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Blackstone Square

Blackstone Square from directly overhead

Blackstone Square is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Single Tree Hill stands 100 m to the west-southwest, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Rutland/Wash St Comm Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway runs past it.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.33954, -71.07355

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Parks
  • Franklin Square: 0.1 mi
  • O'Day Playground: 0.1 mi
  • Puerto Rican Veterans Memorial: 0.2 mi
  • Monsignor Reynolds Playground: 0.2 mi
  • Plaza Betances: 0.2 mi
Artworks
Museums
Peaks
  • Flagstaff Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Beacon Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Telegraph Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Parker Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Copps Hill: 2.1 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches
Cliffs: 50
  • Pererea Point: 4.0 mi
  • Moon Head: 5.0 mi
  • Lower Cliff: 5.2 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 5.2 mi
  • The Alcove: 5.3 mi
Picnic sites: 24
  • Pine Knoll: 2.5 mi
  • Oak Lea: 2.5 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 2.6 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 5.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 9.8 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 4
  • Commissioners Landing: 1.3 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 9.5 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 21.4 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 21.4 mi
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 6.8 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 9.0 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 23.9 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Rock Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 23.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.1 miles of Blackstone Square. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Single Tree HillWSW 254°100 m4.2 mi
Waban HillW 270°98 m5.1 mi
Bellevue HillSW 220°94 m5.6 mi
Mount WalleyWSW 237°91 m3.9 mi
Bald Pate HillWSW 246°90 m5.9 mi
Green HillSW 230°89 m3.9 mi
Chestnut HillW 262°86 m4.6 mi
Fisher HillW 259°81 m3.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0819:4320:25
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1115:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238495868747366554536
Precip in3.43.24.23.63.23.93.33.23.64.03.74.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boston, 4 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,936 obs
  • Canada Goose1,700 obs
  • Rock Pigeon1,634 obs
  • House Sparrow1,624 obs
  • Mallard1,235 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail910 obs
  • American Robin823 obs
  • European Starling633 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipedia

OpenStreetMap element way/832372451

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