, the viaduct carries the MBTA's Green Line over the Charles River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East Cambridge and West End.
East Cambridge
Suburb
Photo: Tim Pierce, CC BY-SA 3.0.
East Cambridge is a neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts. East Cambridge is bounded by the Charles River and the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston on the east, the Somerville border on the north, Broadway and Main Street on the south, and the railroad tracks on the west.
West End
Suburb
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The West End is a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States, bounded generally by Cambridge Street to the south, the Charles River to the west and northwest, North Washington Street on the north and northeast, and New Sudbury Street on the east.
Beacon Hill
Suburb
Photo: Swampyank, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Historical heavyweights, Back Bay and Beacon Hill are some of Boston's most beautiful neighborhoods. With narrow, gas-lit streets and scores of architecturally significant buildings, these distinctly different neighborhoods will make up the core of almost any visitor's itinerary.
Dinosaur Footprints
- Type: Archaeological site
- Inscription: “A dinosaur walking across a mudflat left footprints. The prints dried and hardened. Finally, they were buried and fossilized in sedimentary rock. These are replicas of those original tracks. From the tracks, we know the dinosaur was about 20 feet long, s”
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.36808° or 42° 22′ 5″ northLongitude
-71.07152° or 71° 4′ 18″ westOpen location code
87JC9W9H+69OpenStreetMap ID
node 7891716899OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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