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Lynn Heritage State Park

Lynn Heritage State Park from directly overhead

Lynn Heritage State Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Castle Rock stands 87 m to the west-northwest, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Lynn Museum & Arts Center, a museum 0.3 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 9.8 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.45924, -70.94404

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
  • Lynn Heritage State Park: 0.3 mi
  • Frederick Douglass Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
  • Smith Street Playground: 0.5 mi
  • Marion Gardens Playground: 0.6 mi
  • Woodbury Point: 0.6 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches
  • Lynn Beach: 0.5 mi
  • Nahant Beach: 1.1 mi
  • Kings Beach: 1.2 mi
  • Fisherman's Beach: 1.9 mi
  • Doggie Beach: 2.0 mi
Peaks
  • High Rock: 0.6 mi
  • Pine Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Long Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Dog Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Indian Hill: 2.5 mi
Attractions
  • CCUS (Christian congregation): 0.9 mi
  • Lynn Woods Rose Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Dungeon Rock: 2.6 mi
  • Union Rock: 2.7 mi
  • Steel Tower: 3.2 mi
Historic sites
  • Civil War Monument: 1.5 mi
  • World War I Memorial: 1.5 mi
  • Francis J. Cassidy (1928–1990): 2.0 mi
  • Robert J. Haas Hr.: 4.5 mi
  • Major Doak A. Weston USAAF: 4.6 mi
Gardens
  • Herb Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Pickman Park Community Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Salem Community Gardens: 4.7 mi
  • Ropes Garden: 4.8 mi
  • SeaCoast Community Garden: 5.1 mi
Artworks
  • Viking Statue: 4.1 mi
  • Orange Dinosaur: 4.1 mi
  • Pride/Identity: 4.8 mi
  • Untitled: 4.8 mi
  • Migrar: 4.8 mi
Cliffs: 52
Picnic sites: 23
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 12.9 mi
  • Oak Lea: 13.0 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 13.1 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 13.4 mi
Lighthouses: 20
Rest areas: 5
  • Commissioners Landing: 9.6 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 20.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 24.6 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 24.8 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 25.0 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Rock Falls: 18.2 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 20.1 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 21.5 mi
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 18.4 mi
  • Rail Spring: 21.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.2 miles of Lynn Heritage State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Castle RockWNW 292°87.2 m5.5 mi
Burrill HillNW 315°87 m3.0 mi
Crow HillWNW 293°82.9 m5.4 mi
Mount HoodW 263°79 m4.5 mi
Mount GileadNW 310°77 m3.3 mi
Mount HermonNW 326°76 m3.1 mi
Pinnacle RockWSW 259°76 m7.0 mi
Black RockW 260°75 m6.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0719:4220:25
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1115:2916:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272935455564716963524233
Precip in3.83.54.74.33.54.13.53.33.65.04.14.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marblehead, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • West Atlantic Surfclam102 obs
  • Northern Moonsnail78 obs
  • rugosa rose74 obs
  • American Herring Gull73 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull66 obs
  • Atlantic Rock Crab62 obs
  • Common Atlantic Slippersnail53 obs
  • Monarch52 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/29688929

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