Whitney Hill Park
Whitney Hill Park is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 42 m. Prospect Hill stands 135 m to the west-northwest, 3.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Victory Field, a park 0.1 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 3.1 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 3.1 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 5.8 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 26.9 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 5 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 23 mi
- Lookout Point · 27 mi
- Eagle Rock · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Victory Field: 0.1 mi
- Saltonstall Park: 0.3 mi
- Watertown Linear Park: 0.3 mi
- Lowell Playground: 0.3 mi
- Watertown Linear Park: 0.4 mi
- Whitney Hill: 0.1 mi
- Meetinghouse Hill: 0.7 mi
- Mount Ida: 1.5 mi
- Owl Hill: 1.6 mi
- Coolidge Hill: 2.0 mi
- Edmund Fowle House: 0.3 mi
- Armenian Museum of America: 0.4 mi
- The Plumbing Museum: 0.8 mi
- Jackson Homestead and Museum: 1.3 mi
- Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds: 1.8 mi
- Columbus Delta Monument: 0.5 mi
- Watertown Founders Monument: 0.6 mi
- War Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Mount Auburn Veterans Memorial: 1.7 mi
- World War I Honor Roll: 1.8 mi
- Hunnewell Woods: 1.3 mi
- Awtrey Dell: 1.7 mi
- Forest Street Park: 2.3 mi
- Alewife Brook Parkway: 2.6 mi
- Alewife Brook Parkway: 2.7 mi
- Turtle: 1.8 mi
- Jesus on Cross: 2.2 mi
- Evo: 2.4 mi
- Boston: 2.6 mi
- Allumination: 2.7 mi
- Emma Hart Fessenden Garden: 2.1 mi
- Penniman Road Community Garden: 2.7 mi
- Shawn Megan Memorial Garden: 2.8 mi
- Wallach Garden: 3.1 mi
- Lawton Park Community Garden: 3.3 mi
- Heartbreak Hill (Bottom/Start): 2.5 mi
- Heartbreak Hill (Top/End): 2.5 mi
- Piccadilly Square Chair: 3.0 mi
- Arlington Center Historic District: 3.3 mi
- Harvard Square: 3.3 mi
- Crystal Lake Beach: 3.4 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 6.0 mi
- Morses Pond Beach: 8.6 mi
- Pleasure Bay Beach: 8.7 mi
- Tenean Beach: 9.1 mi
- Lunch Wall: 2.9 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 3.2 mi
- Temple Overhangs: 3.2 mi
- Lower Cliff: 3.4 mi
- Upper Cliff: 3.4 mi
- Picnic Site 12: 3.7 mi
- Picnic Site 11: 3.7 mi
- Valley Shelter: 3.7 mi
- Picnic Site 10: 3.7 mi
- Picnic Site 5: 3.8 mi
- Boathouse: 15.3 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 15.3 mi
- Oil Shed: 15.3 mi
- Rainshed: 15.3 mi
- Boston Light: 15.3 mi
- Quarry Spring: 5.9 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 12.8 mi
- Mystery Spring: 18.4 mi
- Cascade Falls: 7.4 mi
- Rock Falls: 15.1 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 18.6 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 5.7 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 10.8 mi
- Haywardville: 7.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.7 miles of Whitney Hill Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect Hill | WNW 287° | 135 m | 3.7 mi |
| Little Prospect | WNW 283° | 133 m | 3.7 mi |
| Whipple Hill | N 0° | 110 m | 4.8 mi |
| Loring Hill | NNW 330° | 109 m | 5.3 mi |
| Doublet Hill | WSW 250° | 108 m | 4.9 mi |
| Turkey Hill | N 8° | 107 m | 4.2 mi |
| Zion Hill | N 2° | 107 m | 5.7 mi |
| Fullers Hill | NW 314° | 105 m | 4.9 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 | 07:11 | 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, 6 mi away.
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee299 obs
- American Robin223 obs
- Mallard203 obs
- Canada Goose200 obs
- Western Honey Bee167 obs
- Eastern Cottontail166 obs
- Great Blue Heron164 obs
- garlic mustard143 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/29838784
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