Danforth Park
Danforth Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 51 m. Nobscot Hill stands 183 m to the west-northwest, 3.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Costanza Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 9.6 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 9.6 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 12.4 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 24.9 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 28.8 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 16 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 19 mi
- Lookout Point · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Costanza Park: 0.1 mi
- Saxonville Beach: 0.5 mi
- Reardon Park: 0.7 mi
- Simpson Park: 1.0 mi
- Eric Schwartz Ballfield: 1.2 mi
- Getchell Reservation: 0.3 mi
- Fountain Development: 0.9 mi
- Cockell Island: 1.1 mi
- Dudley Woods: 1.5 mi
- Woodfield Playground: 1.7 mi
- Indian Head Hill: 1.7 mi
- Tom Hill: 2.0 mi
- Drury Hill: 2.1 mi
- Overthrough Hill: 2.1 mi
- Bare Hill: 2.7 mi
- Fireball: 1.9 mi
- Hidden Valley: 2.0 mi
- Stegosaurus: 2.0 mi
- Civil War Monument: 2.9 mi
- Revolutionary War Monument: 4.2 mi
- World War II Peace Memorial: 2.2 mi
- Ludlow Griscom 1890-1959: 2.4 mi
- Blacksmith Minuteman Statue: 2.6 mi
- Henry Wilson Memorial Site: 3.0 mi
- Wayland Veterans Memorial: 3.1 mi
- Framingham Historical Society: 2.5 mi
- Danforth Art: 2.5 mi
- Danforth Art Museum\School: 3.2 mi
- Knight Hall: 4.0 mi
- Redstone School: 4.5 mi
- Learned Pond Beach: 2.7 mi
- Memorial Beach: 3.9 mi
- Morses Pond Beach: 4.4 mi
- Hopkinton Main Beach: 7.5 mi
- Hopkinton Reservoir Beach: 7.6 mi
- Community gardens of John J. Lane Park: 2.8 mi
- Native Plant and Historic Daffodil Garden: 5.7 mi
- Olmstead Italianate Garden: 5.7 mi
- Teaching Herb Garden: 5.7 mi
- Rhododendron Garden: 5.7 mi
- Fairy Rock: 4.5 mi
- Elephant Rock: 4.5 mi
- Boston Marathon - Wellesley Scream Tunnel: 4.9 mi
- Ponyhenge: 6.3 mi
- Rice Tavern Foundation: 6.5 mi
- Falling Rock Ridge: 3.0 mi
- Bloody Bluff: 10.8 mi
- Lunch Wall: 11.0 mi
- Farmers Cliff: 11.0 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 11.2 mi
- Picnic Site 9: 8.2 mi
- Picnic Site 10: 8.2 mi
- Picnic Site 8: 8.2 mi
- Picnic Site 11: 8.3 mi
- Picnic Site 6: 8.3 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 14.2 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 16.7 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 20.7 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 22.5 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 22.9 mi
- Quarry Spring: 16.7 mi
- Mystery Spring: 17.7 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 18.6 mi
- Cascade Falls: 18.3 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 21.6 mi
- Rock Falls: 21.9 mi
- Haywardville: 18.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.8 miles of Danforth Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nobscot Hill | WNW 299° | 183 m | 3.1 mi |
| Gibbs Mountain | W 277° | 153 m | 4.5 mi |
| Doeskin Hill | WNW 296° | 152 m | 3.4 mi |
| Juniper Hill | WNW 287° | 136 m | 3.1 mi |
| Wildcat Hill | SW 235° | 132 m | 5.7 mi |
| Clear Hill | W 264° | 132 m | 6.5 mi |
| Oak Hill | WSW 246° | 130 m | 6.0 mi |
| Tippling Rock | NW 312° | 125 m | 3.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:21 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:44 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:31 | 16:17 |
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, 4 mi away.
- eastern white pine93 obs
- striped wintergreen81 obs
- alder buckthorn69 obs
- American pokeweed60 obs
- Great Horned Owl54 obs
- American beech51 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk45 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee44 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/125108248
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