Dorchester Park
Dorchester Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 19 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the south-southwest, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Mark S. Charbonnier & Richard T. Dever Memorial, a historic site 0.5 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 3.0 miles off.
How to reach it
- 3.0 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 10.0 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 28.5 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 5 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 19 mi
- Lookout Point · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mark S. Charbonnier & Richard T. Dever Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Boston Police Superior Officers Federation Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 1.8 mi
- Departed Knights of Columbus Memorial: 1.8 mi
- Naval Air Station Squantum Ammunition Bunkers: 2.1 mi
- Henry Square: 0.6 mi
- Peabody Square: 0.6 mi
- Rev. William F. Toohig Playground: 0.8 mi
- Thetford Street Playground: 0.9 mi
- Dr. Loesch Family Park: 1.0 mi
- Captain Robert Bennet Forbes House: 0.8 mi
- Pierce House: 0.9 mi
- Josiah Quincy House: 2.5 mi
- Commonwealth Museum: 3.0 mi
- James Blake House: 3.0 mi
- Milton Hill: 1.0 mi
- Popes Hill: 1.1 mi
- Wellington Hill: 1.7 mi
- Academy Hill: 1.9 mi
- Mount Bowdoin: 1.9 mi
- Neponset River Reservation: 1.1 mi
- Woodhaven Urban Wild: 1.7 mi
- Fernald Terrace Rock: 2.3 mi
- Furnace Brook Parkway: 3.0 mi
- Furnace Brook Parkway: 3.1 mi
- Wheatland Avenue Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- Spencer Street Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- Fanny Lou Hamer Community Garden: 1.4 mi
- Lucerne-Balsam Streets Community Garden: 1.5 mi
- Audrey Jacobs Memorial Community Garden: 1.8 mi
- Tenean Beach: 1.5 mi
- Wollaston Beach: 2.6 mi
- Wollaston Beach: 2.6 mi
- Nickerson Beach: 3.1 mi
- Orchard Beach: 3.3 mi
- Wildebeest: 2.2 mi
- Hartmann's Mountain Zebra: 2.2 mi
- Goat: 2.3 mi
- African Lion: 2.3 mi
- Masai Giraffe: 2.4 mi
- The Lone Sailor: 2.3 mi
- Sunflowers for Vincent: 2.8 mi
- Edward Everett Statue: 3.0 mi
- Clapp Favorite Pear: 3.0 mi
- Constitution Common: 3.2 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 2.2 mi
- Oak Lea: 2.4 mi
- Pine Knoll: 2.4 mi
- Babcock Arboretum: 2.6 mi
- Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 9.3 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 5.7 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 6.4 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 18.1 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 18.1 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 21.5 mi
- Boathouse: 9.5 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 9.5 mi
- Oil Shed: 9.5 mi
- Boston Light: 9.5 mi
- Rainshed: 9.5 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 4.7 mi
- Quarry Spring: 11.2 mi
- Rock Falls: 6.1 mi
- Cascade Falls: 11.7 mi
- Haywardville: 13.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.8 miles of Dorchester Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Blue Hill | SSW 210° | 193 m | 5.2 mi |
| Chickatawbut Hill | S 179° | 156 m | 3.8 mi |
| Hancock Hill | SSW 202° | 155 m | 4.4 mi |
| Fenno Peak | S 177° | 151 m | 3.8 mi |
| Buck Hill | S 188° | 151 m | 4.3 mi |
| Nahanton Hill | S 175° | 145 m | 3.6 mi |
| Hemenway Hill | SSW 205° | 140 m | 4.5 mi |
| Kitchamakin Hill | S 175° | 133 m | 3.7 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 | 19:42 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:30 | 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 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 53 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jamaica Plain, 4 mi away.
- American pokeweed147 obs
- American Robin95 obs
- Wild Turkey78 obs
- Eastern Cottontail78 obs
- Canada Goose73 obs
- tree-of-heaven70 obs
- House Sparrow65 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel60 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/29830333
Day trips start here
- Milton · 2 mi
- Boston/Dorchester · 3 mi
- Boston/Jamaica Plain-Mission Hill · 3 mi
- Eastern Massachusetts · 3 mi
- Boston/Outer Neighborhoods · 4 mi
- Boston/Roxbury · 4 mi
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