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D.W. Field Park

D.W. Field Park from directly overhead

D.W. Field Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 48 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the north-northwest, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Richmond Street / Eagle Avenue Playground, a park 0.7 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 10.0 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.09414, -71.04430

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Richmond Street / Eagle Avenue Playground: 0.7 mi
  • D.W. Field Park: 0.9 mi
  • Harold D. Bent Playground: 0.9 mi
  • Hancock Field: 1.1 mi
  • Gilbert Walker Playground: 1.1 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Peaks
Artworks
  • Welcome to Camp Christina: 3.2 mi
  • Oliver Ames: 3.6 mi
  • EARLY HISTORY OF STOUGHTON MURAL: 3.7 mi
  • TOOTHY!!!: 4.8 mi
  • The Bell: 5.6 mi
Museums
Gardens
Attractions
  • Ames Boulder: 6.5 mi
  • King Philip Rock: 7.2 mi
  • Pastoral Center: 8.2 mi
  • Old Shed: 8.5 mi
  • Old Shed: 8.5 mi
Beaches
Cliffs: 50
Picnic sites: 39
  • Oak Grove: 6.6 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 7.2 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 7.2 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 12.3 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 14.6 mi
Rest areas: 11
  • Westwood Rest Area: 10.3 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 13.4 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 13.6 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 13.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 14.1 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 24.3 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 8.0 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 23.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of D.W. Field Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillNNW 336°193 m8.9 mi
Moose HillWNW 283°163 m8.9 mi
Chickatawbut HillN 354°156 m8.9 mi
Hancock HillNNW 343°155 m9.0 mi
Buck HillN 349°151 m8.5 mi
Fenno PeakN 355°151 m8.9 mi
Nahanton HillN 356°145 m9.0 mi
Hemenway HillNNW 341°140 m9.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:2018:56
June solstice05:0919:4220:24
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1015:3116:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303138495968747265544435
Precip in4.03.65.24.53.44.13.23.64.15.04.45.1

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

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Teaberry53 obs
  • eastern white pine47 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee40 obs
  • Sweet Pepperbush39 obs
  • Canada Goose34 obs
  • alder buckthorn33 obs
  • Ghost Pipe30 obs
  • sassafras30 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/648631700

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