Auburndale Playground "The Cove"
Auburndale Playground "The Cove" is a park in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 13 m. Prospect Hill stands 135 m to the north, 2.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Islington Oval, a park 0.3 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 5.7 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 13 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Newton Parks and Recreation Department
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 5.7 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 7.8 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 9 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 21 mi
- Lookout Point · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Islington Oval: 0.3 mi
- Forest Grove Park: 0.4 mi
- Logan Park: 0.6 mi
- Bobby Connors Playground: 0.7 mi
- Pigeon Hill Park: 0.8 mi
- Kerry Court Conservation Area: 0.7 mi
- Auburndale Yard Conservation Area: 0.8 mi
- Hubbard Woods: 1.6 mi
- South Avenue Conservation Area: 1.8 mi
- Varick Woods: 1.9 mi
- Winthrop Hill: 0.9 mi
- Mount Feake: 0.9 mi
- Moffatt Hill: 1.0 mi
- Reservoir Hill: 1.1 mi
- Doublet Hill: 1.1 mi
- The Three Freedoms: 0.9 mi
- Light Of Reason: 1.0 mi
- Tree: 1.1 mi
- Jesus on Cross: 1.6 mi
- Caterpillar: 2.1 mi
- Usen Castle: 1.0 mi
- Richard Saivetz '69: 1.1 mi
- General Nathaniel P. Banks: 1.8 mi
- Veterans Circle of Remembrance: 1.8 mi
- City of Waltham Centennial Memorial: 1.8 mi
- Rose Art Museum: 1.1 mi
- The Telephone Museum: 1.5 mi
- Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation: 1.7 mi
- Waltham Museum: 1.9 mi
- Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History: 2.8 mi
- Emma Hart Fessenden Garden: 1.7 mi
- Bob's Island: 2.0 mi
- Yvonne’s Garden: 2.1 mi
- Wildflower Patch: 4.1 mi
- Wildflower Patch: 4.2 mi
- Crystal Lake Beach: 3.2 mi
- Morses Pond Beach: 5.1 mi
- Memorial Beach: 7.8 mi
- North Beach: 8.1 mi
- Powissett Beach: 8.2 mi
- Piccadilly Square Chair: 3.4 mi
- Heartbreak Hill (Bottom/Start): 3.5 mi
- Elephant Rock: 3.8 mi
- Heartbreak Hill (Top/End): 3.9 mi
- Fairy Rock: 4.0 mi
- Lunch Wall: 3.9 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 4.2 mi
- Temple Overhangs: 4.3 mi
- Upper Cliff: 4.5 mi
- Lower Cliff: 4.5 mi
- Picnic Site 9: 2.1 mi
- Picnic Site 10: 2.1 mi
- Picnic Site 11: 2.1 mi
- Picnic Site 12: 2.2 mi
- Picnic Site 8: 2.2 mi
- Boathouse: 18.5 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 18.5 mi
- Oil Shed: 18.6 mi
- Rainshed: 18.6 mi
- Boston Light: 18.6 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 9.2 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 10.5 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 23.7 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 24.3 mi
- Quarry Spring: 9.5 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 13.7 mi
- Mystery Spring: 17.7 mi
- Cascade Falls: 11.1 mi
- Rock Falls: 16.6 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 19.2 mi
- Haywardville: 11.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.5 miles of Auburndale Playground "The Cove". Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect Hill | N 359° | 135 m | 2.5 mi |
| Little Prospect | N 357° | 133 m | 2.3 mi |
| Reeves Hill | W 265° | 122 m | 5.0 mi |
| Loring Hill | N 8° | 109 m | 6.0 mi |
| Doublet Hill | WSW 257° | 108 m | 1.1 mi |
| Fullers Hill | N 359° | 105 m | 4.8 mi |
| Maugus Hill | SSW 196° | 101 m | 3.0 mi |
| Mount Independence | NNE 21° | 101 m | 5.8 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 | 07:12 | 15:31 | 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 | 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, 7 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel3,664 obs
- American Robin2,060 obs
- Eastern Cottontail1,545 obs
- Canada Goose1,457 obs
- garlic mustard1,015 obs
- Mallard830 obs
- Blue Jay804 obs
- House Sparrow704 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/375270610
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