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Hastings Park

Hastings Park from directly overhead

Hastings Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 68 m. Prospect Hill stands 135 m to the south, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Hastings Sanctuary, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway runs past it.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
68 m
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.44838, -71.23826

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Center Recreation Complex: 0.2 mi
  • Belfry Hill Park: 0.4 mi
  • Lexington Battle Green: 0.4 mi
  • Lincoln Park: 0.4 mi
  • Emery Park: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Museums
Artworks
Gardens
  • Idylwilde Community Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Wildlife Habitat Garden: 3.0 mi
  • The Kindness Rocks Project: 3.4 mi
  • Bedford Garden Club: 3.6 mi
  • Bedford Garden Club: 3.6 mi
Attractions
  • vernal pool: 1.5 mi
  • Bowman Tavern: 2.0 mi
  • Paul Revere Capture Site: 2.1 mi
  • Bloody Angle: 3.1 mi
  • RR Semaphore: 3.8 mi
Beaches
  • Borggaard Beach: 4.9 mi
  • Baby Beach: 8.5 mi
  • Crystal Lake Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Pearce Lake Beach: 10.8 mi
  • Morses Pond Beach: 11.3 mi
Cliffs: 44
Picnic sites: 25
  • Picnic Site 1: 3.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 4.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 3: 4.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 4.1 mi
  • Valley Shelter: 4.3 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 4
  • Commissioners Landing: 10.5 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 16.5 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 21.2 mi
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 24.2 mi
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 6.8 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 12.6 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 18.7 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Rock Falls: 21.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.8 miles of Hastings Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillS 191°135 m4.2 mi
Little ProspectS 191°133 m4.5 mi
Whipple HillE 99°110 m2.8 mi
Loring HillS 172°109 m0.7 mi
Granny HillENE 73°108 m1.0 mi
Zion HillE 81°107 m3.0 mi
Turkey HillESE 108°107 m3.5 mi
Pine HillW 261°106 m4.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4420:26
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1215:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F282937495968747264524233
Precip in2.92.73.83.83.43.73.53.53.54.23.73.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bedford Hanscom FLD, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • alder buckthorn163 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage160 obs
  • eastern white pine159 obs
  • pitch pine144 obs
  • American beech136 obs
  • sensitive fern124 obs
  • black cherry107 obs
  • Sweet Pepperbush102 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/29859691

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