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Bowman Park

Bowman Park from directly overhead

Bowman Park is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 68 m. Prospect Hill stands 135 m to the southwest, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Liberty Heights, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 0.5 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
68 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Lexington Recreation Commission
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.42048, -71.20922

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Adams Park: 0.7 mi
  • Poet's Corner Park: 0.8 mi
  • Hibbert Playground: 0.8 mi
  • Rindge Park: 1.1 mi
  • Franklin Park: 1.1 mi
Artworks
Peaks
Attractions
Historic sites
  • WALTER C. HURD MEMORIAL: 1.1 mi
  • Cary Coovert: 1.4 mi
  • Old foundation: 1.6 mi
  • old homesite: 1.8 mi
  • Bobby Mac Memorial: 1.8 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Wildlife Habitat Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Idylwilde Community Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Emma Hart Fessenden Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Shawn Megan Memorial Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Tufts Community Garden: 4.6 mi
Beaches
  • Borggaard Beach: 4.1 mi
  • Crystal Lake Beach: 6.6 mi
  • Baby Beach: 10.1 mi
  • Pearce Lake Beach: 10.2 mi
  • Morses Pond Beach: 10.2 mi
Cliffs: 46
Picnic sites: 24
  • Picnic Site 1: 2.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 3.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 3: 3.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 3.2 mi
  • Valley Shelter: 3.3 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 5.4 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 15.1 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 16.3 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 15.1 mi
  • Rock Falls: 18.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.4 miles of Bowman Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillSW 226°135 m3.2 mi
Little ProspectSW 224°133 m3.4 mi
Whipple HillNE 41°110 m2.0 mi
Loring HillNW 313°109 m1.9 mi
Granny HillNNW 346°108 m2.3 mi
Turkey HillENE 66°107 m2.0 mi
Zion HillNNE 32°107 m2.8 mi
Fullers HillW 272°105 m2.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4320:26
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1215:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F282937495968747264524233
Precip in2.92.73.83.83.43.73.53.53.54.23.73.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bedford Hanscom FLD, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee617 obs
  • Western Honey Bee437 obs
  • Asian bittersweet226 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle220 obs
  • garlic mustard217 obs
  • alder buckthorn212 obs
  • striped wintergreen210 obs
  • black cherry198 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/29837881

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