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Longfellow Park

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Elevation: 3 m
Tallest summit within 5.3 miles: Turkey Hill107 m · 4.6 mi
Nearest byway: Battle Road Scenic Byway2.5 mi off
Sunset, June solstice: 20:26local time
Coordinates: 42.3754, -71.1271

Longfellow Park from directly overhead

Longfellow Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a recorded 3 m. Turkey Hill stands 107 m to the north-northwest, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Longfellow, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 2.5 miles off.

The record

Elevation: 3 m
Access: Yes

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.3 miles of Longfellow Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Turkey Hill	NNW 329°	107 m	4.6 mi
Mount Pisgah	NNW 338°	105 m	5.2 mi
Single Tree Hill	SSW 200°	100 m	3.8 mi
Waban Hill	SW 224°	98 m	3.4 mi
Mount Gilboa	NW 322°	95 m	4.6 mi
Cairn Hill	NNE 24°	92 m	5.3 mi
Wellington Hill	WNW 300°	91 m	3.8 mi
Mount Walley	S 187°	91 m	4.7 mi

On the road

2.5 mi off the Battle Road Scenic BywayNational
3.5 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage BywayNational
24.9 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway

Overlooks nearby

Skywalk Observatory · 3 mi
Sunset Ledge · 24 mi
Eagle Rock · 27 mi
Lookout Point · 28 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks

Longfellow: 0.0 mi
Statue Of David: 0.4 mi
Compare The Shells: 0.5 mi
Night Wall I: 0.5 mi
Judgement: 0.5 mi

Parks

Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site: 0.1 mi
Cambridge Common: 0.3 mi
Brattle Square: 0.4 mi
Dawes Island Park: 0.4 mi
Winthrop Park: 0.4 mi

Gardens

Wallach Garden: 0.2 mi
Harvard Community Garden: 0.5 mi
Adolphus Busch Hall Garden: 0.7 mi
Green Street Neighborhood Garden: 0.9 mi
Shawn Megan Memorial Garden: 1.0 mi

Historic sites

Attractions

Harvard Square: 0.4 mi
34: 2.4 mi
26: 2.4 mi
Citgo Sign: 2.4 mi
45: 2.4 mi

Museums

The Collection Of Historical Scientific Instruments: 0.6 mi
Harvard Museum of Natural History: 0.6 mi
Harvard Geological and Mineral Museum: 0.6 mi
Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology: 0.6 mi
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology: 0.7 mi

Peaks

Dana Hill: 0.9 mi
Mount Auburn: 1.0 mi
Coolidge Hill: 1.1 mi
Spring Hill: 1.3 mi
Spring Hill: 1.3 mi

Nature reserves

Beaches

Cliffs49

Lunch Wall: 4.2 mi
Temple Overhangs: 4.2 mi
Pusherman Wall: 4.2 mi
Lower Cliff: 4.3 mi
Upper Cliff: 4.3 mi

Picnic sites24

Pine Knoll: 5.2 mi
Oak Lea: 5.2 mi
Nature's Pavilion: 5.4 mi
Picnic Site 1: 6.5 mi
Picnic Site 12: 6.6 mi

Lighthouses6

Boathouse: 12.5 mi
Keeper's Dwelling: 12.5 mi
Oil Shed: 12.5 mi
Rainshed: 12.5 mi
Boston Light: 12.5 mi

Springs3

Quarry Spring: 4.3 mi
Pakomet Spring: 11.9 mi
Mystery Spring: 20.2 mi

Waterfalls3

Cascade Falls: 5.5 mi
Rock Falls: 13.7 mi
Wamesit Falls: 19.5 mi

Rest areas2

Commissioners Landing: 3.0 mi
Westwood Rest Area: 11.0 mi

Ghost towns1

Haywardville: 6.4 mi

Light

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:49	18:20	18:57
June solstice	05:08	19:43	20:26
September equinox	06:32	18:07	18:44
December solstice	07:11	15:30	16:15

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, 5 mi away.

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