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Stoddard Park

Stoddard Park from directly overhead

Stoddard Park is a beach in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 56 m. Peppercorn Hill stands 174 m to the west, 7.2 miles off. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 9.9 miles off.

The story

park in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Wikidata Q49566516, matched on coordinates and name (145 m apart).

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Holliston
Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.18874, -71.41972

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Stoddard Park: 0.1 mi
  • Patoma Park: 0.2 mi
  • Goodwill Park: 1.0 mi
  • Idylbrook Park: 1.5 mi
  • Vfw Field: 2.0 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Old Foundation: 1.3 mi
  • NEMBA Plaque: 4.4 mi
  • War veterans memorial: 5.5 mi
  • Medfield Veterans Memorial: 5.7 mi
  • WW1 Memorial: 5.8 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Chattering Rock: 3.7 mi
  • Teetering Rock: 4.0 mi
  • 16: 4.9 mi
  • 15: 5.0 mi
  • 14: 5.1 mi
Artworks
  • Hoyt Statue: 5.7 mi
  • George V. Brown Memorial: 5.8 mi
  • Zullo Gallery: 5.9 mi
  • Statue: 6.2 mi
  • horseshoe sculpture: 9.8 mi
Gardens
  • Community gardens of John J. Lane Park: 7.2 mi
  • Bressingham Garden: 8.3 mi
  • Olmstead Italianate Garden: 8.3 mi
  • Weezie's Garden for Children: 8.4 mi
  • Community Garden Southborough: 8.4 mi
Beaches: 56
  • Pleasure Point: 0.3 mi
  • Memorial Beach: 6.6 mi
  • Hopkinton Main Beach: 6.6 mi
  • Learned Pond Beach: 6.9 mi
  • Hopkinton Reservoir Beach: 6.9 mi
Cliffs: 42
  • The Wall: 4.1 mi
  • Condo Rock: 4.3 mi
  • Falling Rock Ridge: 10.9 mi
  • King Philip Rock: 14.4 mi
  • King Philip Cave: 14.4 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • 36: 14.0 mi
  • 1: 14.0 mi
  • 35: 14.0 mi
  • 16-34: 14.1 mi
  • 15: 14.1 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Westwood Rest Area: 13.5 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 14.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 14.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 17.2 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 17.2 mi
Springs: 3
  • Pakomet Spring: 18.1 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 23.5 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 24.8 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Rock Falls: 21.4 mi
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 22.7 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 24.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Stoddard Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Peppercorn HillW 269°174 m7.2 mi
Magomiscock HillWSW 250°171 m6.9 mi
Bear HillW 278°170 m8.0 mi
Saddle HillNW 305°158 m7.4 mi
Bear HillSW 229°141 m5.6 mi
Rocky Woods RangeWSW 252°137 m4.5 mi
Snow HillENE 70°137 m7.2 mi
Cedar HillENE 76°134 m7.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1019:4420:26
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1215:3216:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485867737164524233
Precip in4.13.34.64.83.94.53.53.94.25.13.84.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — West Medway, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/175115879

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