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McNally Park

McNally Park from directly overhead

McNally Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Whipple Hill stands 110 m to the west-northwest, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Gillis Field, a park 0.2 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 2.3 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.42216, -71.10563

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Gillis Field: 0.2 mi
  • Riverside Plaza: 0.3 mi
  • Middlesex Fells Reservation: 0.3 mi
  • Hickey Park: 0.3 mi
  • Medford Square: 0.3 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Winthrop Street Community Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Sylvester Baxter Delta: 1.2 mi
  • Alex's Place: 1.3 mi
  • Tufts Community Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Bikeway Community Garden: 1.9 mi
Peaks
  • Mount Andrew: 0.7 mi
  • Pine Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Rock Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Walnut Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Wenepoykin Hill: 1.3 mi
Artworks
  • Rock spiral: 0.8 mi
  • Jumbo Statue: 1.3 mi
  • The Cannon: 1.3 mi
  • Mystic Musical Fence: 1.7 mi
  • Free Range Sculpture Garden: 1.9 mi
Attractions
Beaches
Cliffs: 45
Picnic sites: 23
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 6.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 7.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 8.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 8.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 3: 8.0 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 2.2 mi
  • Rock Falls: 16.2 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 17.3 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 24.4 mi
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 0.9 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 14.9 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 19.0 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 4.5 miles of McNally Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Whipple HillWNW 289°110 m4.2 mi
Turkey HillWNW 282°107 m3.5 mi
Zion HillWNW 301°107 m4.4 mi
Mount PisgahWNW 298°105 m3.4 mi
Mount GilboaW 276°95 m4.0 mi
Cairn HillNNE 32°92 m1.9 mi
Bear HillN 358°91 m3.0 mi
Horn Pond MountainNW 314°86 m3.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0819:4320:26
September equinox06:3218:0718:44
December solstice07:1115:3016:15

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, 7 mi away.

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee896 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee619 obs
  • Western Honey Bee585 obs
  • American Robin528 obs
  • striped wintergreen497 obs
  • Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth487 obs
  • Mallard477 obs
  • eastern white pine427 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/29863499

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