Park · Massachusetts
Buffington Park
Buffington Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 24 m. Copicut Hill stands 109 m to the east-southeast, 5.0 miles off. Route 114 and High Street passes 7.0 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- restricted
How to reach it
Coordinates41.75065, -71.14845
- 7.0 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
- 7.0 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 11.5 mi off the Veteran's Memorial Parkway
- 16.8 mi off the Paradise Ave and Other Roads
Overlooks nearby
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 12 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 14 mi
- Lookout Point · 19 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Buffington Park: 0.1 mi
- Potterville School Playground: 0.4 mi
- Village Waterfront Park: 1.8 mi
- Village Park: 2.1 mi
- Bicentennial Park: 2.3 mi
Nature reserves
- Chace Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Blackledge: 0.6 mi
- Paquette Farm: 1.2 mi
- Conservation Land: 1.6 mi
- Conservation Land: 1.6 mi
Beaches
- Pierce Beach: 1.2 mi
- Brayton Point Beach: 3.3 mi
- Swansea Town Beach: 4.1 mi
- Juniper Trail Beach: 6.1 mi
- Warren Town Beach: 7.3 mi
Artworks: 60
- Commonwealth Park "Green Monstah" Mural: 2.2 mi
- Rachel Carson Ecological Pier: 5.4 mi
- John Muir Ecological Pier: 5.5 mi
- Marjorie Stoneman Douglas Ecological Pier: 5.6 mi
- Aldo Leopold Ecological Pier: 5.6 mi
Museums
- Children’s Museum of Greater Fall River: 3.0 mi
- Martin House and Farm: 5.8 mi
- Pokanoket Tribal lands: 6.7 mi
- Charles W. Greene Museum: 7.0 mi
- Warren Armory: 7.1 mi
Peaks
- Fox Hill: 3.0 mi
- Hunters Hill: 3.5 mi
- Richmond Hill: 4.0 mi
- Copicut Hill: 5.0 mi
- Hospital Hill: 5.1 mi
Attractions: 60
- USS Massachusetts: 3.1 mi
- USS Hiddensee: 3.2 mi
- USS Lionfish: 3.2 mi
- USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.: 3.2 mi
- Battleship Cove: 3.2 mi
Historic sites
- Portas Da Cidade: 3.5 mi
- Early Warren and the start of King Philip's War: 5.9 mi
- In Memory of Hugh Cole: 6.1 mi
- Warren Vietnam Memorial: 6.6 mi
- Helicopter Memorial: 7.0 mi
Gardens: 25
- Fragrance Gardens: 9.0 mi
- Woodcart Garden: 9.4 mi
- Helfand Farm Community Gardens: 12.0 mi
- Roger Williams Park Garden: 13.5 mi
- Brown University Student Garden: 13.8 mi
Picnic sites: 22
- Site #36: 18.4 mi
- 4: 19.1 mi
- 6: 19.1 mi
- 7: 19.1 mi
- 8: 19.1 mi
Cliffs: 21
- Tree Point Rocks: 7.7 mi
- Ferry Cliff: 9.1 mi
- Usher Rocks: 9.7 mi
- King Phillips Lookout: 11.9 mi
- White Banks: 14.3 mi
Rest areas: 7
- Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 4.6 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 4.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 18.8 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 19.1 mi
- Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 20.1 mi
Springs: 4
- Roger Williams Spring: 14.6 mi
- Crystal Spring: 16.9 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 17.4 mi
- Plum Point Spring: 20.6 mi
Waterfalls: 4
- East Greenwich Falls: 17.4 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 17.6 mi
- The Falls: 22.2 mi
- Cascade Brook Falls: 23.4 mi
Lighthouses: 3
- Clark's Point Light: 16.8 mi
- Beavertail Light: 24.5 mi
- 1755 Lighthouse Foundation: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of Buffington Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copicut Hill | ESE 114° | 109 m | 5.0 mi |
| Pocasset Hill | SSW 198° | 95 m | 7.1 mi |
| Cook Hill | SSW 198° | 85 m | 6.5 mi |
| Great Meadow Hill | NNW 338° | 78 m | 9.6 mi |
| Townsend Hill | SSW 199° | 77 m | 5.6 mi |
| Townsend Hill | SSW 199° | 77 m | 5.6 mi |
| Great Rock | NW 316° | 71 m | 10.3 mi |
| Turkey Hill | SSW 209° | 69 m | 12.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:41 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 15:33 | 16:18 |
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 | 31 | 33 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.8 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tiverton, 9 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel28 obs
- Carolina Wren23 obs
- Monarch23 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco19 obs
- American Robin17 obs
- Northern Cardinal16 obs
- Eastern Cottontail16 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee16 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/29860936
Day trips start here
- Somerset · 2 mi
- Swansea · 2 mi
- Fall River · 3 mi
- Freetown · 6 mi
- Warren · 7 mi
- Bristol County · 8 mi
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