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Davidson Park

Davidson Park from directly overhead

Davidson Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Whipple Hill stands 110 m to the west-southwest, 3.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Leonard Field, a park 0.3 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 3.9 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.46892, -71.12792

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Leonard Field: 0.3 mi
  • Leland Park: 0.6 mi
  • McDonald Field: 0.7 mi
  • Bellino Park: 0.9 mi
  • Green Street Park: 0.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Woburn Moose Memorial: 0.8 mi
  • Winchester World War I Memorial "Humanity and Justice": 1.3 mi
  • Woburn Honor Roll: 1.5 mi
  • Silver mine: 1.8 mi
  • Virginia Wood: 2.2 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches
Museums
Attractions
Artworks
Gardens
  • Sylvester Baxter Delta: 3.5 mi
  • Winthrop Street Community Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Wildlife Habitat Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Malden Youth Community Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Alex's Place: 4.3 mi
Cliffs: 47
  • Lookout Cliff: 2.9 mi
  • Crag 1: 3.3 mi
  • Skull Cliff: 6.9 mi
  • Bloody Bluff: 7.1 mi
  • The Cellar: 7.4 mi
Picnic sites: 24
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 5.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 8.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 8.4 mi
  • Picnic Site 3: 8.5 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 8.5 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 4
  • Quarry Spring: 2.6 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 16.3 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 18.2 mi
  • Rail Spring: 23.9 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Rock Falls: 19.7 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 21.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Commissioners Landing: 8.1 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 17.4 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 20.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 23.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 4.7 miles of Davidson Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Whipple HillWSW 237°110 m3.4 mi
Zion HillWSW 250°107 m2.8 mi
Turkey HillSW 222°107 m3.4 mi
Mount PisgahSW 230°105 m2.5 mi
Mount GilboaSW 225°95 m4.0 mi
Cairn HillSE 127°92 m2.7 mi
Bear HillE 101°91 m1.1 mi
Greenleaf MountainWNW 295°89 m3.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0819:4320:26
September equinox06:3218:0718:44
December solstice07:1215:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283037485867737264534334
Precip in3.93.64.94.33.84.24.03.53.94.84.05.0

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

  • Black-capped Chickadee438 obs
  • Mallard433 obs
  • Mute Swan387 obs
  • Great Blue Heron364 obs
  • Northern Cardinal348 obs
  • striped wintergreen315 obs
  • Canada Goose277 obs
  • American Coot271 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/29835332

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