Franklin Park Overlook Shelter Ruins
Franklin Park Overlook Shelter Ruins is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 48 m. Single Tree Hill stands 100 m to the west-northwest, 3.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Andean Condor, a attraction 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 0.4 miles off.
Part of Frederick Law Olmsted's original plans. Burned down in the 1940s. Site of the Playhouse in the Park from 1966 to 1978.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 7.4 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 27.6 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 3 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 20 mi
- Lookout Point · 24 mi
- Eagle Rock · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Scarboro Hill: 0.6 mi
- Mount Bowdoin: 1.1 mi
- Bussey Hill: 1.4 mi
- Hemlock Hill: 1.5 mi
- Parker Hill: 1.5 mi
- National Center of Afro-American Artists (NCAAA) Museum: 0.6 mi
- Loring-Greenough House: 0.9 mi
- Dillaway-Thomas House: 1.6 mi
- Shirley-Eustis House: 1.7 mi
- Warren Anatomical Museum: 1.9 mi
- Drift by Mary Bonina: 0.6 mi
- Welcome to Jackson Square: 1.0 mi
- Reach: 1.0 mi
- Unity: 1.1 mi
- Mozart Park Mural: 1.1 mi
- Budgie Rain Garden: 0.3 mi
- Organic Garden: 0.4 mi
- Franklin Park Historic Rock Garden: 0.4 mi
- Minton Stable Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- Egleston Community Orchard: 0.5 mi
- Tenean Beach: 2.9 mi
- Pleasure Bay Beach: 4.2 mi
- Nickerson Beach: 4.3 mi
- Orchard Beach: 4.7 mi
- Wollaston Beach: 4.7 mi
- William F. Flaherty Park: 0.4 mi
- Egleston Square Peace Garden: 0.5 mi
- Crawford St Playground: 0.6 mi
- Southwest Corridor Park: 0.6 mi
- Johnson Park: 0.6 mi
- 140 Highland St: 1.2 mi
- Buena Vista Urban Wild: 1.3 mi
- Parker Hilltop: 1.5 mi
- Fernald Terrace Rock: 1.6 mi
- Back Of The Hill Urban Wild: 1.6 mi
- Andean Condor: 0.2 mi
- Emu: 0.3 mi
- Western Grey Kangaroo: 0.4 mi
- Masai Giraffe: 0.4 mi
- African Lion: 0.5 mi
- Franklin Park Zoo Old Bear Cages: 0.3 mi
- Schoolmaster Hill: 0.4 mi
- Soldier's Monument: 1.0 mi
- Ghost Bike for Joseph Lee Alan Pielmeier: 1.0 mi
- Parkman Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Lower Cliff: 4.1 mi
- Upper Cliff: 4.1 mi
- The Alcove: 4.1 mi
- Temple Overhangs: 4.3 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 4.3 mi
- Pine Knoll: 0.4 mi
- Oak Lea: 0.4 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 0.6 mi
- Babcock Arboretum: 5.0 mi
- Picnic Site 11: 9.6 mi
- Boathouse: 10.6 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 10.6 mi
- Oil Shed: 10.6 mi
- Boston Light: 10.7 mi
- Rainshed: 10.7 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 3.7 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 7.0 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 22.6 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 23.3 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 7.0 mi
- Quarry Spring: 8.8 mi
- Mystery Spring: 24.7 mi
- Rock Falls: 8.9 mi
- Cascade Falls: 9.5 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 24.4 mi
- Haywardville: 10.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.0 miles of Franklin Park Overlook Shelter Ruins. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single Tree Hill | WNW 290° | 100 m | 3.0 mi |
| Waban Hill | WNW 299° | 98 m | 4.5 mi |
| Fox Hill | SSE 156° | 95 m | 5.8 mi |
| Bellevue Hill | SW 228° | 94 m | 3.2 mi |
| Mount Walley | W 271° | 91 m | 2.1 mi |
| Bald Pate Hill | W 267° | 90 m | 4.2 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | SSE 150° | 90 m | 6.0 mi |
| Green Hill | W 259° | 89 m | 1.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:43 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:30 | 16:16 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 53 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jamaica Plain, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/544393958
Day trips start here
- Boston/Jamaica Plain-Mission Hill · 1 mi
- Boston/Roxbury · 1 mi
- Boston/Dorchester · 2 mi
- Boston/Fenway-Kenmore · 2 mi
- Brookline · 2 mi
- Eastern Massachusetts · 2 mi
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