Forest Street Park
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Forest Street Park is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 54 m. Prospect Hill stands 135 m to the west, 1.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Memorial Complex, a park 0.3 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 2.4 miles off.
How to reach it
- 2.4 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 8.1 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 27.1 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 8 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 24 mi
- Lookout Point · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Veterans Memorial Complex: 0.3 mi
- Hillcroft Playground: 0.4 mi
- 200 Trapelo Road: 0.7 mi
- Cornelia Warren Park: 0.8 mi
- Monsignor McCabe Playground: 1.0 mi
- Cedar Hill: 0.4 mi
- Owl Hill: 0.8 mi
- Stearns Hill: 1.4 mi
- Wellington Hill: 1.5 mi
- Prospect Hill: 1.8 mi
- Sanderson Heights: 1.4 mi
- Mokema Conservation Land: 1.7 mi
- Bowman Park: 1.9 mi
- Swommonland Trust: 2.0 mi
- Whitney Hill Park: 2.3 mi
- World War I Honor Roll: 1.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial Mall: 1.5 mi
- Shriberg Lectern: 1.5 mi
- The Hiker: 1.5 mi
- Civil War Soldier's Monument: 1.5 mi
- Waltham Museum: 1.4 mi
- Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation: 1.6 mi
- The Telephone Museum: 1.8 mi
- The Plumbing Museum: 2.0 mi
- Armenian Museum of America: 2.5 mi
- Jesus on Cross: 2.0 mi
- Dog Statue: 2.6 mi
- watering trough: 2.6 mi
- Tree: 2.7 mi
- Light Of Reason: 3.0 mi
- Emma Hart Fessenden Garden: 2.5 mi
- Wildlife Habitat Garden: 2.8 mi
- Idylwilde Community Garden: 3.5 mi
- Shawn Megan Memorial Garden: 4.3 mi
- Yvonne’s Garden: 4.7 mi
- Bowman Tavern: 2.6 mi
- Arlington Center Historic District: 3.5 mi
- Central Street Historical District: 3.6 mi
- vernal pool: 4.1 mi
- Heartbreak Hill (Bottom/Start): 4.3 mi
- Crystal Lake Beach: 4.8 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 5.6 mi
- Morses Pond Beach: 8.4 mi
- Pleasure Bay Beach: 10.8 mi
- North Beach: 11.0 mi
- Bloody Bluff: 4.4 mi
- Lunch Wall: 4.7 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 5.1 mi
- Temple Overhangs: 5.1 mi
- Lower Cliff: 5.3 mi
- Picnic Site 1: 1.7 mi
- Picnic Site 4: 1.9 mi
- Valley Shelter: 1.9 mi
- Picnic Site 2: 1.9 mi
- Picnic Site 3: 1.9 mi
- Boathouse: 17.3 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 17.3 mi
- Oil Shed: 17.3 mi
- Rainshed: 17.3 mi
- Boston Light: 17.3 mi
- Quarry Spring: 6.5 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 14.9 mi
- Mystery Spring: 16.2 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 7.8 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 12.5 mi
- Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 25.0 mi
- Cascade Falls: 8.1 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 16.7 mi
- Rock Falls: 17.3 mi
- Haywardville: 8.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.8 miles of Forest Street Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect Hill | W 259° | 135 m | 1.8 mi |
| Little Prospect | WSW 252° | 133 m | 2.0 mi |
| Whipple Hill | NNE 28° | 110 m | 3.8 mi |
| Loring Hill | NNW 343° | 109 m | 3.3 mi |
| Granny Hill | N 358° | 108 m | 4.1 mi |
| Doublet Hill | SW 223° | 108 m | 4.2 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NE 41° | 107 m | 3.5 mi |
| Zion Hill | NNE 25° | 107 m | 4.7 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 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 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 | 29 | 37 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bedford Hanscom FLD, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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