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Franklin Park Overlook Shelter Ruins

Franklin Park Overlook Shelter Ruins from directly overhead

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.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.30806, -71.09691

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • 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
Historic sites
Gardens
  • 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
Parks
  • 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
  • Southwest Corridor Park: 0.6 mi
Peaks
Artworks
Museums
Nature reserves
Beaches
Cliffs: 47
  • 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
Picnic sites: 42
  • 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
Rest areas: 6
  • Commissioners Landing: 3.7 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 7.0 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 20.8 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 20.8 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 22.6 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Pakomet Spring: 7.0 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 8.8 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 24.7 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Rock Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Single Tree HillWNW 290°100 m3.0 mi
Waban HillWNW 299°98 m4.5 mi
Fox HillSSE 156°95 m5.8 mi
Bellevue HillSW 228°94 m3.2 mi
Mount WalleyW 271°91 m2.1 mi
Bald Pate HillW 267°90 m4.2 mi
Rattlesnake HillSSE 150°90 m6.0 mi
Green HillW 259°89 m1.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4320:25
September equinox06:3218:0718:44
December solstice07:1115:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968747365534334
Precip in3.93.64.54.33.64.23.53.74.05.04.05.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jamaica Plain, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/544393958

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