Francis William Bird Park
Francis William Bird Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 44 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the northeast, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Lewis Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway runs past it.
What the record says
- Built
- 2003
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- On the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 17.7 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 20.4 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
- 25.0 mi off the Veteran's Memorial Parkway
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Ledge · 8 mi
- Lookout Point · 12 mi
- Skywalk Observatory · 15 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lewis Park: 0.7 mi
- Doherty Field: 1.0 mi
- Endean Park: 1.1 mi
- Bernie Cooper Riverfront Park: 1.4 mi
- Charles Elliot Park: 1.5 mi
- Bradford Lewis Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Morse Hill Veterans Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
- Historic and Cultural Resources: 1.9 mi
- Fire Fighters Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Protectors of the American Way: 2.7 mi
- Morse House: 1.1 mi
- Sharon Historical Society: 3.0 mi
- Kingsbury Grist Mill: 4.5 mi
- Peak House Museum: 4.7 mi
- Medfield Historical Society Museum: 5.0 mi
- William Pezwick Park: 1.1 mi
- Fowl Meadows: 1.5 mi
- Fowl Meadows: 1.6 mi
- Spring Valley Cc: 1.7 mi
- Neponset Valley Lands: 1.7 mi
- Moose Hill: 2.3 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 2.4 mi
- Bald Hill: 2.4 mi
- Hobbs Hill: 2.9 mi
- Hixon Hill: 2.9 mi
- Turner Pond Beach: 2.6 mi
- South Beach: 5.3 mi
- North Beach: 5.5 mi
- Powissett Beach: 5.5 mi
- Shapiro Beach: 5.6 mi
- Deborah Sampson: 2.9 mi
- Japanese Garden: 3.7 mi
- Zullo Gallery: 5.0 mi
- TOOTHY!!!: 5.1 mi
- Tom Brady: 5.1 mi
- Martha Jones Butterfly Garden: 3.1 mi
- Formal Garden: 5.6 mi
- Kitchen Garden: 5.7 mi
- Trial Garden: 9.3 mi
- Shade Garden: 9.3 mi
- 2: 5.2 mi
- 1: 5.2 mi
- 13: 5.6 mi
- 14: 5.6 mi
- 15: 5.7 mi
- King Philip Rock: 5.8 mi
- King Philip Cave: 6.0 mi
- Breakneck Ledge: 7.3 mi
- The Shield: 10.4 mi
- J Wall: 11.1 mi
- Oak Grove: 7.1 mi
- 35: 11.9 mi
- 36: 11.9 mi
- 16-34: 11.9 mi
- 15: 11.9 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 5.1 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 10.7 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 11.3 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 15.7 mi
- Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 19.0 mi
- Boathouse: 20.4 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 20.4 mi
- Oil Shed: 20.4 mi
- Boston Light: 20.4 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 20.4 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 8.4 mi
- Quarry Spring: 20.1 mi
- Roger Williams Spring: 24.7 mi
- Rock Falls: 11.4 mi
- Cascade Falls: 21.2 mi
- Haywardville: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Francis William Bird Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Blue Hill | NE 54° | 193 m | 6.5 mi |
| Moose Hill | S 177° | 163 m | 2.3 mi |
| Hancock Hill | NE 56° | 155 m | 7.5 mi |
| Buck Hill | ENE 61° | 151 m | 8.3 mi |
| Hemenway Hill | NE 55° | 140 m | 7.3 mi |
| Bluff Hill | S 180° | 138 m | 3.0 mi |
| Snow Hill | NW 322° | 137 m | 5.9 mi |
| Cedar Hill | NW 322° | 134 m | 5.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:43 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:31 | 16:17 |
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 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 53 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Walpole 2, 2 mi away.
- Canada Goose74 obs
- American Robin51 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel39 obs
- common milkweed34 obs
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage34 obs
- eastern white pine31 obs
- American Toad28 obs
- House Sparrow27 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.
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