Edmund A. Connell Fields
Edmund A. Connell Fields is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 17 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the south-southeast, 3.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Bald Knob, a peak 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 1.1 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1973-04-19
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 10.5 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 28.4 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 7 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 16 mi
- Lookout Point · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bald Knob: 0.2 mi
- Mount Ararat: 0.8 mi
- Bearberry Hill: 0.9 mi
- Monterey Hill: 1.0 mi
- Bellevue Hill: 1.4 mi
- Stony Brook Reservation: 0.3 mi
- Dell Ave Rock: 0.7 mi
- Mother Brook Reservation: 0.7 mi
- Stony Brook Reservation: 0.9 mi
- Mother Brook Reservation: 0.9 mi
- Stonehill Park: 0.4 mi
- Reservation Road Park: 0.6 mi
- McGann Playground: 0.6 mi
- Hyde Park Library, Cleary Square: 0.6 mi
- Amatucci Playground: 0.7 mi
- Bishop Riley: 0.6 mi
- Francis D. Martini Memorial Shell: 1.0 mi
- Paul C. "Puzzy" Carter Marine PFC Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Oakdale war memorial: 1.5 mi
- The Castle: 2.6 mi
- Flower Garden: 1.9 mi
- Leland Street Cooperative Garden: 3.0 mi
- Leland Street Cooperative Garden: 3.0 mi
- Lucerne-Balsam Streets Community Garden: 3.2 mi
- Bradley Rosaceous Collection: 3.2 mi
- Fairbanks House: 1.9 mi
- Bay State Model Railroad Museum: 2.1 mi
- Blue Hills Trailside Museum: 2.8 mi
- Captain Robert Bennet Forbes House: 3.6 mi
- Larz Anderson Auto Museum: 3.7 mi
- Path Continues: 3.2 mi
- Goat: 4.0 mi
- Western Grey Kangaroo: 4.0 mi
- Emu: 4.0 mi
- Wildebeest: 4.1 mi
- Drift by Mary Bonina: 4.0 mi
- Taino Mural: 4.7 mi
- Beauty Master Mural: 4.7 mi
- Pimentel Market Mural: 4.8 mi
- Reach: 4.8 mi
- Fishermans Beach: 5.2 mi
- Tenean Beach: 5.3 mi
- North Beach: 5.4 mi
- South Beach: 5.6 mi
- Crystal Lake Beach: 5.9 mi
- Breakneck Ledge: 3.1 mi
- The Alcove: 5.0 mi
- Upper Cliff: 5.0 mi
- Lower Cliff: 5.1 mi
- J Wall: 5.1 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 4.0 mi
- Oak Lea: 4.0 mi
- Pine Knoll: 4.1 mi
- Babcock Arboretum: 6.4 mi
- Picnic Site 11: 10.7 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 3.0 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 7.7 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 18.6 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 19.3 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 20.5 mi
- Boathouse: 13.4 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 13.4 mi
- Oil Shed: 13.4 mi
- Boston Light: 13.4 mi
- Rainshed: 13.4 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 4.8 mi
- Quarry Spring: 12.5 mi
- Rock Falls: 7.8 mi
- Cascade Falls: 13.4 mi
- Haywardville: 14.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.2 miles of Edmund A. Connell Fields. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Blue Hill | SSE 161° | 193 m | 3.3 mi |
| Chickatawbut Hill | ESE 122° | 156 m | 4.4 mi |
| Hancock Hill | SE 143° | 155 m | 3.3 mi |
| Buck Hill | SE 134° | 151 m | 4.2 mi |
| Fenno Peak | ESE 122° | 151 m | 4.5 mi |
| Nahanton Hill | ESE 119° | 145 m | 4.6 mi |
| Hemenway Hill | SSE 147° | 140 m | 3.2 mi |
| Tucker Hill | SE 141° | 133 m | 3.9 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 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:31 | 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, 3 mi away.
- Eastern Cottontail571 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee263 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle222 obs
- Western Honey Bee189 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel180 obs
- American Robin172 obs
- Wild Turkey156 obs
- garlic mustard131 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/29830095
Day trips start here
- Boston/Outer Neighborhoods · 2 mi
- Dedham · 2 mi
- Eastern Massachusetts · 2 mi
- Boston/Jamaica Plain-Mission Hill · 4 mi
- Milton · 4 mi
- Boston/Roxbury · 5 mi
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