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Walnut Place Conservation Restriction

Walnut Place Conservation Restriction from directly overhead

Walnut Place Conservation Restriction is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 21 m. Single Tree Hill stands 100 m to the west, 1.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Margaret E. Robinson Playground, a park 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 1.4 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1979
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.32707, -71.12168

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Margaret E. Robinson Playground: 0.1 mi
  • Clark Playground: 0.2 mi
  • Harry Downes Field: 0.3 mi
  • Boylston Street Playground: 0.3 mi
  • Juniper Street Playground: 0.3 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Taino Mural: 0.7 mi
  • Beauty Master Mural: 0.7 mi
  • Pimentel Market Mural: 0.8 mi
  • Baker's Dream: 0.9 mi
  • Mozart Park Mural: 0.9 mi
Attractions
  • Jamaica Pond Bench: 0.7 mi
  • Sam Adams Boston Brewery Tour: 1.3 mi
  • 34: 1.8 mi
  • 26: 1.8 mi
  • 45: 1.8 mi
Gardens
  • Jamaica Pond Park Rain Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Jamaica Pond Park Rain Garden: 0.8 mi
  • School Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Mission Hill Community Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Tobin Community Center Garden: 1.3 mi
Peaks
Museums
Beaches
Cliffs: 47
  • Lower Cliff: 2.6 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 2.7 mi
  • The Alcove: 2.7 mi
  • Temple Overhangs: 2.8 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 2.9 mi
Picnic sites: 42
  • Pine Knoll: 2.2 mi
  • Oak Lea: 2.2 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 2.4 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 6.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 7.9 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Commissioners Landing: 3.3 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 7.8 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 22.6 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 22.6 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 23.4 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 7.6 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 22.8 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Rock Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 22.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.8 miles of Walnut Place Conservation Restriction. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Single Tree HillW 260°100 m1.6 mi
Waban HillWNW 288°98 m2.8 mi
Bellevue HillSSW 198°94 m3.7 mi
Bird's HillWSW 237°92 m5.8 mi
Mount WalleySSW 212°91 m1.5 mi
Bald Pate HillWSW 242°90 m3.3 mi
Green HillSSW 198°89 m1.8 mi
Chestnut HillW 277°86 m2.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4320:25
September equinox06:3218:0718:44
December solstice07:1115:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968747365534334
Precip in3.93.64.54.33.64.23.53.74.05.04.05.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jamaica Plain, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29744258

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