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Carmen Park

Carmen Park from directly overhead

Carmen Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 7 m. Single Tree Hill stands 100 m to the west-southwest, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is New England Holocaust Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 0.9 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
7 m

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.36108, -71.05722

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
Attractions
Peaks
  • Copps Hill: 0.4 mi
  • Beacon Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Flagstaff Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Breeds Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Camp Hill: 1.2 mi
Beaches
  • Pleasure Bay Beach: 2.6 mi
  • Corinha Beach: 3.9 mi
  • Short Beach: 4.4 mi
  • Yirrel Beach: 4.5 mi
  • Nickerson Beach: 4.7 mi
Nature reserves
Cliffs: 48
Picnic sites: 24
  • Pine Knoll: 4.2 mi
  • Oak Lea: 4.2 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 4.3 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 6.6 mi
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 4
  • Commissioners Landing: 0.8 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 11.2 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 21.9 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 21.9 mi
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 5.7 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 23.5 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 5.9 mi
  • Rock Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 22.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Single Tree HillWSW 242°100 m5.5 mi
Waban HillWSW 256°98 m6.1 mi
Cairn HillNNW 346°92 m6.0 mi
Mount WalleySW 228°91 m5.5 mi
Green HillSW 224°89 m5.6 mi
Chestnut HillWSW 249°86 m5.8 mi
Boojum RockNNW 346°83 m5.6 mi
Fisher HillWSW 243°81 m4.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:1918:57
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, 2 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,515 obs
  • Rock Pigeon1,412 obs
  • House Sparrow1,255 obs
  • Canada Goose962 obs
  • Mallard880 obs
  • American Herring Gull592 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail570 obs
  • American Robin496 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/814614960

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