Gillis Field
Gillis Field is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Whipple Hill stands 110 m to the west-northwest, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Middlesex Fells Reservation, a park 0.1 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 2.5 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- restricted
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 5.5 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 21.4 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 5 mi
- Eagle Rock · 24 mi
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 27 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Middlesex Fells Reservation: 0.1 mi
- Hickey Park: 0.1 mi
- McNally Park: 0.2 mi
- Washington Place Park: 0.5 mi
- Riverside Plaza: 0.5 mi
- Fannie Farmer Memorial Plaque: 0.3 mi
- Cradock Bridge: 0.6 mi
- Silver mine: 1.5 mi
- Nicholas L. Delano Memorial Fountain: 1.5 mi
- The First Church in Malden: 1.5 mi
- Mount Andrew: 0.6 mi
- Pine Hill: 0.6 mi
- Rock Hill: 1.0 mi
- Wenepoykin Hill: 1.2 mi
- Pasture Hill: 1.3 mi
- Medford Historical Society: 0.6 mi
- Somerville Historical Museum: 2.6 mi
- Cyrus Dallin Art Museum: 2.6 mi
- Jason Russell House: 2.9 mi
- Smith Museum Archives: 2.9 mi
- Rock spiral: 0.7 mi
- Jumbo Statue: 1.5 mi
- The Cannon: 1.5 mi
- Mystic Musical Fence: 1.7 mi
- Free Range Sculpture Garden: 2.2 mi
- Winthrop Street Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- Sylvester Baxter Delta: 1.0 mi
- Alex's Place: 1.5 mi
- Tufts Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- Malden Youth Community Garden: 2.0 mi
- 1899 MIT Observatory site: 1.4 mi
- Pickerel Rock: 1.7 mi
- Stone Chimney: 2.2 mi
- Hikmat home: 2.6 mi
- Central Street Historical District: 2.8 mi
- Mystic River Reservation: 1.7 mi
- Great Island: 1.9 mi
- Brooks Parkhurst Town Forest: 2.0 mi
- Brooks Estate: 2.0 mi
- Cooke's Hollow: 2.6 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 2.9 mi
- Pearce Lake Beach: 5.8 mi
- Revere Beach: 6.0 mi
- Revere Beach: 6.1 mi
- Short Beach: 6.6 mi
- Crag 1: 1.6 mi
- Lookout Cliff: 3.1 mi
- Grovers Cliff: 7.2 mi
- The Cellar: 7.5 mi
- Lunch Wall: 7.6 mi
- Pinetops Picnic Area: 5.9 mi
- Picnic Site 1: 7.9 mi
- Picnic Site 4: 8.2 mi
- Picnic Site 2: 8.2 mi
- Picnic Site 3: 8.2 mi
- Boathouse: 12.7 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 12.7 mi
- Oil Shed: 12.7 mi
- Rainshed: 12.7 mi
- Boston Light: 12.7 mi
- Cascade Falls: 1.9 mi
- Rock Falls: 16.3 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 17.3 mi
- Newbury Falls: 24.1 mi
- Quarry Spring: 0.8 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 15.0 mi
- Mystery Spring: 19.0 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 4.8 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 14.6 mi
- Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 23.6 mi
- Haywardville: 2.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 4.5 miles of Gillis Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whipple Hill | WNW 286° | 110 m | 4.3 mi |
| Turkey Hill | W 279° | 107 m | 3.6 mi |
| Zion Hill | WNW 298° | 107 m | 4.5 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | WNW 294° | 105 m | 3.5 mi |
| Mount Gilboa | W 273° | 95 m | 4.1 mi |
| Cairn Hill | NNE 30° | 92 m | 1.6 mi |
| Bear Hill | N 355° | 91 m | 2.9 mi |
| Horn Pond Mountain | NW 311° | 86 m | 3.8 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, 7 mi away.
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee823 obs
- Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth621 obs
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee587 obs
- striped wintergreen581 obs
- American Robin542 obs
- Mallard526 obs
- eastern white pine449 obs
- Western Honey Bee442 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/29830207
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