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Cypress Emerson Historic District

Cypress Emerson Historic District from directly overhead

Cypress Emerson Historic District is a park in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 13 m. Single Tree Hill stands 100 m to the west-southwest, 1.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Cypress Street Playground, a park 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 1.8 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
13 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.33260, -71.12533

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Cypress Street Playground: 0.1 mi
  • Emerson Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Boylston Street Playground: 0.2 mi
  • Pierce School Playground: 0.3 mi
  • Clark Playground: 0.4 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Peaks
Gardens
  • School Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Lawton Park Community Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Jamaica Pond Park Rain Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Jamaica Pond Park Rain Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Tobin Community Center Garden: 1.4 mi
Artworks
  • Four Seasons Mural: 0.9 mi
  • Taino Mural: 1.1 mi
  • Beauty Master Mural: 1.1 mi
  • The Greening of Griggs: 1.1 mi
  • Pimentel Market Mural: 1.2 mi
Attractions
Beaches
Cliffs: 48
  • Lower Cliff: 2.5 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 2.5 mi
  • The Alcove: 2.6 mi
  • Temple Overhangs: 2.6 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 2.7 mi
Picnic sites: 36
  • Pine Knoll: 2.6 mi
  • Oak Lea: 2.6 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 2.8 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 7.2 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 7.5 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Commissioners Landing: 3.2 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 8.1 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 23.0 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 23.0 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 23.7 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 7.2 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 22.4 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Rock Falls: 11.1 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 22.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.9 miles of Cypress Emerson Historic District. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Single Tree HillWSW 245°100 m1.5 mi
Waban HillW 281°98 m2.5 mi
Bellevue HillSSW 194°94 m4.0 mi
Bird's HillSW 233°92 m5.8 mi
Mount WalleySSW 201°91 m1.8 mi
Wellington HillNW 325°91 m5.9 mi
Bald Pate HillSW 234°90 m3.3 mi
Green HillS 190°89 m2.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4320:25
September equinox06:3218:0718:44
December solstice07:1115:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968747365534334
Precip in3.93.64.54.33.64.23.53.74.05.04.05.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jamaica Plain, 2 mi away.

  • Canada Goose1,585 obs
  • Mallard1,178 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail879 obs
  • American Robin878 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel837 obs
  • Wild Turkey577 obs
  • House Sparrow532 obs
  • Great Blue Heron464 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 node/358277595

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