Anna Murphy Playground
Anna Murphy Playground is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 52 m. Nobscot Hill stands 183 m to the north-northwest, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Cedar Swamp, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 13 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 12.5 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 13.9 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 23.1 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 24.8 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Ledge · 16 mi
- Skywalk Observatory · 18 mi
- Lookout Point · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cedar Swamp: 0.4 mi
- Cedar Swamp: 0.4 mi
- Cedar Swamp: 0.4 mi
- Cedar Swamp: 0.5 mi
- Cedar Swamp: 0.5 mi
- Roosevelt Park: 0.5 mi
- Bates Park: 0.6 mi
- Long Athletic Field Complex: 0.8 mi
- Arlington Street Park: 0.8 mi
- Irving Square Historic District: 0.9 mi
- Danforth Art Museum\School: 1.1 mi
- Knight Hall: 1.2 mi
- Danforth Art: 2.5 mi
- Framingham Historical Society: 2.5 mi
- Davis Museum and Cultural Center: 6.4 mi
- Merriam Hill: 1.3 mi
- Ballard Hill: 1.4 mi
- Clark Hill: 1.6 mi
- Mount Wayte: 1.6 mi
- Fish Hill: 1.9 mi
- War veterans memorial: 1.9 mi
- Blacksmith Minuteman Statue: 2.1 mi
- World War II Peace Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Henry Wilson Memorial Site: 2.6 mi
- Ordway Brothers Square: 3.8 mi
- Community gardens of John J. Lane Park: 3.1 mi
- Community Garden Southborough: 4.8 mi
- Southborough Town Pound: 6.0 mi
- Olmstead Italianate Garden: 6.2 mi
- Bressingham Garden: 6.2 mi
- Fireball: 5.1 mi
- Stegosaurus: 5.2 mi
- Hidden Valley: 5.2 mi
- Hoyt Statue: 5.3 mi
- George V. Brown Memorial: 5.3 mi
- Boston Marathon Starting Line: 5.3 mi
- Boston Marathon - Wellesley Scream Tunnel: 6.5 mi
- Fairy Rock: 6.8 mi
- Elephant Rock: 7.0 mi
- Chattering Rock: 7.4 mi
- Learned Pond Beach: 1.6 mi
- Memorial Beach: 3.4 mi
- Hopkinton Main Beach: 4.3 mi
- Hopkinton Reservoir Beach: 4.6 mi
- Pleasure Point: 5.3 mi
- Picnic Site 9: 11.9 mi
- Picnic Site 10: 11.9 mi
- Picnic Site 11: 11.9 mi
- Picnic Site 8: 11.9 mi
- Picnic Site 12: 12.0 mi
- Falling Rock Ridge: 5.6 mi
- The Wall: 7.4 mi
- Condo Rock: 7.5 mi
- Lunch Wall: 13.3 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 13.4 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 14.2 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 19.2 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 19.3 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 19.6 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 22.5 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 18.9 mi
- Quarry Spring: 20.2 mi
- Mystery Spring: 21.6 mi
- Cascade Falls: 21.8 mi
- Rock Falls: 22.2 mi
- Haywardville: 21.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.5 miles of Anna Murphy Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nobscot Hill | NNW 349° | 183 m | 5.6 mi |
| Saddle Hill | W 259° | 158 m | 5.8 mi |
| Gibbs Mountain | NNW 328° | 153 m | 5.3 mi |
| Doeskin Hill | NNW 345° | 152 m | 5.7 mi |
| Fairview Hill | WNW 283° | 140 m | 6.0 mi |
| Juniper Hill | NNW 344° | 136 m | 5.1 mi |
| Wildcat Hill | WNW 283° | 132 m | 3.1 mi |
| Bald Hill | SSW 192° | 132 m | 3.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:21 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:44 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:32 | 16:17 |
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 | 26 | 28 | 36 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 51 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Natick, 4 mi away.
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee45 obs
- alder buckthorn40 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel38 obs
- Northern Cardinal35 obs
- Eastern Cottontail35 obs
- Monarch33 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle32 obs
- Mourning Dove31 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/149028313
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