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Long Island

Long Island from directly overhead

Long Island is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 22 m. Wampatuck Hill stands 103 m to the south-southwest, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Battery Stevens, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 5.5 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.32155, -70.96398

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Battery Stevens: 0.4 mi
  • Battery Smyth: 0.6 mi
  • Fort Strong: 0.7 mi
  • Battery Drum: 0.7 mi
  • Battery Hitchcock: 0.7 mi
Museums
Beaches
Peaks
  • Cottage Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Telegraph Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Allerton Hill: 4.1 mi
  • Telegraph Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Savin Hill: 4.4 mi
Artworks
Gardens
Attractions
Cliffs: 48
Picnic sites: 21
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 4
  • Commissioners Landing: 6.1 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 12.3 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 16.9 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 16.9 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 10.3 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 9.4 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 10.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Long Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wampatuck HillSSW 213°103 m7.5 mi
Fox HillSW 215°95 m7.7 mi
Rattlesnake HillSSW 212°90 m7.3 mi
Pine HillSSW 207°74 m7.2 mi
The CragsSSW 213°71 m7.2 mi
Great DomeSW 218°64 m7.3 mi
Parker HillW 274°62 m7.2 mi
Penns HillSSW 195°61 m6.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0819:4220:25
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1015:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238495868747366554536
Precip in3.43.24.23.63.23.93.33.23.64.03.74.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boston, 4 mi away.

  • European Flat Oyster121 obs
  • Common Eider83 obs
  • staghorn sumac83 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant74 obs
  • Common Periwinkle68 obs
  • bird's-foot trefoil66 obs
  • European Green Crab63 obs
  • wild carrot63 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.

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OpenStreetMap element way/29691408

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