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Bumpkin Island

Bumpkin Island from directly overhead

Bumpkin Island is a park in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 20 m. Wampatuck Hill stands 103 m to the west-southwest, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Slate Island, a park 1.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 9.6 miles off.

What the record says

Built
1973
Elevation
20 m

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.28080, -70.89929

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
  • Strawberry Hill: 1.2 mi
  • White Head: 1.6 mi
  • Planters Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Telegraph Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Hampton Hill: 1.8 mi
Beaches
Historic sites
Museums
  • Hull Lifesaving Museum: 1.7 mi
  • Windmill Point Boathouse: 1.9 mi
  • Paragon Park Museum and Museum Shop: 2.3 mi
  • Benjamin Lincoln House: 2.6 mi
  • Bare Cove Fire Museum: 3.0 mi
Attractions
Artworks
  • Abigail Adams: 5.7 mi
  • John Hancock: 5.7 mi
  • John Adams: 5.7 mi
  • Constitution Common: 5.9 mi
  • The Lone Sailor: 6.7 mi
Gardens
Cliffs: 46
Picnic sites: 21
  • Babcock Arboretum: 5.8 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 8.0 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 9.8 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 9.9 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 4
  • Commissioners Landing: 10.4 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 12.8 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 12.8 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 14.0 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 14.5 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 9.9 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 15.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Bumpkin Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wampatuck HillWSW 245°103 m8.2 mi
Rattlesnake HillWSW 245°90 m7.9 mi
Pine HillWSW 241°74 m7.5 mi
Prospect HillSSE 160°72 m6.4 mi
Judges HillSSE 147°71 m7.3 mi
The CragsWSW 246°71 m8.0 mi
Mount BlueSSE 150°66 m7.4 mi
Great DomeWSW 249°64 m8.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0819:4220:24
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1015:2916:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238485867737265544435
Precip in4.54.05.44.63.84.03.63.83.95.24.45.1

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

  • White-tailed Deer65 obs
  • Wild Turkey64 obs
  • American Herring Gull54 obs
  • common milkweed47 obs
  • Common Periwinkle47 obs
  • eastern redcedar46 obs
  • European Flat Oyster45 obs
  • European Green Crab43 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/29692304

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