Park · Massachusetts
Lafayette Park
Lafayette Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 63 m. Copicut Hill stands 109 m to the east-northeast, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Father Travossos Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Route 114 and High Street passes 7.3 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Fall River Parks and Recreation Department
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates41.69288, -71.13140
- 7.3 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
- 7.3 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 13.4 mi off the Paradise Ave and Other Roads
- 13.9 mi off the Veteran's Memorial Parkway
Overlooks nearby
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 14 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 17 mi
- Lookout Point · 23 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Father Travossos Park: 0.4 mi
- Quequechan Rail Trail: 0.5 mi
- Quequechan Rail Trail: 0.5 mi
- Quequechan Rail Trail: 0.6 mi
- Quequechan Rail Trail: 0.6 mi
Museums
- Children’s Museum of Greater Fall River: 1.6 mi
- Pokanoket Tribal lands: 5.5 mi
- Bristol Train of Artillery Museum: 7.5 mi
- Bristol County Courthouse: 7.5 mi
- Herreshoff Marine Museum: 7.5 mi
Historic sites
- Portas Da Cidade: 1.8 mi
- Latham Cornell Monument: 4.9 mi
- Early Warren and the start of King Philip's War: 7.1 mi
- In Memory of Hugh Cole: 7.1 mi
- Founder's Brook Memorial: 7.3 mi
Nature reserves
- Headwaters Conservation Area: 2.4 mi
- Morency & Thomas Parcel: 2.9 mi
- Brayton Point Salt Marsh: 3.1 mi
- Briggs Road Parcel: 3.4 mi
- Town of Dartmouth Conservation Land: 3.5 mi
Peaks
- Townsend Hill: 3.0 mi
- Townsend Hill: 3.0 mi
- Yellow Hill: 3.3 mi
- Cook Hill: 3.6 mi
- Fox Hill: 3.7 mi
Beaches
- Brayton Point Beach: 3.0 mi
- Pierce Beach: 5.0 mi
- Swansea Town Beach: 5.1 mi
- Juniper Trail Beach: 6.0 mi
- Grinnell's Beach: 6.4 mi
Attractions: 58
- Old Colony & Fall River Railroad Museum: 1.8 mi
- USS Hiddensee: 1.9 mi
- USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.: 1.9 mi
- USS Lionfish: 1.9 mi
- Battleship Cove: 1.9 mi
Artworks: 57
- Commonwealth Park "Green Monstah" Mural: 2.2 mi
- John Muir Ecological Pier: 5.4 mi
- Marjorie Stoneman Douglas Ecological Pier: 5.5 mi
- Rachel Carson Ecological Pier: 5.5 mi
- Wes Jackson Ecological Pier: 5.6 mi
Gardens: 27
- Woodcart Garden: 6.0 mi
- Helfand Farm Community Gardens: 8.6 mi
- Rotch- Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum: 11.3 mi
- Herb Garden: 12.7 mi
- Ecological Oasis: 12.9 mi
Cliffs: 21
- Ferry Cliff: 7.2 mi
- Tree Point Rocks: 8.5 mi
- Usher Rocks: 8.6 mi
- King Phillips Lookout: 13.7 mi
- White Banks: 15.8 mi
Picnic sites: 21
- Site #36: 21.6 mi
- Little Beach: 22.1 mi
- Big Beach: 22.1 mi
- 4: 23.1 mi
- 6: 23.1 mi
Rest areas: 7
- Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 7.3 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 7.6 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 22.9 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 23.2 mi
- Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 23.5 mi
Springs: 4
- Crystal Spring: 15.4 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 17.1 mi
- Roger Williams Spring: 17.2 mi
- Plum Point Spring: 18.6 mi
Lighthouses: 3
- Clark's Point Light: 13.7 mi
- Beavertail Light: 21.8 mi
- 1755 Lighthouse Foundation: 21.8 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- East Greenwich Falls: 17.2 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 17.4 mi
- The Falls: 20.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.6 miles of Lafayette Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copicut Hill | ENE 62° | 109 m | 4.2 mi |
| Pocasset Hill | SW 228° | 95 m | 4.2 mi |
| Slate Hill | SSW 213° | 87 m | 12.6 mi |
| Cook Hill | SW 233° | 85 m | 3.6 mi |
| Great Meadow Hill | NNW 341° | 78 m | 13.6 mi |
| Townsend Hill | WSW 245° | 77 m | 3.0 mi |
| Townsend Hill | WSW 244° | 77 m | 3.0 mi |
| Turkey Hill | SW 225° | 69 m | 9.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:41 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 15:33 | 16:18 |
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 | 31 | 33 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.8 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tiverton, 6 mi away.
- Canada Goose34 obs
- Mute Swan32 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel32 obs
- Mallard30 obs
- Hooded Merganser30 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco25 obs
- American Coot21 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird20 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/29830868
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