Nature reserve · Massachusetts
Alewife Brook Parkway
Alewife Brook Parkway is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Whipple Hill stands 110 m to the north-northwest, 4.0 miles off. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 1.1 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates42.39296, -71.14053
- 1.1 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 4.8 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 24.4 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 4 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 24 mi
- Eagle Rock · 27 mi
- Lookout Point · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Alewife Brook Parkway: 0.1 mi
- Alewife Brook Parkway: 0.1 mi
- Cooke's Hollow: 1.9 mi
- Mystic River Reservation: 2.4 mi
- Whitney Hill Park: 2.6 mi
Historic sites
- Teeven Memorial Circle: 0.3 mi
- Cambridge Olympians: 0.4 mi
- Brodette Memorial Circle: 0.4 mi
- Cambridge Brick Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Watson's Corner: 0.8 mi
Parks
- Danehy Park: 0.4 mi
- Alewife Linear Park: 0.5 mi
- William G. Maher Park: 0.5 mi
- Thorndike Field: 0.5 mi
- Rothlisberger Park: 0.5 mi
Artworks
- Boston: 0.5 mi
- Gift of the Wind: 1.1 mi
- Free Range Sculpture Garden: 1.2 mi
- Elfland: 1.2 mi
- Turtle: 1.3 mi
Gardens
- Shawn Megan Memorial Garden: 0.5 mi
- Bikeway Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Tufts Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- Native Pollinator Garden: 1.4 mi
- Alex's Place: 1.4 mi
Museums
- Griffin Museum at Digital Silver Imaging: 0.9 mi
- Cooper-Frost-Austin House: 1.1 mi
- Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology: 1.6 mi
- Harvard Museum of Natural History: 1.6 mi
- Harvard Geological and Mineral Museum: 1.6 mi
Peaks
- Clarendon Hill: 1.1 mi
- Powder House Hill: 1.3 mi
- Walnut Hill: 1.5 mi
- Mount Auburn: 1.6 mi
- Spring Hill: 1.6 mi
Attractions
- Harvard Square: 1.7 mi
- Arlington Center Historic District: 1.8 mi
- Central Street Historical District: 1.9 mi
- Charles Riverboat Company: 3.7 mi
- Citgo Sign: 3.8 mi
Beaches
- Borggaard Beach: 4.2 mi
- Crystal Lake Beach: 5.6 mi
- Pleasure Bay Beach: 7.3 mi
- Revere Beach: 8.0 mi
- Short Beach: 8.1 mi
Cliffs: 46
- Crag 1: 4.5 mi
- Lunch Wall: 4.8 mi
- Temple Overhangs: 5.0 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 5.0 mi
- Lower Cliff: 5.1 mi
Picnic sites: 24
- Picnic Site 1: 5.7 mi
- Valley Shelter: 5.8 mi
- Picnic Site 4: 5.9 mi
- Picnic Site 12: 5.9 mi
- Picnic Site 5: 5.9 mi
Lighthouses: 6
- Boathouse: 13.5 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 13.5 mi
- Oil Shed: 13.5 mi
- Rainshed: 13.5 mi
- Boston Light: 13.6 mi
Springs: 3
- Quarry Spring: 3.5 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 13.3 mi
- Mystery Spring: 18.9 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Cascade Falls: 4.9 mi
- Rock Falls: 15.1 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 18.2 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Commissioners Landing: 4.2 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 12.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Haywardville: 5.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.0 miles of Alewife Brook Parkway. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whipple Hill | NNW 327° | 110 m | 4.0 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NNW 329° | 107 m | 3.2 mi |
| Zion Hill | NNW 335° | 107 m | 4.7 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | NNW 341° | 105 m | 3.8 mi |
| Mount Independence | NW 305° | 101 m | 4.5 mi |
| Single Tree Hill | S 187° | 100 m | 4.9 mi |
| Waban Hill | SSW 205° | 98 m | 4.1 mi |
| Mount Gilboa | NW 318° | 95 m | 3.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:30 | 16:15 |
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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Arlington · 2 mi
- Cambridge · 2 mi
- Medford · 2 mi
- Somerville · 2 mi
- Boston/Allston-Brighton · 3 mi
- Watertown · 3 mi
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