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Brattle Square

Brattle Square from directly overhead

Brattle Square is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Turkey Hill stands 107 m to the north-northwest, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Winthrop Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 2.8 miles off.

What to expect

Step-free access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.37294, -71.12107

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Historic sites
Gardens
Artworks
Peaks
  • Dana Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Mount Auburn: 1.2 mi
  • Spring Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Spring Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Coolidge Hill: 1.3 mi
Beaches
  • Crystal Lake Beach: 5.3 mi
  • Borggaard Beach: 5.7 mi
  • Pleasure Bay Beach: 5.8 mi
  • Tenean Beach: 6.8 mi
  • Corinha Beach: 7.1 mi
Cliffs: 49
  • Lunch Wall: 4.3 mi
  • Temple Overhangs: 4.3 mi
  • Lower Cliff: 4.3 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 4.3 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 4.3 mi
Picnic sites: 24
  • Pine Knoll: 4.9 mi
  • Oak Lea: 5.0 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 5.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 6.9 mi
  • Picnic Site 12: 6.9 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 4
  • Commissioners Landing: 2.6 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 10.9 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 24.7 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 24.7 mi
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 4.4 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 11.7 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 20.5 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Rock Falls: 13.4 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 19.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.3 miles of Brattle Square. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Turkey HillNNW 327°107 m4.9 mi
Single Tree HillSSW 205°100 m3.8 mi
Waban HillSW 229°98 m3.6 mi
Mount GilboaNW 320°95 m5.0 mi
Cairn HillNNE 20°92 m5.3 mi
Wellington HillWNW 300°91 m4.1 mi
Mount WalleyS 191°91 m4.5 mi
Green HillS 187°89 m4.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0819:4320:26
September equinox06:3218:0718:44
December solstice07:1115:3016:15

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, 5 mi away.

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee3,627 obs
  • Western Honey Bee2,953 obs
  • Wild Turkey1,334 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle1,281 obs
  • American Robin1,267 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee1,211 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,210 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail1,090 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/427526124

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