Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site is a park in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 42 m. Single Tree Hill stands 100 m to the west, 1.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Green Hill Historic District, a park 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 1.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 42 m
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 5.8 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 27.8 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 3 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 20 mi
- Lookout Point · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Green Hill Historic District: 0.1 mi
- Town Green: 0.2 mi
- Brookline Town Green Historic District: 0.2 mi
- Dudley Triangle: 0.3 mi
- Brookline Reservoir Park: 0.3 mi
- Friedman Park: 0.2 mi
- Sargent Beechwood Nature Walk: 0.3 mi
- Sargent Pond Conservation Restriction: 0.3 mi
- Cottage Street Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Walnut Place Conservation Restriction: 0.6 mi
- Fisher Hill: 0.5 mi
- Aspinwall Hill: 0.8 mi
- Single Tree Hill: 1.0 mi
- Mount Walley: 1.2 mi
- Corey Hill: 1.2 mi
- Parkman Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Soldiers Monument: 0.9 mi
- Private First Class Dennis Conry Memorial Square: 1.1 mi
- Soldier's Monument: 1.3 mi
- Rabbi Joseph Shalom Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Jamaica Pond Bench: 0.9 mi
- Sam Adams Boston Brewery Tour: 1.6 mi
- 34: 2.3 mi
- 26: 2.3 mi
- 45: 2.3 mi
- Jamaica Pond Park Rain Garden: 1.0 mi
- Jamaica Pond Park Rain Garden: 1.0 mi
- School Garden: 1.4 mi
- Bradley Rosaceous Collection: 1.7 mi
- Egleston Community Orchard: 1.7 mi
- Larz Anderson Auto Museum: 1.0 mi
- International Paper Museum: 1.1 mi
- Metropolitan Waterworks Museum: 1.3 mi
- Loring-Greenough House: 1.4 mi
- Longyear Museum: 1.5 mi
- Taino Mural: 1.1 mi
- Beauty Master Mural: 1.2 mi
- Pimentel Market Mural: 1.3 mi
- Baker's Dream: 1.4 mi
- Reach: 1.4 mi
- Crystal Lake Beach: 3.5 mi
- Tenean Beach: 5.1 mi
- Pleasure Bay Beach: 5.6 mi
- Nickerson Beach: 6.3 mi
- Orchard Beach: 6.7 mi
- Lower Cliff: 2.1 mi
- Upper Cliff: 2.1 mi
- The Alcove: 2.1 mi
- Temple Overhangs: 2.3 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 2.3 mi
- Pine Knoll: 2.5 mi
- Oak Lea: 2.6 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 2.7 mi
- Babcock Arboretum: 7.2 mi
- Picnic Site 11: 7.5 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 3.8 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 7.5 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 22.9 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 22.9 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 23.0 mi
- Boathouse: 12.3 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 12.3 mi
- Oil Shed: 12.3 mi
- Rainshed: 12.4 mi
- Boston Light: 12.4 mi
- Quarry Spring: 7.8 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 8.7 mi
- Mystery Spring: 22.6 mi
- Cascade Falls: 8.8 mi
- Rock Falls: 10.9 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 22.6 mi
- Haywardville: 9.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.8 miles of Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single Tree Hill | W 264° | 100 m | 1.0 mi |
| Waban Hill | WNW 296° | 98 m | 2.4 mi |
| Bellevue Hill | S 190° | 94 m | 3.4 mi |
| Bird's Hill | SW 236° | 92 m | 5.2 mi |
| Mount Walley | SSW 194° | 91 m | 1.2 mi |
| Bald Pate Hill | WSW 239° | 90 m | 2.7 mi |
| Green Hill | S 181° | 89 m | 1.5 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | WNW 285° | 86 m | 1.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:43 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:30 | 16:16 |
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, 2 mi away.
- Canada Goose1,119 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel1,016 obs
- American Robin972 obs
- Mallard932 obs
- Mute Swan574 obs
- Eastern Cottontail569 obs
- Wild Turkey512 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee489 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/29742541
Day trips start here
- Brookline · 1 mi
- Boston/Allston-Brighton · 2 mi
- Boston/Fenway-Kenmore · 2 mi
- Boston/Jamaica Plain-Mission Hill · 2 mi
- Boston/Roxbury · 2 mi
- Boston/Outer Neighborhoods · 3 mi
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