- Elevation, modelled
- 3 m
- Tallest summit within 4.9 miles
- Whipple Hill110 m · 3.9 mi
- Nearest byway
- Battle Road Scenic Byway0.9 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:26local time
- Coordinates
- 42.3979, -71.1346
Alewife Linear Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled 3 m. Whipple Hill stands 110 m to the northwest, 3.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Clarendon Avenue Playground, a park 0.2 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 0.9 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 4.9 miles of Alewife Linear Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whipple Hill | NW 321° | 110 m | 3.9 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NW 321° | 107 m | 3.1 mi |
| Zion Hill | NNW 330° | 107 m | 4.6 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | NNW 335° | 105 m | 3.6 mi |
| Mount Independence | WNW 299° | 101 m | 4.6 mi |
| Waban Hill | SSW 206° | 98 m | 4.5 mi |
| Mount Gilboa | NW 310° | 95 m | 3.2 mi |
| Cairn Hill | NE 37° | 92 m | 4.1 mi |
- 0.9 mi off the Battle Road Scenic BywayNational
- 4.8 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage BywayNational
- 23.9 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 4 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 25 mi
- Eagle Rock · 27 mi
- Lookout Point · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Clarendon Avenue Playground: 0.2 mi
- Alewife Linear Park: 0.2 mi
- Reverend Thomas J. Williams Park: 0.3 mi
- Somerville Community Path: 0.5 mi
- Magnolia Park: 0.5 mi
Nature reserves
- Alewife Brook Parkway: 0.4 mi
- Alewife Brook Parkway: 0.4 mi
- Alewife Brook Parkway: 0.5 mi
- Cooke's Hollow: 1.7 mi
- Mystic River Reservation: 2.0 mi
Historic sites
- Stephen Edward Conley: 0.6 mi
- Cambridge Brick Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Watson's Corner: 0.6 mi
- Cambridge Olympians: 0.6 mi
- Teeven Memorial Circle: 0.8 mi
Peaks
- Clarendon Hill: 0.6 mi
- Powder House Hill: 0.9 mi
- Walnut Hill: 1.0 mi
- Spring Hill: 1.5 mi
- Spring Hill: 1.5 mi
Artworks
- Boston: 0.6 mi
- Free Range Sculpture Garden: 0.8 mi
- Elfland: 0.9 mi
- Jumbo Statue: 1.0 mi
- The Cannon: 1.0 mi
Gardens
- Shawn Megan Memorial Garden: 0.6 mi
- Tufts Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Bikeway Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Alex's Place: 1.0 mi
- Native Pollinator Garden: 1.1 mi
Museums
- Cooper-Frost-Austin House: 1.1 mi
- Griffin Museum at Digital Silver Imaging: 1.2 mi
- Cyrus Dallin Art Museum: 1.5 mi
- Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology: 1.6 mi
- Harvard Museum of Natural History: 1.7 mi
Attractions
- Arlington Center Historic District: 1.7 mi
- Central Street Historical District: 1.7 mi
- Harvard Square: 1.9 mi
- Charles Riverboat Company: 3.6 mi
- Longfellow Bridge Trophy Room: 3.8 mi
Beaches
- Borggaard Beach: 3.9 mi
- Crystal Lake Beach: 6.1 mi
- Pleasure Bay Beach: 7.3 mi
- Revere Beach: 7.7 mi
- Short Beach: 7.9 mi
Cliffs: 46
- Crag 1: 4.1 mi
- Lunch Wall: 5.2 mi
- Temple Overhangs: 5.4 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 5.4 mi
- Lower Cliff: 5.5 mi
Picnic sites: 24
- Picnic Site 1: 6.0 mi
- Valley Shelter: 6.2 mi
- Picnic Site 4: 6.2 mi
- Picnic Site 3: 6.2 mi
- Picnic Site 2: 6.2 mi
Lighthouses: 6
- Boathouse: 13.3 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 13.3 mi
- Oil Shed: 13.4 mi
- Rainshed: 13.4 mi
- Boston Light: 13.4 mi
Springs: 3
- Quarry Spring: 3.0 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 13.5 mi
- Mystery Spring: 18.9 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Cascade Falls: 4.4 mi
- Rock Falls: 15.3 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 18.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Commissioners Landing: 4.2 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 12.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Haywardville: 5.1 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:30 | 16:15 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Day trips start here
- Arlington · 2 mi
- Cambridge · 2 mi
- Medford · 2 mi
- Somerville · 2 mi
- Boston/Allston-Brighton · 3 mi
- Watertown · 3 mi
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