Childrens Park
Childrens Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 55 m. Prospect Hill stands 135 m to the northeast, 2.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Anniversary Park East, a park 0.3 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 5.6 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 55 m
How to reach it
- 5.6 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 10.0 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 11 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 22 mi
- Lookout Point · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Anniversary Park East: 0.3 mi
- Town Common: 0.4 mi
- Lampson Park: 0.4 mi
- Knox Park: 0.4 mi
- Town Square: 0.5 mi
- Pigeon Hill: 0.4 mi
- Reservoir Hill: 1.4 mi
- Cat Rock Hill: 1.4 mi
- Bear Hill: 1.5 mi
- Doublet Hill: 1.6 mi
- Church Street Property: 0.7 mi
- Conant Road Property: 0.8 mi
- Eleanor Road Conservation Area: 1.0 mi
- North Avenue Property: 1.0 mi
- Chestnut Street Conservation Area: 1.1 mi
- Golden Ball Tavern Museum: 0.9 mi
- Rose Art Museum: 1.5 mi
- Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History: 1.5 mi
- The Telephone Museum: 2.8 mi
- Waltham Museum: 2.9 mi
- Light Of Reason: 1.5 mi
- Our Lady of Loretto Grotto: 1.5 mi
- The Three Freedoms: 1.6 mi
- Tree: 1.7 mi
- Jesus on Cross: 3.4 mi
- Richard Saivetz '69: 1.6 mi
- Usen Castle: 1.8 mi
- Old Camp 2 Foundation: 2.1 mi
- Ski Lift Operators Cabin: 2.6 mi
- Ski Lift Operators Cabin: 2.7 mi
- Ponyhenge: 3.0 mi
- Elephant Rock: 3.7 mi
- Fairy Rock: 4.0 mi
- Boston Marathon - Wellesley Scream Tunnel: 5.0 mi
- vernal pool: 5.2 mi
- Emma Hart Fessenden Garden: 3.7 mi
- People For Pollinators: 4.0 mi
- Bob's Island: 4.0 mi
- Italinate garden: 4.1 mi
- Yvonne’s Garden: 4.2 mi
- Morses Pond Beach: 5.1 mi
- Crystal Lake Beach: 5.5 mi
- Memorial Beach: 7.4 mi
- Learned Pond Beach: 8.5 mi
- Shapiro Beach: 9.5 mi
- Bloody Bluff: 5.7 mi
- Lunch Wall: 6.2 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 6.5 mi
- Temple Overhangs: 6.5 mi
- Upper Cliff: 6.8 mi
- Picnic Site 9: 2.1 mi
- Picnic Site 10: 2.1 mi
- Picnic Site 8: 2.1 mi
- Picnic Site 11: 2.1 mi
- Picnic Site 7: 2.2 mi
- Boathouse: 20.6 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 20.6 mi
- Oil Shed: 20.7 mi
- Rainshed: 20.7 mi
- Boston Light: 20.7 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 11.2 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 12.4 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 23.5 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 24.8 mi
- Quarry Spring: 10.6 mi
- Mystery Spring: 15.9 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 15.9 mi
- Cascade Falls: 12.2 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 18.0 mi
- Rock Falls: 18.8 mi
- Haywardville: 12.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.6 miles of Childrens Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect Hill | NE 53° | 135 m | 2.4 mi |
| Little Prospect | ENE 58° | 133 m | 2.2 mi |
| Reeves Hill | WSW 243° | 122 m | 3.4 mi |
| Goodman Hill | W 275° | 119 m | 5.8 mi |
| Loring Hill | NNE 30° | 109 m | 5.7 mi |
| Doublet Hill | SE 146° | 108 m | 1.6 mi |
| Pine Hill | NNW 338° | 106 m | 5.2 mi |
| Fullers Hill | NNE 28° | 105 m | 4.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:44 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:31 | 16:16 |
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 | 26 | 28 | 36 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 51 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Natick, 7 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel3,282 obs
- American Robin1,700 obs
- Eastern Cottontail1,269 obs
- Canada Goose835 obs
- garlic mustard831 obs
- Blue Jay622 obs
- White-tailed Deer544 obs
- House Sparrow510 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/29830720
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