Kenrick Park
Kenrick Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 29 m. Prospect Hill stands 135 m to the northwest, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Farlow and Kendrick Parks Historic District, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 4.4 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 29 m
How to reach it
- 4.4 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 4.8 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 28.0 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 5 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 21 mi
- Lookout Point · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Farlow and Kendrick Parks Historic District: 0.0 mi
- Burr Park: 0.1 mi
- Farlow Hill Historic District: 0.1 mi
- Hyde Avenue Historic District: 0.3 mi
- Farlow Park: 0.3 mi
- Awtrey Dell: 0.3 mi
- Hunnewell Woods: 0.6 mi
- Old Deer Park Conservation Area: 1.4 mi
- Whitney Hill Park: 1.5 mi
- Elgin Street Conservation Area: 1.7 mi
- Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds: 0.3 mi
- Jackson Homestead and Museum: 0.7 mi
- Armenian Museum of America: 1.1 mi
- McMullen Museum of Art: 1.2 mi
- Edmund Fowle House: 1.2 mi
- Mount Ida: 0.5 mi
- Waban Hill: 0.9 mi
- Whitney Hill: 1.5 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 1.7 mi
- Meetinghouse Hill: 1.9 mi
- Watertown Founders Monument: 0.9 mi
- Columbus Delta Monument: 1.0 mi
- Soldiers Monument: 1.3 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 1.4 mi
- War Memorial: 1.7 mi
- Heartbreak Hill (Top/End): 1.0 mi
- Heartbreak Hill (Bottom/Start): 1.0 mi
- Piccadilly Square Chair: 1.6 mi
- Harvard Square: 3.6 mi
- Jamaica Pond Bench: 4.1 mi
- Saint Ignatius Loyola: 1.3 mi
- Hamony Unity: 2.3 mi
- Ringer Park Tribute: 2.3 mi
- Evo: 2.3 mi
- Turtle: 2.4 mi
- Crystal Lake Beach: 2.0 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 7.4 mi
- Morses Pond Beach: 7.9 mi
- Tenean Beach: 8.1 mi
- Pleasure Bay Beach: 8.2 mi
- Emma Hart Fessenden Garden: 2.0 mi
- Penniman Road Community Garden: 2.3 mi
- Lawton Park Community Garden: 2.8 mi
- School Garden: 3.0 mi
- Yvonne’s Garden: 3.1 mi
- Lunch Wall: 1.4 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 1.7 mi
- Temple Overhangs: 1.7 mi
- Lower Cliff: 1.9 mi
- Upper Cliff: 1.9 mi
- Picnic Site 11: 4.4 mi
- Picnic Site 10: 4.4 mi
- Picnic Site 12: 4.4 mi
- Picnic Site 9: 4.4 mi
- Valley Shelter: 4.5 mi
- Boathouse: 14.9 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 14.9 mi
- Oil Shed: 15.0 mi
- Rainshed: 15.0 mi
- Boston Light: 15.0 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 5.6 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 9.3 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 24.1 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 24.7 mi
- Quarry Spring: 7.1 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 11.4 mi
- Mystery Spring: 19.7 mi
- Cascade Falls: 8.5 mi
- Rock Falls: 13.9 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 20.1 mi
- Haywardville: 9.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.8 miles of Kenrick Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect Hill | NW 306° | 135 m | 4.5 mi |
| Little Prospect | WNW 302° | 133 m | 4.4 mi |
| Doublet Hill | W 268° | 108 m | 4.7 mi |
| Turkey Hill | N 5° | 107 m | 5.7 mi |
| Maugus Hill | WSW 238° | 101 m | 5.3 mi |
| Mount Independence | NNW 344° | 101 m | 5.7 mi |
| Single Tree Hill | SE 141° | 100 m | 2.4 mi |
| Waban Hill | SSE 152° | 98 m | 0.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:30 | 16:16 |
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 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 53 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jamaica Plain, 4 mi away.
- Canada Goose780 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel733 obs
- American pokeweed534 obs
- Mallard518 obs
- eastern white pine494 obs
- Mute Swan437 obs
- Eastern Cottontail420 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee392 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 node/358261345
Day trips start here
- Watertown · 1 mi
- Boston/Allston-Brighton · 2 mi
- Newton · 2 mi
- Brookline · 3 mi
- Waltham · 3 mi
- Boston/Fenway-Kenmore · 4 mi
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