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Almont Park

Almont Park from directly overhead

Almont Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 17 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the south, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Woodhaven Urban Wild, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 1.7 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.27480, -71.09726

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Mattahunt Woods: 0.4 mi
  • Walker Playground: 0.5 mi
  • Neponset Esplanade Park: 0.6 mi
  • Kennedy Playground: 0.7 mi
  • Ryan Playground: 0.7 mi
Peaks
Gardens
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Goat: 2.0 mi
  • Wildebeest: 2.1 mi
  • Hartmann's Mountain Zebra: 2.1 mi
  • African Lion: 2.1 mi
  • Western Grey Kangaroo: 2.1 mi
Artworks
Beaches
Cliffs: 47
Picnic sites: 40
Rest areas: 6
  • Westwood Rest Area: 5.0 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 5.9 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 19.5 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 19.5 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 20.6 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 4.8 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 11.1 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 11.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.1 miles of Almont Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillS 191°193 m4.4 mi
Chickatawbut HillSSE 153°156 m4.1 mi
Hancock HillS 179°155 m3.9 mi
Fenno PeakSSE 152°151 m4.1 mi
Buck HillSSE 165°151 m4.3 mi
Nahanton HillSSE 149°145 m4.1 mi
Hemenway HillS 182°140 m3.9 mi
Kitchamakin HillSSE 150°133 m4.1 mi

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.

  • American Robin234 obs
  • Wild Turkey231 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee182 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail160 obs
  • Canada Goose159 obs
  • Mallard158 obs
  • Western Honey Bee154 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle154 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/29819289

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