Franklin Street Park
Franklin Street Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Single Tree Hill stands 100 m to the southwest, 3.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Green Street Neighborhood Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 2.5 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 3.3 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 24.8 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 2 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 23 mi
- Eagle Rock · 27 mi
- Lookout Point · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Green Street Neighborhood Garden: 0.1 mi
- Harvard Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- Adolphus Busch Hall Garden: 0.7 mi
- Wallach Garden: 0.8 mi
- Steinbrenner Garden: 0.9 mi
- Michael A. Sullivan Square: 0.2 mi
- Celebrate The Coast: 0.3 mi
- Norman Tubman Square: 0.3 mi
- In Memory of Cleo Stoughton: 0.4 mi
- The Harvard Lampoon Castle: 0.4 mi
- Dana Hill: 0.2 mi
- Prospect Hill: 1.3 mi
- Spring Hill: 1.4 mi
- Spring Hill: 1.4 mi
- Central Hill: 1.5 mi
- Burns Playground: 0.2 mi
- Corporal Burns Park: 0.3 mi
- James Cronin Park: 0.3 mi
- McElroy Park: 0.3 mi
- Hoyt Field: 0.3 mi
- Spiral: 0.4 mi
- Large Four Piece Reclining Figure: 0.4 mi
- Graffiti Alley: 0.5 mi
- Harvard Bixi: 0.5 mi
- Edge of the Forest (Deer): 0.6 mi
- Fogg Museum: 0.5 mi
- Harvard Art Museums: 0.5 mi
- Busch-Reisinger Museum: 0.5 mi
- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery: 0.5 mi
- The Collection Of Historical Scientific Instruments: 0.7 mi
- Harvard Square: 0.6 mi
- Citgo Sign: 1.5 mi
- 34: 1.5 mi
- 26: 1.5 mi
- 45: 1.5 mi
- Amory Woods: 1.4 mi
- Hall's Pond Sanctuary: 1.5 mi
- Alewife Brook Parkway: 2.3 mi
- Mystic River Reservation: 2.4 mi
- Alewife Brook Parkway: 2.4 mi
- Pleasure Bay Beach: 5.1 mi
- Crystal Lake Beach: 5.5 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 6.2 mi
- Tenean Beach: 6.2 mi
- Corinha Beach: 6.6 mi
- Lower Cliff: 4.4 mi
- Temple Overhangs: 4.4 mi
- Upper Cliff: 4.4 mi
- Lunch Wall: 4.4 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 4.5 mi
- Pine Knoll: 4.4 mi
- Oak Lea: 4.5 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 4.6 mi
- Picnic Site 12: 7.5 mi
- Picnic Site 11: 7.5 mi
- Boathouse: 11.5 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 11.5 mi
- Oil Shed: 11.6 mi
- Rainshed: 11.6 mi
- Boston Light: 11.6 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 2.0 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 10.7 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 24.1 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 24.1 mi
- Quarry Spring: 4.7 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 11.2 mi
- Mystery Spring: 21.2 mi
- Cascade Falls: 5.6 mi
- Rock Falls: 12.8 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 20.4 mi
- Haywardville: 6.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.5 miles of Franklin Street Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single Tree Hill | SW 215° | 100 m | 3.7 mi |
| Waban Hill | WSW 239° | 98 m | 3.8 mi |
| Mount Walley | SSW 199° | 91 m | 4.3 mi |
| Wellington Hill | WNW 300° | 91 m | 4.8 mi |
| Green Hill | SSW 194° | 89 m | 4.6 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | SW 226° | 86 m | 3.7 mi |
| Boojum Rock | NNE 15° | 83 m | 5.2 mi |
| Fisher Hill | SSW 210° | 81 m | 3.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 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 | 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, 5 mi away.
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee2,885 obs
- Western Honey Bee2,285 obs
- Wild Turkey1,385 obs
- Eastern Cottontail1,282 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel1,252 obs
- American Robin1,210 obs
- Canada Goose1,146 obs
- House Sparrow1,060 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/29838846
Day trips start here
- Cambridge · 1 mi
- Somerville · 1 mi
- Boston/Allston-Brighton · 2 mi
- Boston/Back Bay-Beacon Hill · 2 mi
- Boston/Charlestown · 2 mi
- Boston/Fenway-Kenmore · 2 mi
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