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Boynton Park

Boynton Park from directly overhead

Boynton Park is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 304 m. Asnebumskit Hill stands 421 m to the northwest, 1.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Cascades West, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 0.3 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
City of Worcester
Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.28807, -71.88153

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Eddy Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Howe Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Asnebumskit Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Maple Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Cooper Hill: 1.6 mi
Parks
  • Bailey-Prouty Playground: 0.7 mi
  • Bailey-Prouty Playground: 0.7 mi
  • Cascades Park: 0.9 mi
  • Tatnuck Square: 1.6 mi
  • Logan Field: 1.7 mi
Attractions
  • Path Continues: 1.3 mi
  • Thinking Rock: 1.5 mi
  • Cousins' Rock: 1.9 mi
  • Path Continues: 2.8 mi
  • Difley Cabin Cellar Hole: 2.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Deed Rock: 2.4 mi
  • Civil War Memorial: 2.9 mi
  • World War II Memorial: 3.2 mi
  • Hadwen House Foundation: 3.3 mi
  • Bancroft Tower: 3.4 mi
Artworks: 35
  • Guitar: 1.4 mi
  • Human Chess Board: 3.6 mi
  • Sigmund Freud: 4.0 mi
  • Tremont Columns: 4.0 mi
  • Celtic Cross: 4.4 mi
Gardens: 33
  • IUI Garden for the Ages: 2.3 mi
  • Hadwen Community Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Jakubowitz-Chaifetz Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Secret Garden: 9.4 mi
  • Lawn Garden: 9.4 mi
Museums: 29
Beaches: 26
Cliffs: 10
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
  • Picnic: 21.3 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Emerson Falls: 18.4 mi
  • Cascades: 19.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 18.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 24.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.1 miles of Boynton Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Asnebumskit HillNW 320°421 m1.2 mi
Little Asnebumskit HillNW 325°399 m1.9 mi
Rice HillNNW 339°386 m7.1 mi
Crocker HillNW 311°369 m2.7 mi
Pound HillNNW 334°362 m6.9 mi
Pine HillNNW 342°361 m4.1 mi
Elliott HillWSW 257°359 m2.0 mi
Cooper HillWNW 283°358 m1.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1219:4620:28
September equinox06:3618:1018:47
December solstice07:1415:3316:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735465765716962514031
Precip in3.53.34.24.13.64.23.94.14.24.84.04.3

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29700907

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