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Butterworth Park

Butterworth Park from directly overhead

Butterworth Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 49 m. Nobscot Hill stands 183 m to the north-northwest, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Gallagher Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 12 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.28651, -71.40601

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Gallagher Park: 0.3 mi
  • Learned Park: 0.5 mi
  • Mary Dennison Park: 0.6 mi
  • Frank Galvani Athletic Complex: 0.7 mi
  • Concord Square Historic District: 0.7 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • World War II Peace Memorial: 0.6 mi
  • Henry Wilson Memorial Site: 1.3 mi
  • Blacksmith Minuteman Statue: 1.5 mi
  • Ordway Brothers Square: 2.6 mi
  • LT. Paul K. Bremner memorial: 2.6 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Community gardens of John J. Lane Park: 1.6 mi
  • Olmstead Italianate Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Native Plant and Historic Daffodil Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Bressingham Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Teaching Herb Garden: 5.2 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • Boston Marathon - Wellesley Scream Tunnel: 5.1 mi
  • Fairy Rock: 5.2 mi
  • Elephant Rock: 5.4 mi
  • Boston Marathon Starting Line: 6.9 mi
  • Foundation & Chimney: 7.5 mi
Beaches: 59
  • Learned Pond Beach: 0.6 mi
  • Memorial Beach: 2.4 mi
  • Morses Pond Beach: 4.6 mi
  • Hopkinton Main Beach: 5.7 mi
  • Hopkinton Reservoir Beach: 5.9 mi
Picnic sites: 42
  • Picnic Site 9: 10.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 10.2 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 10.2 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 10.2 mi
  • Picnic Site 12: 10.3 mi
Cliffs: 40
  • Falling Rock Ridge: 4.6 mi
  • The Wall: 9.2 mi
  • Condo Rock: 9.2 mi
  • Lunch Wall: 11.9 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 12.0 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Westwood Rest Area: 13.5 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 17.7 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 20.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 20.5 mi
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 22.2 mi
Springs: 3
  • Pakomet Spring: 18.2 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 18.5 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 20.2 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 20.1 mi
  • Rock Falls: 21.5 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 24.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.5 miles of Butterworth Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Nobscot HillNNW 332°183 m4.7 mi
Gibbs MountainNW 309°153 m5.0 mi
Doeskin HillNNW 328°152 m4.8 mi
Juniper HillNW 325°136 m4.3 mi
Wildcat HillW 261°132 m4.2 mi
Bald HillSSW 201°132 m5.3 mi
Clear HillWNW 288°132 m6.3 mi
Oak HillW 272°130 m5.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1019:4420:26
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1215:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836475766727062514132
Precip in3.43.13.94.13.84.13.93.84.24.83.74.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Natick, 3 mi away.

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee93 obs
  • alder buckthorn49 obs
  • Wild Turkey41 obs
  • American pokeweed36 obs
  • Mute Swan33 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail33 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel30 obs
  • House Sparrow28 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/308803918

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