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Lovells Island

Lovells Island from directly overhead

Lovells Island is a park in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 5 m. Wampatuck Hill stands 103 m to the southwest, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Battery Vincent, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 7.1 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
5 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.32885, -70.92809

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Battery Vincent: 0.1 mi
  • Lighthouse Depot Wharf: 0.2 mi
  • Civil War-era Castmate: 0.2 mi
  • Fort Warren: 0.6 mi
  • Battery Ward: 1.4 mi
Parks
Museums
Beaches
Peaks
  • Telegraph Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Allerton Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Cottage Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Strawberry Hill: 3.7 mi
  • White Head: 4.6 mi
Artworks
Gardens
Attractions
Cliffs: 49
Picnic sites: 21
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 4
  • Commissioners Landing: 7.7 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 14.1 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 16.4 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 16.4 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 11.0 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 10.9 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 11.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Lovells Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wampatuck HillSW 221°103 m9.0 mi
Rattlesnake HillSW 220°90 m8.7 mi
Pine HillSW 216°74 m8.6 mi
The CragsSW 222°71 m8.8 mi
Great DomeSW 225°64 m8.9 mi
Parker HillW 270°62 m9.0 mi
Penns HillSSW 208°61 m7.3 mi
Turkey HillSSE 148°57 m7.2 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 solstice07:1015:2916:15

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, 5 mi away.

  • Common Eider95 obs
  • American Herring Gull64 obs
  • Great Black-backed Gull60 obs
  • Common Periwinkle45 obs
  • Asian Shore Crab43 obs
  • Brant39 obs
  • European Green Crab38 obs
  • staghorn sumac36 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/816346545

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