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Jack Walsh Field

Jack Walsh Field from directly overhead

Jack Walsh Field is a park in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 64 m. Prospect Hill (468') stands 135 m to the northwest, 2.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Bear Hill, a peak 0.2 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 5.9 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
64 m

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.54747, -71.41040

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • NARA Park: 2.0 mi
  • Robbins Mill Recreation Area: 2.5 mi
  • Westford Town Common: 2.7 mi
  • Long Lake Beach: 3.0 mi
  • Center Park: 3.4 mi
Museums
Attractions
Gardens
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Minute Man Statue: 6.2 mi
  • Buddha Statue: 7.3 mi
  • Forest Bells: 7.4 mi
  • Dance Rhythm: 7.6 mi
  • Rembering Center School: 7.6 mi
Beaches: 44
  • Freeman Lake Beach: 6.2 mi
  • Harvard Town Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Thurston's Beach: 10.4 mi
  • Stow Town Beach: 10.8 mi
  • Pelham Town Beach: 10.8 mi
Picnic sites: 24
Cliffs: 19
Waterfalls: 7
  • Wamesit Falls: 8.0 mi
  • The Falls: 17.4 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 18.4 mi
  • Cascades: 19.8 mi
  • Trap Falls: 20.5 mi
Rest areas: 4
Springs: 2
  • Mystery Spring: 2.2 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 17.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.6 miles of Jack Walsh Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect Hill (468')NW 322°135 m2.6 mi
Rocky HillWNW 288°131 m6.6 mi
Millstone HillNW 319°127 m6.3 mi
Snake Meadow HillNW 318°123 m5.0 mi
Robbins HillNE 42°122 m3.5 mi
Sparks HillWNW 301°120 m2.0 mi
Wilderness HillWSW 254°120 m3.5 mi
Starr HillWSW 253°120 m3.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:0919:4520:27
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1315:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735475867737164514031
Precip in3.63.24.34.13.84.43.94.03.95.03.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lowell, 7 mi away.

  • Painted Turtle21 obs
  • striped wintergreen20 obs
  • American Toad19 obs
  • northern starflower18 obs
  • Spotted Salamander17 obs
  • Common Garter Snake17 obs
  • White-tailed Deer16 obs
  • pink lady's slipper16 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/29769434

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