Bemis Park
Bemis Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 9 m. Prospect Hill stands 135 m to the west-northwest, 2.8 miles off. The nearest named place is 552 Main Street Playground, a park 0.2 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 4.0 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 9 m
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 4.0 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 6.5 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 27.8 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 6 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 22 mi
- Lookout Point · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 552 Main Street Playground: 0.2 mi
- How Park: 0.6 mi
- Stearns Park: 0.6 mi
- Coletti-Magni Park: 0.6 mi
- Moxley Park: 0.7 mi
- The Plumbing Museum: 0.3 mi
- Armenian Museum of America: 1.0 mi
- Jackson Homestead and Museum: 1.1 mi
- Edmund Fowle House: 1.3 mi
- Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation: 1.5 mi
- World War I Honor Roll: 0.8 mi
- Columbus Delta Monument: 1.0 mi
- Watertown Founders Monument: 1.2 mi
- Veterans Circle of Remembrance: 1.6 mi
- Civil War Soldier's Monument: 1.6 mi
- Whitney Hill: 1.0 mi
- Mount Ida: 1.3 mi
- Owl Hill: 1.5 mi
- Cedar Hill: 1.6 mi
- Moffatt Hill: 1.7 mi
- Emma Hart Fessenden Garden: 1.1 mi
- Yvonne’s Garden: 3.3 mi
- Bob's Island: 3.4 mi
- Penniman Road Community Garden: 3.6 mi
- Shawn Megan Memorial Garden: 3.9 mi
- Jesus on Cross: 1.1 mi
- Tree: 2.7 mi
- Turtle: 2.8 mi
- The Three Freedoms: 2.9 mi
- Light Of Reason: 2.9 mi
- Whitney Hill Park: 1.1 mi
- Awtrey Dell: 1.8 mi
- Forest Street Park: 1.8 mi
- Hunnewell Woods: 1.9 mi
- Auburndale Yard Conservation Area: 1.9 mi
- Heartbreak Hill (Bottom/Start): 2.4 mi
- Heartbreak Hill (Top/End): 2.6 mi
- Piccadilly Square Chair: 2.7 mi
- Arlington Center Historic District: 4.1 mi
- Central Street Historical District: 4.2 mi
- Crystal Lake Beach: 3.0 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 6.7 mi
- Morses Pond Beach: 7.7 mi
- North Beach: 9.3 mi
- Powissett Beach: 9.5 mi
- Lunch Wall: 2.9 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 3.2 mi
- Temple Overhangs: 3.3 mi
- Lower Cliff: 3.5 mi
- Upper Cliff: 3.5 mi
- Picnic Site 11: 2.8 mi
- Picnic Site 12: 2.8 mi
- Picnic Site 10: 2.8 mi
- Picnic Site 9: 2.8 mi
- Valley Shelter: 2.8 mi
- Boathouse: 16.2 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 16.3 mi
- Oil Shed: 16.3 mi
- Rainshed: 16.3 mi
- Boston Light: 16.3 mi
- Quarry Spring: 6.9 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 13.1 mi
- Mystery Spring: 18.0 mi
- Cascade Falls: 8.4 mi
- Rock Falls: 15.6 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 18.6 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 6.8 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 10.7 mi
- Haywardville: 8.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.7 miles of Bemis Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect Hill | WNW 299° | 135 m | 2.8 mi |
| Little Prospect | WNW 293° | 133 m | 2.8 mi |
| Whipple Hill | NNE 12° | 110 m | 5.2 mi |
| Loring Hill | NNW 342° | 109 m | 5.1 mi |
| Doublet Hill | WSW 249° | 108 m | 3.8 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NNE 20° | 107 m | 4.7 mi |
| Fullers Hill | NW 326° | 105 m | 4.4 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | NNE 21° | 105 m | 5.7 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 | 15:30 | 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.
- Mallard309 obs
- Canada Goose291 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel227 obs
- American Robin202 obs
- Eastern Cottontail162 obs
- American pokeweed151 obs
- Great Blue Heron146 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle145 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/318542596
Day trips start here
Take the scenic way to Bemis Park.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.