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Elm Park

Elm Park from directly overhead

Elm Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 47 m. Snow Hill stands 137 m to the south, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Isaac Sprague Memorial Tower, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 6.8 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.31249, -71.27496

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Phillips Park: 0.1 mi
  • Brown Park: 0.4 mi
  • Rockridge Pond: 0.6 mi
  • Indian Springs Park: 0.7 mi
  • Yotz Field: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Artworks
Gardens
  • Wildflower Patch: 1.4 mi
  • Wildflower Patch: 1.5 mi
  • Bob's Island: 2.1 mi
  • Yvonne’s Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Rhododendron Garden: 2.9 mi
Attractions
  • Elephant Rock: 1.7 mi
  • Fairy Rock: 1.8 mi
  • Boston Marathon - Wellesley Scream Tunnel: 2.0 mi
  • Martini Junction: 3.2 mi
  • Foundation & Chimney: 3.8 mi
Museums
Beaches
  • Morses Pond Beach: 2.5 mi
  • Crystal Lake Beach: 3.9 mi
  • Memorial Beach: 5.2 mi
  • Shapiro Beach: 5.6 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 5.6 mi
Cliffs: 43
  • Lunch Wall: 4.9 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 5.1 mi
  • Temple Overhangs: 5.1 mi
  • The Alcove: 5.2 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 5.2 mi
Picnic sites: 42
  • Picnic Site 9: 5.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 5.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 5.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 5.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 12: 5.1 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 4
  • Westwood Rest Area: 8.9 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 10.8 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 20.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 21.5 mi
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 12.2 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 19.7 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 13.7 mi
  • Rock Falls: 16.0 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 21.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.4 miles of Elm Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snow HillS 186°137 m6.1 mi
Prospect HillNNE 12°135 m5.4 mi
Little ProspectNNE 12°133 m5.1 mi
Pegan HillSSW 199°125 m4.5 mi
Reeves HillWNW 300°122 m4.5 mi
Strawberry HillS 169°114 m5.4 mi
Powissett PeakS 170°112 m5.8 mi
Oak HillS 188°111 m6.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4320:26
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1215:3116:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836475766727062514132
Precip in3.43.13.94.13.84.13.93.84.24.83.74.4

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

Wildlife nearby
  • garlic mustard181 obs
  • American Robin161 obs
  • White-tailed Deer158 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail158 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel150 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee143 obs
  • eastern white pine131 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage108 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/123267859

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