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Lake Park

Lake Park from directly overhead

Lake Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 129 m. Stonehouse Hill stands 330 m to the northwest, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Quinsigamond State Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 6.6 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.25703, -71.75570

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • The Explorer Express Train: 0.8 mi
  • Mine Shaft: 2.2 mi
  • Worcester Wall: 2.2 mi
  • Old Black Oak: 4.1 mi
  • Ford on Rocks: 5.0 mi
Peaks
  • Crow Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Chandler Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Union Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Union Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Wigwam Hill: 1.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Spag's Memorial: 1.4 mi
  • Henry Billings Memorial: 1.5 mi
  • Worcester Cold Storage Warehouse Fire Memorial: 1.9 mi
  • Cristoforo Colombo: 2.0 mi
  • Korean War Memorial: 2.1 mi
Gardens: 46
  • Jakubowitz-Chaifetz Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Hadwen Community Garden: 4.0 mi
  • IUI Garden for the Ages: 4.6 mi
  • Secret Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Lawn Garden: 7.3 mi
Museums: 44
Artworks: 37
Beaches: 30
Cliffs: 9
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascades: 20.8 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 20.9 mi
  • Cargill Falls: 24.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
  • Picnic: 23.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 18.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.0 miles of Lake Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stonehouse HillNW 305°330 m6.7 mi
Eddy HillWNW 284°319 m6.8 mi
Denny HillWSW 253°287 m6.5 mi
Rocky HillW 268°285 m6.7 mi
Winter HillNW 313°273 m5.4 mi
Drury HillNNW 331°261 m6.2 mi
Dead Horse HillWSW 247°253 m6.0 mi
Moreland HillWNW 292°249 m4.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:1119:4520:28
September equinox06:3518:0918:46
December solstice07:1315:3316:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735465765716962514031
Precip in3.53.34.24.13.64.23.94.14.24.84.04.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Worcester, 6 mi away.

  • Spotted Lanternfly388 obs
  • Mallard186 obs
  • Canada Goose123 obs
  • tree-of-heaven108 obs
  • American Robin99 obs
  • House Sparrow90 obs
  • American pokeweed82 obs
  • Great Blue Heron81 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/29684167

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