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Glendale Park

Glendale Park from directly overhead

Glendale Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 17 m. Cairn Hill stands 92 m to the northwest, 3.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Patricia A Courtney Memorial, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 5.1 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.41364, -71.04508

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Staff Sergeant Herman A Day Park: 0.3 mi
  • Staff Segeant Day Park: 0.3 mi
  • Hale School Park: 0.4 mi
  • Gramstorff Park: 0.4 mi
  • Raymond MacKinnon Square: 0.4 mi
Peaks
  • Mount Washington: 0.4 mi
  • Powder Horn Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Fennos Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Belmont Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Fennos Hill: 1.2 mi
Attractions
Gardens
  • Anita's Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Malden Youth Community Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Chelsea Community Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Charlestown Sprouts Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Sylvester Baxter Delta: 2.3 mi
Artworks
Beaches
Cliffs: 52
Picnic sites: 23
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 7.8 mi
  • Oak Lea: 7.9 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 8.0 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 10.0 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 2.7 mi
  • Rock Falls: 14.9 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 19.7 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 24.0 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Commissioners Landing: 4.1 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 14.7 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 24.5 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 24.5 mi
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 3.4 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 21.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.0 miles of Glendale Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cairn HillNW 316°92 m3.0 mi
Bear HillNW 319°91 m4.8 mi
Winthrop HillNW 315°84 m4.5 mi
Boojum RockNW 313°83 m2.7 mi
Taylor MountainNW 316°81 m4.5 mi
Mount HoodNNE 14°79 m2.7 mi
Whip HillNNW 329°79 m4.0 mi
Pinnacle RockNW 316°76 m2.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0819:4320:25
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1115:2916:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238495868747366554536
Precip in3.43.24.23.63.23.93.33.23.64.03.74.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boston, 4 mi away.

  • American Robin114 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail96 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel92 obs
  • Canada Goose90 obs
  • Mourning Dove75 obs
  • House Sparrow75 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee74 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle70 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/666516792

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