Green Island
Green Island is a park, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Mount Hood stands 79 m to the northwest, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Calf Island, a park 0.5 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 8.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1 m
How to reach it
- 8.8 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 13.5 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 20.0 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 10 mi
- Eagle Rock · 21 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 29 mi
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Calf Island: 0.5 mi
- Calf Island: 0.8 mi
- Middle Brewster Island: 1.0 mi
- Outer Brewster Island: 1.0 mi
- Great Brewster Island: 1.4 mi
- The Graves: 1.5 mi
- Nahant Thicket Wildlife Sancuary: 4.9 mi
- Henry Cabot Lodge Wildlife Sanctuary: 5.6 mi
- Weir River Woods Access: 6.3 mi
- Weir River Woods: 6.4 mi
- Battery Vincent: 2.5 mi
- Lighthouse Depot Wharf: 2.6 mi
- Civil War-era Castmate: 2.7 mi
- Fort Warren: 2.9 mi
- Fort Revere: 3.4 mi
- Allerton Hill: 3.1 mi
- Telegraph Hill: 3.4 mi
- Cottage Hill: 4.1 mi
- Strawberry Hill: 4.4 mi
- Baileys Hill: 4.9 mi
- Hull Lifesaving Museum: 3.3 mi
- Windmill Point Boathouse: 3.8 mi
- Winthrop Public Library and Museum: 5.0 mi
- Paragon Park Museum and Museum Shop: 6.0 mi
- ICA Watershed: 7.2 mi
- Hull Village Beach: 3.6 mi
- Yirrel Beach: 4.0 mi
- Nantasket Beach: 4.3 mi
- Canoe Beach: 4.7 mi
- Josephs Beach: 4.7 mi
- Curci Studio 20 Madison Avenue: 4.9 mi
- Fight the Rise: 7.2 mi
- Rise: 7.3 mi
- Donald McKay: 7.3 mi
- Heart of the Ocean: 7.3 mi
- SeaCoast Community Garden: 5.9 mi
- Albert 'Junior' Lombardi Garden: 7.3 mi
- Joseph Ciampa Community Garden: 7.4 mi
- 6 Chelsea Terrace: 7.4 mi
- Eastie Farm: 7.5 mi
- CCUS (Christian congregation): 7.8 mi
- South Shore Model Railroad Club: 8.0 mi
- Waterboat Duck House: 8.0 mi
- Hood Milk Bottle: 8.1 mi
- New England Aquarium Whale Watching: 8.1 mi
- Long Island Head: 3.7 mi
- East Head: 4.0 mi
- Winthrop Head: 4.0 mi
- Middle Head: 4.3 mi
- Grovers Cliff: 4.7 mi
- Babcock Arboretum: 8.3 mi
- Pine Knoll: 10.6 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 10.6 mi
- Oak Lea: 10.6 mi
- Pinetops Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
- Rainshed: 1.7 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 1.7 mi
- Boathouse: 1.7 mi
- Boston Light: 1.7 mi
- Oil Shed: 1.7 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 9.3 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 16.5 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 17.2 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 17.2 mi
- Cascade Falls: 11.4 mi
- Rock Falls: 12.0 mi
- Quarry Spring: 12.3 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 13.4 mi
- Haywardville: 12.8 mi
- Dogtown: 22.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Green Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Hood | NW 314° | 79 m | 9.9 mi |
| Penns Hill | SSW 213° | 61 m | 9.7 mi |
| Turkey Hill | SSE 166° | 57 m | 8.0 mi |
| Fennos Hill | WNW 301° | 55 m | 7.7 mi |
| Baker Hill | NW 319° | 55 m | 8.7 mi |
| Scituate Hill | SSE 158° | 54 m | 8.6 mi |
| Forbes Hill | SW 226° | 54 m | 9.6 mi |
| Vinegar Hill | NW 326° | 53 m | 9.9 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 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:29 | 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, 6 mi away.
- Great Black-backed Gull19 obs
- American Herring Gull19 obs
- Common Eider17 obs
- Double-crested Cormorant17 obs
- northern seaside goldenrod12 obs
- Grey Seal11 obs
- Great Cormorant10 obs
- Forbes's Sea Star10 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/74433205
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