Menotomy Rocks Park
Menotomy Rocks Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 47 m. Prospect Hill stands 135 m to the west-southwest, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Parmenter Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 0.5 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Arlington Parks Department
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 6.6 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 24.4 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 6 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 25 mi
- Eagle Rock · 28 mi
- Lookout Point · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Parmenter Park: 0.4 mi
- Robbins Farm Park: 0.5 mi
- Jason Russell House Park: 0.6 mi
- Wellington Park: 0.7 mi
- Arlington Town Hall Park: 0.7 mi
- Dog Statue: 0.5 mi
- Robbins Memorial Flagstaff: 0.6 mi
- My Boys: 0.7 mi
- Boston: 1.4 mi
- watering trough: 2.3 mi
- Smith Museum Archives: 0.6 mi
- Jason Russell House: 0.6 mi
- Cyrus Dallin Art Museum: 0.8 mi
- Old Schwamb Mill: 1.1 mi
- Griffin Museum at Digital Silver Imaging: 1.2 mi
- Arlington Center Historic District: 0.6 mi
- Central Street Historical District: 0.7 mi
- Bowman Tavern: 2.5 mi
- Harvard Square: 3.6 mi
- Pickerel Rock: 4.3 mi
- Dallin's Menotomy Indian Hunter statue: 0.7 mi
- Arlington Civil War Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Site of Fitchburg Railroad Hill Crossing Depot: 1.1 mi
- Bobby Mac Memorial: 1.1 mi
- War Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Crusher Lot: 0.8 mi
- Cooke's Hollow: 0.9 mi
- Hill's Hill: 1.0 mi
- Mt. Gilboa: 1.5 mi
- Turkey Hill Reservation: 1.5 mi
- Arlington Heights Hills: 1.3 mi
- Wellington Hill: 1.4 mi
- Mount Gilboa: 1.5 mi
- Turkey Hill: 1.5 mi
- Mount Ephraim: 2.0 mi
- Wildlife Habitat Garden: 1.5 mi
- Shawn Megan Memorial Garden: 2.3 mi
- Tufts Community Garden: 2.4 mi
- Alex's Place: 2.5 mi
- Winthrop Street Community Garden: 2.6 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 3.2 mi
- Crystal Lake Beach: 6.1 mi
- Pearce Lake Beach: 8.8 mi
- Pleasure Bay Beach: 9.1 mi
- Revere Beach: 9.2 mi
- Crag 1: 5.0 mi
- Lunch Wall: 5.6 mi
- Bloody Bluff: 5.6 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 5.8 mi
- Temple Overhangs: 5.8 mi
- Picnic Site 1: 4.4 mi
- Picnic Site 4: 4.7 mi
- Picnic Site 2: 4.7 mi
- Picnic Site 3: 4.7 mi
- Valley Shelter: 4.8 mi
- Boathouse: 15.2 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 15.2 mi
- Oil Shed: 15.2 mi
- Rainshed: 15.2 mi
- Boston Light: 15.2 mi
- Quarry Spring: 3.6 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 14.9 mi
- Mystery Spring: 17.1 mi
- Cascade Falls: 5.2 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 16.5 mi
- Rock Falls: 16.8 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 6.0 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 13.3 mi
- Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 24.0 mi
- Haywardville: 5.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 4.9 miles of Menotomy Rocks Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect Hill | WSW 251° | 135 m | 4.7 mi |
| Little Prospect | WSW 248° | 133 m | 4.8 mi |
| Whipple Hill | NNW 339° | 110 m | 2.3 mi |
| Loring Hill | WNW 299° | 109 m | 4.0 mi |
| Granny Hill | NW 317° | 108 m | 4.0 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NNW 349° | 107 m | 1.5 mi |
| Zion Hill | NNW 348° | 107 m | 3.1 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | N 2° | 105 m | 2.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:30 | 16:16 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 29 | 37 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bedford Hanscom FLD, 8 mi away.
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee964 obs
- Mallard856 obs
- Western Honey Bee773 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle547 obs
- Great Blue Heron488 obs
- Canada Goose450 obs
- American Robin444 obs
- Painted Turtle403 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/29835521
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