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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 6 m. Castle Rock stands 87 m to the west-northwest, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Lynn Museum & Arts Center, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.46313, -70.94372

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Frederick Douglass Memorial Park: 0.0 mi
  • Lynn Heritage State Park: 0.3 mi
  • Smith Street Playground: 0.3 mi
  • Goldfish Pond Park: 0.6 mi
  • Marion Gardens Playground: 0.6 mi
Peaks
  • High Rock: 0.4 mi
  • Pine Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Long Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Indian Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Dog Hill: 2.2 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches
  • Lynn Beach: 0.6 mi
  • Kings Beach: 1.1 mi
  • Nahant Beach: 1.3 mi
  • Fisherman's Beach: 1.8 mi
  • Whales Beach: 2.0 mi
Attractions
  • CCUS (Christian congregation): 1.1 mi
  • Lynn Woods Rose Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Dungeon Rock: 2.4 mi
  • Union Rock: 2.5 mi
  • Echo Rock: 3.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Civil War Monument: 1.4 mi
  • World War I Memorial: 1.4 mi
  • Francis J. Cassidy (1928–1990): 1.9 mi
  • Peabody Public Safety Memorial: 4.4 mi
  • Lafayette's Tour: 4.5 mi
Gardens
  • Herb Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Pickman Park Community Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Salem Community Gardens: 4.5 mi
  • Ropes Garden: 4.6 mi
  • SeaCoast Community Garden: 5.3 mi
Artworks
  • Viking Statue: 3.8 mi
  • Orange Dinosaur: 4.1 mi
  • Pride/Identity: 4.6 mi
  • Untitled: 4.6 mi
  • Migrar: 4.6 mi
Cliffs: 52
Picnic sites: 23
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 13.2 mi
  • Oak Lea: 13.2 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 13.3 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 13.7 mi
Lighthouses: 20
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Rock Falls: 18.4 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 19.8 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 21.4 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Commissioners Landing: 9.8 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 20.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 24.3 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 24.6 mi
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 18.7 mi
  • Rail Spring: 20.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2

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 289°87.2 m5.4 mi
Burrill HillNW 311°87 m2.8 mi
Crow HillWNW 290°82.9 m5.3 mi
Mount HoodW 260°79 m4.6 mi
Mount GileadNW 306°77 m3.1 mi
Mount HermonNW 322°76 m2.9 mi
Pinnacle RockWSW 256°76 m7.1 mi
Black RockWSW 258°75 m6.9 mi

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.

  • West Atlantic Surfclam102 obs
  • Northern Moonsnail73 obs
  • American Herring Gull72 obs
  • rugosa rose71 obs
  • Atlantic Rock Crab65 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull64 obs
  • American Robin63 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel63 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/1385989023

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