Drake Playground
Drake Playground is a park in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 14 m. Prospect Hill stands 135 m to the northwest, 0.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Leary Field, a park 0.1 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 3.6 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 14 m
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 3.6 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 8.6 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 28.5 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 9 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 23 mi
- Lookout Point · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Leary Field: 0.1 mi
- Thompson Playground: 0.5 mi
- Landry Park: 0.7 mi
- Riverwalk Park: 0.8 mi
- Pond End Tot Lot: 1.0 mi
- Waltham Museum: 0.5 mi
- Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation: 0.8 mi
- The Telephone Museum: 0.8 mi
- Rose Art Museum: 1.6 mi
- The Plumbing Museum: 2.4 mi
- City of Waltham Centennial Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial Mall: 0.5 mi
- Shriberg Lectern: 0.6 mi
- The Hiker: 0.6 mi
- General Nathaniel P. Banks: 0.6 mi
- Little Prospect: 0.7 mi
- Prospect Hill: 0.7 mi
- Mount Feake: 1.2 mi
- Cedar Hill: 1.2 mi
- Winthrop Hill: 1.3 mi
- Sanderson Heights: 1.0 mi
- Fredric Dumaine Ctr: 1.4 mi
- Forest Street Park: 1.5 mi
- Mokema Conservation Land: 1.8 mi
- North Avenue Property: 1.9 mi
- Tree: 1.3 mi
- Jesus on Cross: 1.5 mi
- Light Of Reason: 1.5 mi
- The Three Freedoms: 1.6 mi
- watering trough: 3.8 mi
- Emma Hart Fessenden Garden: 2.0 mi
- Idylwilde Community Garden: 3.8 mi
- Yvonne’s Garden: 3.9 mi
- Bob's Island: 3.9 mi
- Wildlife Habitat Garden: 4.1 mi
- Bowman Tavern: 3.8 mi
- vernal pool: 4.2 mi
- Heartbreak Hill (Bottom/Start): 4.3 mi
- Piccadilly Square Chair: 4.4 mi
- Heartbreak Hill (Top/End): 4.6 mi
- Crystal Lake Beach: 4.5 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 7.1 mi
- Morses Pond Beach: 7.1 mi
- Memorial Beach: 9.7 mi
- North Beach: 10.2 mi
- Bloody Bluff: 4.7 mi
- Lunch Wall: 4.7 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 5.1 mi
- Temple Overhangs: 5.1 mi
- Lower Cliff: 5.4 mi
- Picnic Site 12: 0.7 mi
- Picnic Site 11: 0.7 mi
- Picnic Site 10: 0.7 mi
- Valley Shelter: 0.7 mi
- Picnic Site 5: 0.7 mi
- Boathouse: 18.3 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 18.3 mi
- Oil Shed: 18.4 mi
- Rainshed: 18.4 mi
- Boston Light: 18.4 mi
- Quarry Spring: 7.9 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 15.0 mi
- Mystery Spring: 16.1 mi
- Cascade Falls: 9.5 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 17.2 mi
- Rock Falls: 17.6 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 8.8 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 12.2 mi
- Haywardville: 9.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.1 miles of Drake Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect Hill | NW 307° | 135 m | 0.7 mi |
| Little Prospect | WNW 284° | 133 m | 0.7 mi |
| Whipple Hill | NE 36° | 110 m | 5.1 mi |
| Loring Hill | N 5° | 109 m | 3.9 mi |
| Doublet Hill | SW 215° | 108 m | 2.8 mi |
| Granny Hill | NNE 13° | 108 m | 4.9 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NE 46° | 107 m | 4.9 mi |
| Zion Hill | NNE 33° | 107 m | 6.0 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 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 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 | 29 | 37 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bedford Hanscom FLD, 7 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel3,662 obs
- American Robin2,058 obs
- Eastern Cottontail1,532 obs
- Canada Goose1,429 obs
- garlic mustard1,029 obs
- Mallard788 obs
- Blue Jay788 obs
- House Sparrow718 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/29818773
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