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J.J. Round Park

J.J. Round Park from directly overhead

J.J. Round Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 54 m. Cairn Hill stands 92 m to the south-southwest, 3.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Harts Hill, a peak 0.1 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 6.9 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.49063, -71.06387

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Mapleway Playground: 0.5 mi
  • Paddy Heights Veterans Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
  • Nasella Field: 0.9 mi
  • Moulton Field: 1.0 mi
  • Hiker Monument and Rockery: 1.1 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Beaches
Attractions
  • Stone Chimney: 2.8 mi
  • Pickerel Rock: 3.5 mi
  • 1899 MIT Observatory site: 3.6 mi
  • Steel Tower: 3.6 mi
  • Echo Rock: 3.9 mi
Gardens
  • Herb Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Sylvester Baxter Delta: 4.3 mi
  • Malden Youth Community Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Winthrop Street Community Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Alex's Place: 6.5 mi
Artworks
  • Orange Dinosaur: 3.3 mi
  • Rock spiral: 4.5 mi
  • Baldwin Green: 4.9 mi
  • Mystic Musical Fence: 6.3 mi
  • Jumbo Statue: 6.4 mi
Cliffs: 49
Picnic sites: 24
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 1.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 11.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 12.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 3: 12.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 12.0 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 5
  • Commissioners Landing: 9.2 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 19.5 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 20.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 21.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 23.1 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 15.3 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 19.2 mi
  • Rock Falls: 20.3 mi
Springs: 4
  • Quarry Spring: 4.3 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 18.7 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 19.5 mi
  • Rail Spring: 21.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 4.9 miles of J.J. Round Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cairn HillSSW 200°92 m3.3 mi
Bear HillSW 232°91 m2.8 mi
Castle RockE 98°87.2 m1.0 mi
Burrill HillE 91°87 m4.0 mi
Winthrop HillSW 226°84 m3.0 mi
Boojum RockSSW 196°83 m3.7 mi
Crow HillE 94°82.9 m1.1 mi
Taylor MountainSW 226°81 m3.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:1918:57
June solstice05:0819:4320:26
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 °F283037485867737264534334
Precip in3.93.64.94.33.84.24.03.53.94.84.05.0

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

Wildlife nearby
  • garlic mustard84 obs
  • Asian bittersweet59 obs
  • eastern white pine58 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail51 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel51 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee51 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle45 obs
  • American Robin42 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/425801823

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