Grape Island
Grape Island is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Chickatawbut Hill stands 156 m to the west-southwest, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Slate Island, a park 0.5 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 9.1 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1973
How to reach it
- 9.1 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 15.0 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 26.0 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 10 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 24 mi
- Eagle Rock · 27 mi
- Lookout Point · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Slate Island: 0.5 mi
- Webb Memorial State Park: 0.6 mi
- Boston Harbor Islands State Park: 1.1 mi
- Bradley Woods Playground: 1.2 mi
- Bumpkin Island: 1.4 mi
- Bouve Conservation Area: 0.9 mi
- Fee Pond Conservation Area: 1.2 mi
- Stodders Neck: 1.4 mi
- Crow Point Lane Conservation Area: 1.4 mi
- Weymouth Back River Access: 1.6 mi
- George Lane Beach: 1.5 mi
- Edgewater Drive Beach: 1.5 mi
- Wessagusset Beach: 1.8 mi
- Rhoda Beach: 2.2 mi
- Fire Station Beach: 2.3 mi
- Squirrel Hill: 1.6 mi
- Otis Hill: 1.6 mi
- Bradley Hill: 1.8 mi
- Baker Hill: 1.9 mi
- Planters Hill: 2.3 mi
- Fort Andrews: 2.2 mi
- F. Arthur Edwards Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Fort Revere: 2.6 mi
- Father Connolly: 2.9 mi
- More-Brewer Stone: 3.3 mi
- South Shore Model Railroad Club: 2.2 mi
- USS Salem: 3.2 mi
- Herring Run: 3.9 mi
- House Rock: 4.0 mi
- United First Parish Church: 4.4 mi
- Bare Cove Fire Museum: 2.2 mi
- Benjamin Lincoln House: 2.3 mi
- Windmill Point Boathouse: 2.3 mi
- Hull Lifesaving Museum: 2.8 mi
- Abigail Adams House Museum: 2.8 mi
- John Hancock: 4.4 mi
- Abigail Adams: 4.4 mi
- John Adams: 4.4 mi
- Constitution Common: 4.6 mi
- The Lone Sailor: 5.9 mi
- Braintree Community Garden: 4.5 mi
- Craig M. Simeone Square: 6.6 mi
- Fogg Opera House Garden: 6.7 mi
- Olden's Community Horticulture Garden Set: 6.8 mi
- Olden's Horticulturale Community Garden Set: 6.8 mi
- Rose Cliff: 1.1 mi
- Houghs Neck Great Hill: 1.6 mi
- Nut Island: 1.8 mi
- Middle Head: 2.0 mi
- East Head: 2.2 mi
- Babcock Arboretum: 4.7 mi
- Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 6.9 mi
- Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 6.9 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 8.9 mi
- Pine Knoll: 9.0 mi
- Boathouse: 4.3 mi
- Oil Shed: 4.3 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 4.3 mi
- Boston Light: 4.4 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 4.4 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 9.9 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 12.6 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 12.6 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 12.7 mi
- Rock Falls: 6.3 mi
- Cascade Falls: 14.5 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 8.6 mi
- Quarry Spring: 14.9 mi
- Haywardville: 16.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Grape Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chickatawbut Hill | WSW 246° | 156 m | 7.9 mi |
| Fenno Peak | WSW 245° | 151 m | 7.8 mi |
| Nahanton Hill | WSW 246° | 145 m | 7.6 mi |
| Kitchamakin Hill | WSW 246° | 133 m | 7.7 mi |
| Wampatuck Hill | WSW 247° | 103 m | 6.9 mi |
| Fox Hill | WSW 248° | 95 m | 7.2 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | WSW 247° | 90 m | 6.5 mi |
| Pine Hill | WSW 243° | 74 m | 6.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:42 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 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 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 4.0 | 5.4 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hingham, 3 mi away.
- staghorn sumac70 obs
- eastern redcedar48 obs
- White-tailed Deer43 obs
- common milkweed42 obs
- Wild Turkey41 obs
- European Green Crab41 obs
- Japanese Littleneck38 obs
- Common Eider37 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/29688172
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