Foss Park
Foss Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Turkey Hill stands 107 m to the west-northwest, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is East Somerville Commitee Action (ESCA) Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 3.2 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 3.2 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 3.1 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 22.8 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 3 mi
- Eagle Rock · 25 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 25 mi
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- East Somerville Commitee Action (ESCA) Park: 0.2 mi
- Chuckie Harris Park: 0.2 mi
- Grimmons Park: 0.4 mi
- Edward L. Leathers Dog Park: 0.5 mi
- Gilman Square: 0.5 mi
- LEGO Giraffe: 0.4 mi
- Mystic Musical Fence: 0.7 mi
- Paula: 0.8 mi
- Torus: 0.9 mi
- Somerville Gateway Mural: 0.9 mi
- President Obama Rose Garden: 0.5 mi
- Paul Revere Park: 0.6 mi
- Somerville Honor Roll: 0.7 mi
- George Dilboy: 0.7 mi
- Prospect Hill Tower: 0.8 mi
- Mount Benedict (historic): 0.5 mi
- Winter Hill: 0.7 mi
- Central Hill: 0.8 mi
- Prospect Hill: 0.8 mi
- Spring Hill: 1.2 mi
- Mystic River Reservation: 0.7 mi
- Alewife Brook Parkway: 2.7 mi
- Alewife Brook Parkway: 2.8 mi
- Alewife Brook Parkway: 2.8 mi
- Amory Woods: 3.4 mi
- Community Growing Center: 0.8 mi
- The Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Concord Ave Community Space: 1.1 mi
- South Street Farm: 1.2 mi
- Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- Somerville Historical Museum: 1.0 mi
- Semitic Museum: 1.7 mi
- Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology: 1.7 mi
- Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology: 1.7 mi
- Harvard Museum of Natural History: 1.7 mi
- Charles Riverboat Company: 1.7 mi
- Hikmat home: 1.9 mi
- Boston Duck Tours: 1.9 mi
- Harvard Square: 2.1 mi
- Longfellow Bridge Trophy Room: 2.1 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 5.1 mi
- Pleasure Bay Beach: 5.3 mi
- Short Beach: 5.4 mi
- Revere Beach: 5.4 mi
- Corinha Beach: 5.6 mi
- Crag 1: 3.3 mi
- Lookout Cliff: 5.0 mi
- Grovers Cliff: 6.0 mi
- Winthrop Head: 6.3 mi
- Lunch Wall: 6.4 mi
- Pine Knoll: 6.0 mi
- Oak Lea: 6.0 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 6.1 mi
- Pinetops Picnic Area: 7.4 mi
- Picnic Site 1: 8.4 mi
- Boathouse: 10.9 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 10.9 mi
- Oil Shed: 11.0 mi
- Rainshed: 11.0 mi
- Boston Light: 11.0 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 2.4 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 12.6 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 24.5 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 24.6 mi
- Quarry Spring: 3.2 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 12.7 mi
- Mystery Spring: 21.0 mi
- Cascade Falls: 3.7 mi
- Rock Falls: 14.0 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 19.6 mi
- Haywardville: 5.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.2 miles of Foss Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey Hill | WNW 303° | 107 m | 5.2 mi |
| Cairn Hill | N 1° | 92 m | 3.7 mi |
| Bear Hill | NNW 349° | 91 m | 5.2 mi |
| Winthrop Hill | NNW 348° | 84 m | 4.8 mi |
| Boojum Rock | N 3° | 83 m | 3.3 mi |
| Taylor Mountain | NNW 348° | 81 m | 4.8 mi |
| Fisher Hill | SSW 212° | 81 m | 5.1 mi |
| Corey Hill | SW 215° | 80 m | 4.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:30 | 16:15 |
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 | 30 | 32 | 38 | 49 | 58 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boston, 5 mi away.
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee2,280 obs
- Western Honey Bee1,603 obs
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee864 obs
- American Robin624 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle624 obs
- House Sparrow599 obs
- Eastern Cottontail556 obs
- Wild Turkey466 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/29835797
Day trips start here
- Somerville · 1 mi
- Boston/Charlestown · 2 mi
- Boston/North End · 2 mi
- Cambridge · 2 mi
- Everett · 2 mi
- Medford · 2 mi
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