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Elm Street Fields

Elm Street Fields from directly overhead

Elm Street Fields is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 63 m. Oak Hill stands 187 m to the west-northwest, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Wright Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 6.0 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.48230, -71.47325

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
Gardens
  • ABRHS Community Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Flerra Meadows Community Garden Boxborough: 2.3 mi
  • Stow Community Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Colonial Herb Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Yapp Conservation Land Community Garden: 3.1 mi
Museums
Parks
Attractions
Artworks
Beaches: 36
  • Stow Town Beach: 5.4 mi
  • Harvard Town Beach: 6.0 mi
  • Thurston's Beach: 6.2 mi
  • Bolton Town Beach: 7.0 mi
  • Centennial Beach: 8.0 mi
Picnic sites: 23
Cliffs: 21
Waterfalls: 6
  • Wamesit Falls: 13.5 mi
  • Cascades: 17.4 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 19.4 mi
  • The Falls: 19.7 mi
  • Trap Falls: 20.3 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 12.0 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 22.1 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 22.8 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 24.4 mi
Springs: 3
  • Mystery Spring: 7.4 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 19.0 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 24.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of Elm Street Fields. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oak HillWNW 301°187 m4.5 mi
Oak HillWNW 289°187 m4.6 mi
Dean's HillWNW 283°157 m6.6 mi
Pin Hill SouthWNW 288°148 m6.1 mi
Pin Hill NorthWNW 289°147 m6.0 mi
Rattlesnake HillWSW 242°145 m5.9 mi
Flagg HillSW 228°139 m1.8 mi
Pingry HillNW 324°133 m6.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:0919:4520:27
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1315:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836485968747264524132
Precip in3.63.34.64.43.74.24.04.43.95.13.84.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maynard 2, 4 mi away.

  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage99 obs
  • eastern white pine80 obs
  • Common Garter Snake78 obs
  • Canada mayflower68 obs
  • American Robin63 obs
  • Wood Frog63 obs
  • Painted Turtle62 obs
  • alder buckthorn61 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/312351662

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