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Dr. Loesch Family Park

Dr. Loesch Family Park from directly overhead

Dr. Loesch Family Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 17 m. Chickatawbut Hill stands 156 m to the south, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Codman Square, a park 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 2.3 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
17 m

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.29073, -71.06646

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Codman Square: 0.2 mi
  • Peabody Square: 0.4 mi
  • Codman Academy Microforest: 0.4 mi
  • Wellesley Park: 0.4 mi
  • Garden of Peace: 0.5 mi
Gardens
  • Fanny Lou Hamer Community Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Wheatland Avenue Community Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Spencer Street Community Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Audrey Jacobs Memorial Community Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Bullard Community garden: 0.9 mi
Peaks
Beaches
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Wildebeest: 1.4 mi
  • Hartmann's Mountain Zebra: 1.4 mi
  • Goat: 1.4 mi
  • African Lion: 1.5 mi
  • Masai Giraffe: 1.6 mi
Artworks
Cliffs: 47
Picnic sites: 40
Rest areas: 6
  • Commissioners Landing: 4.7 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 6.9 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 18.8 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 18.8 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 22.3 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 5.7 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 10.2 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 10.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.6 miles of Dr. Loesch Family Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chickatawbut HillS 177°156 m4.7 mi
Hancock HillSSW 196°155 m5.2 mi
Fenno PeakS 176°151 m4.8 mi
Buck HillS 185°151 m5.3 mi
Nahanton HillS 174°145 m4.6 mi
Hemenway HillSSW 199°140 m5.3 mi
Kitchamakin HillS 174°133 m4.7 mi
Tucker HillS 191°133 m5.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4220:25
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
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, 3 mi away.

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee502 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel470 obs
  • Wild Turkey429 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail401 obs
  • American Robin371 obs
  • Western Honey Bee228 obs
  • Common Raccoon214 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee207 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/29818094

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