Nature reserve · Massachusetts
Dell Ave Rock
Dell Ave Rock is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 28 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the south, 3.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Hyde Park Library, Cleary Square, a park 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 1.4 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates42.26030, -71.12217
- 1.4 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 10.3 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 29.0 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 6 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 16 mi
- Lookout Point · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Hyde Park Library, Cleary Square: 0.2 mi
- McGann Playground: 0.4 mi
- William D. Doyle Playground: 0.5 mi
- Ross Playground: 0.6 mi
- Edmund A. Connell Fields: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
- Bishop Riley: 0.4 mi
- Paul C. "Puzzy" Carter Marine PFC Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Francis D. Martini Memorial Shell: 1.2 mi
- Oakdale war memorial: 2.1 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 2.2 mi
Peaks
- Mount Ararat: 0.7 mi
- Bald Knob: 0.7 mi
- Monterey Hill: 0.8 mi
- Sally Rock: 0.9 mi
- Bearberry Hill: 1.2 mi
Nature reserves
- Monterey Hilltop Urban Wild: 0.7 mi
- Stony Brook Reservation: 0.9 mi
- Mother Brook Reservation: 1.2 mi
- Mother Brook Reservation: 1.4 mi
- Stony Brook Reservation: 1.5 mi
Gardens
- Flower Garden: 1.2 mi
- Lucerne-Balsam Streets Community Garden: 2.5 mi
- Leland Street Cooperative Garden: 2.5 mi
- Leland Street Cooperative Garden: 2.6 mi
- Bradley Rosaceous Collection: 2.9 mi
Museums
- Bay State Model Railroad Museum: 1.9 mi
- Fairbanks House: 2.6 mi
- Blue Hills Trailside Museum: 2.9 mi
- Captain Robert Bennet Forbes House: 2.9 mi
- Loring-Greenough House: 3.4 mi
Attractions
- Path Continues: 3.3 mi
- Goat: 3.5 mi
- Wildebeest: 3.5 mi
- Hartmann's Mountain Zebra: 3.5 mi
- Western Grey Kangaroo: 3.5 mi
Artworks
- Drift by Mary Bonina: 3.5 mi
- Taino Mural: 4.3 mi
- Beauty Master Mural: 4.3 mi
- Pimentel Market Mural: 4.4 mi
- Reach: 4.4 mi
Beaches
- Tenean Beach: 4.6 mi
- Fishermans Beach: 5.2 mi
- Wollaston Beach: 5.7 mi
- Wollaston Beach: 5.8 mi
- Crystal Lake Beach: 6.1 mi
Cliffs: 47
- Breakneck Ledge: 3.0 mi
- J Wall: 4.6 mi
- K Wall: 4.6 mi
- L Wall: 4.6 mi
- R Wall: 4.6 mi
Picnic sites: 40
- Nature's Pavilion: 3.4 mi
- Oak Lea: 3.5 mi
- Pine Knoll: 3.6 mi
- Babcock Arboretum: 5.7 mi
- Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
Rest areas: 6
- Westwood Rest Area: 3.5 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 7.2 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 19.1 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 19.8 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 20.0 mi
Lighthouses: 6
- Boathouse: 12.7 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 12.7 mi
- Oil Shed: 12.7 mi
- Boston Light: 12.7 mi
- Rainshed: 12.8 mi
Springs: 2
- Pakomet Spring: 4.5 mi
- Quarry Spring: 12.2 mi
Waterfalls: 2
- Rock Falls: 7.4 mi
- Cascade Falls: 13.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Haywardville: 14.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.2 miles of Dell Ave Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Blue Hill | S 173° | 193 m | 3.4 mi |
| Chickatawbut Hill | SE 130° | 156 m | 4.1 mi |
| Hancock Hill | SSE 155° | 155 m | 3.2 mi |
| Buck Hill | SE 143° | 151 m | 4.0 mi |
| Fenno Peak | SE 130° | 151 m | 4.2 mi |
| Nahanton Hill | SE 126° | 145 m | 4.2 mi |
| Hemenway Hill | SSE 159° | 140 m | 3.2 mi |
| Tucker Hill | SSE 151° | 133 m | 3.8 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Eastern Massachusetts · 1 mi
- Boston/Outer Neighborhoods · 2 mi
- Boston/Jamaica Plain-Mission Hill · 3 mi
- Dedham · 3 mi
- Milton · 3 mi
- Boston/Dorchester · 5 mi
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