- Elevation, modelled
- 3 m
- Tallest summit within 5.4 miles
- Prospect Hill135 m · 5.0 mi
- Nearest byway
- Battle Road Scenic Byway1.8 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:26local time
- Coordinates
- 42.3842, -71.1553
Little Fresh Pond Dog Beach is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled 3 m. Prospect Hill stands 135 m to the west, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Grove Street Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 1.8 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.4 miles of Little Fresh Pond Dog Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect Hill | W 274° | 135 m | 5.0 mi |
| Little Prospect | W 271° | 133 m | 5.1 mi |
| Whipple Hill | NNW 340° | 110 m | 4.3 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NNW 345° | 107 m | 3.5 mi |
| Zion Hill | NNW 346° | 107 m | 5.1 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | N 353° | 105 m | 4.3 mi |
| Mount Independence | NW 317° | 101 m | 4.3 mi |
| Single Tree Hill | S 178° | 100 m | 4.2 mi |
- 1.8 mi off the Battle Road Scenic BywayNational
- 5.1 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage BywayNational
- 25.3 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 4 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 24 mi
- Lookout Point · 28 mi
- Eagle Rock · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Grove Street Park: 0.3 mi
- Glacken Field: 0.3 mi
- William G. Maher Park: 0.5 mi
- Kingsley Park: 0.5 mi
- Rafferty Park: 0.6 mi
Historic sites
- Mount Auburn Veterans Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Teeven Memorial Circle: 0.7 mi
- Brodette Memorial Circle: 0.8 mi
- Site of Fitchburg Railroad Hill Crossing Depot: 0.8 mi
- The Sphinx: 0.9 mi
Artworks
- Turtle: 0.7 mi
- Boston: 1.0 mi
- Longfellow: 1.6 mi
- Evo: 1.7 mi
- All That Empty Space: 1.8 mi
Museums
- Griffin Museum at Digital Silver Imaging: 0.8 mi
- Edmund Fowle House: 1.7 mi
- Cooper-Frost-Austin House: 1.7 mi
- Armenian Museum of America: 2.0 mi
- Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology: 2.1 mi
Nature reserves
- Alewife Brook Parkway: 1.0 mi
- Alewife Brook Parkway: 1.0 mi
- Alewife Brook Parkway: 1.1 mi
- Whitney Hill Park: 1.7 mi
- Hunnewell Woods: 2.1 mi
Peaks
- Meetinghouse Hill: 1.0 mi
- Mount Auburn: 1.2 mi
- Coolidge Hill: 1.2 mi
- Whitney Hill: 1.8 mi
- Clarendon Hill: 2.0 mi
Gardens
- Shawn Megan Memorial Garden: 1.2 mi
- Wallach Garden: 1.8 mi
- Bikeway Community Garden: 2.0 mi
- Harvard Community Garden: 2.1 mi
- Adolphus Busch Hall Garden: 2.1 mi
Attractions
- Harvard Square: 2.0 mi
- Arlington Center Historic District: 2.2 mi
- Central Street Historical District: 2.3 mi
- Heartbreak Hill (Top/End): 3.5 mi
- Heartbreak Hill (Bottom/Start): 3.7 mi
Beaches
- Crystal Lake Beach: 4.7 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 4.9 mi
- Pleasure Bay Beach: 7.7 mi
- Tenean Beach: 8.5 mi
- Corinha Beach: 8.9 mi
Cliffs: 46
- Lunch Wall: 3.9 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 4.1 mi
- Temple Overhangs: 4.1 mi
- Lower Cliff: 4.3 mi
- Upper Cliff: 4.3 mi
Picnic sites: 24
- Picnic Site 1: 5.0 mi
- Valley Shelter: 5.1 mi
- Picnic Site 12: 5.1 mi
- Picnic Site 11: 5.1 mi
- Picnic Site 4: 5.1 mi
Lighthouses: 6
- Boathouse: 14.0 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 14.0 mi
- Oil Shed: 14.1 mi
- Rainshed: 14.1 mi
- Boston Light: 14.1 mi
Springs: 3
- Quarry Spring: 4.4 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 12.9 mi
- Mystery Spring: 18.8 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Cascade Falls: 5.8 mi
- Rock Falls: 14.9 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 18.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Commissioners Landing: 4.6 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 11.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Haywardville: 6.4 mi
| 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).
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, 6 mi away.
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