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Pettingel Park

Pettingel Park from directly overhead

Pettingel Park is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 68 m. North Peak stands 192 m to the southwest, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Cisco Campus Conservation Restriction, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 9.3 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.50257, -71.53434

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Peaks
  • Oak Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Oak Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Patch Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Pin Hill North: 2.6 mi
  • Pin Hill South: 2.7 mi
Historic sites
Parks
  • Barber Land: 2.4 mi
  • Town Beach: 2.8 mi
  • Bumblebee Park: 2.8 mi
  • Saint Annes Field: 2.9 mi
  • Koerper Field: 3.0 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • stone pile: 5.0 mi
  • Old Stone Chamber: 6.3 mi
  • Big Green Monster Hedge Maze: 6.3 mi
  • Petting Zoo: 6.4 mi
  • Mini Monster Hedge Maze: 6.5 mi
Beaches: 34
  • Harvard Town Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Thurston's Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Bolton Town Beach: 6.0 mi
  • Stow Town Beach: 6.9 mi
  • Centennial Beach: 8.7 mi
Cliffs: 20
Picnic sites: 19
Waterfalls: 7
  • Cascades: 14.0 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 14.9 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 16.0 mi
  • Trap Falls: 17.0 mi
  • The Falls: 17.3 mi
Springs: 3
  • Mystery Spring: 8.2 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 21.3 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 22.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 8.6 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 23.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of Pettingel Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North PeakSW 235°192 m5.1 mi
Oak HillNW 321°187 m1.2 mi
Oak HillW 276°187 m1.2 mi
Wataquadock HillSW 227°173 m6.6 mi
Prospect HillW 271°171 m3.8 mi
Powder House HillSW 218°162 m5.6 mi
Vaughn HillsSW 235°158 m5.3 mi
Dean's HillW 272°157 m3.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1019:4520:28
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1315:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836485968747264524132
Precip in3.63.34.64.43.74.24.04.43.95.13.84.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maynard 2, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29768748

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