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Marvin Street Play Area

Marvin Street Play Area from directly overhead

Marvin Street Play Area is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 56 m. Whipple Hill stands 110 m to the southeast, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Reservoir, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 2.4 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.48383, -71.25102

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
Gardens
  • Courtyard: 1.3 mi
  • The Kindness Rocks Project: 1.3 mi
  • Bedford Garden Club: 1.5 mi
  • Bedford Garden Club: 1.5 mi
  • Bedford Garden Club: 1.5 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • The Patriot: 1.4 mi
  • Rembering Center School: 1.7 mi
  • Dance Rhythm: 1.7 mi
  • Buddha Statue: 1.9 mi
  • Peace, Love, Music: 2.6 mi
Peaks
Attractions
  • RR Semaphore: 2.3 mi
  • Whistle Post: 2.7 mi
  • Paul Revere Capture Site: 2.8 mi
  • vernal pool: 3.1 mi
  • Bloody Angle: 3.1 mi
Beaches
  • Borggaard Beach: 5.9 mi
  • Baby Beach: 6.5 mi
  • Pearce Lake Beach: 11.0 mi
  • Crystal Lake Beach: 11.2 mi
  • Freeman Lake Beach: 12.6 mi
Cliffs: 44
Picnic sites: 23
  • Picnic Site 1: 6.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 6.4 mi
  • Picnic Site 3: 6.4 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 6.5 mi
  • Valley Shelter: 6.7 mi
Rest areas: 6
Lighthouses: 6
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Rock Falls: 23.4 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 24.6 mi
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 21.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.4 miles of Marvin Street Play Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Whipple HillSE 130°110 m4.5 mi
Loring HillSSE 167°109 m3.2 mi
Granny HillSE 144°108 m2.7 mi
Zion HillESE 119°107 m4.2 mi
Turkey HillSE 132°107 m5.3 mi
Pine HillSW 231°106 m5.1 mi
Fullers HillS 182°105 m4.3 mi
Mount PisgahESE 121°105 m5.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4420:27
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1215:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485867737163514132
Precip in3.73.44.83.93.84.13.83.93.74.94.14.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bedford, 2 mi away.

  • eastern white pine138 obs
  • American beech85 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage75 obs
  • alder buckthorn75 obs
  • partridgeberry72 obs
  • Sweet Pepperbush68 obs
  • garlic mustard62 obs
  • northern starflower55 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/29743963

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