Millennium Park
Millennium Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 46 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the southeast, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Charles River Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 1.9 miles off.
How to reach it
- 1.9 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 9.0 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 28.7 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 7 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 16 mi
- Lookout Point · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Charles River Wildlife Management Area: 0.3 mi
- Havey Beach: 0.6 mi
- Charles River Wildlife Management Area: 0.9 mi
- Charles River Wildlife Management Area: 0.9 mi
- Helen Heyn Conservation Area: 1.2 mi
- Candy Mountain: 0.3 mi
- Praught Field: 1.2 mi
- Billings Field: 1.4 mi
- Dedham Parks & Recreation Complex: 1.6 mi
- Nahanton Park: 1.7 mi
- The Castle: 1.5 mi
- Needham Armed Forces Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Needham's Fallen Brave Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Needham Korean War Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Needham 9/11 Tree of Life: 2.6 mi
- Nonantum Hill: 1.5 mi
- Oak Hill: 1.5 mi
- Bald Pate Hill: 1.7 mi
- Bird's Hill: 1.7 mi
- Wilson Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Own Your Peace Sculpture: 2.5 mi
- Saint Ignatius Loyola: 3.8 mi
- Caterpillar: 3.9 mi
- Babson Globe: 4.3 mi
- Drift by Mary Bonina: 4.4 mi
- Fairbanks House: 2.7 mi
- Bay State Model Railroad Museum: 2.8 mi
- Longyear Museum: 3.2 mi
- Larz Anderson Auto Museum: 3.2 mi
- Mary Baker Eddy Historic House: 3.5 mi
- Crystal Lake Beach: 3.2 mi
- North Beach: 4.1 mi
- South Beach: 4.4 mi
- Powissett Beach: 4.5 mi
- Shapiro Beach: 4.6 mi
- Piccadilly Square Chair: 3.4 mi
- Martini Junction: 3.5 mi
- Heartbreak Hill (Top/End): 3.8 mi
- Heartbreak Hill (Bottom/Start): 3.8 mi
- Jamaica Pond Bench: 4.2 mi
- Bradley Rosaceous Collection: 3.6 mi
- Leland Street Cooperative Garden: 3.8 mi
- Leland Street Cooperative Garden: 3.8 mi
- Yvonne’s Garden: 4.0 mi
- Bob's Island: 4.1 mi
- The Alcove: 2.9 mi
- Upper Cliff: 3.0 mi
- Lower Cliff: 3.0 mi
- Temple Overhangs: 3.2 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 3.2 mi
- Oak Lea: 5.1 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 5.1 mi
- Pine Knoll: 5.1 mi
- Picnic Site 11: 8.0 mi
- Picnic Site 10: 8.0 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 4.6 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 7.8 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 19.4 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 20.0 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 23.5 mi
- Boathouse: 15.3 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 15.3 mi
- Oil Shed: 15.3 mi
- Boston Light: 15.3 mi
- Rainshed: 15.4 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 7.8 mi
- Quarry Spring: 11.4 mi
- Mystery Spring: 23.7 mi
- Rock Falls: 10.8 mi
- Cascade Falls: 12.6 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 24.7 mi
- Haywardville: 13.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.3 miles of Millennium Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Blue Hill | SE 143° | 193 m | 6.0 mi |
| Hancock Hill | SE 134° | 155 m | 6.3 mi |
| Hemenway Hill | SE 136° | 140 m | 6.1 mi |
| Wolcott Hill | SE 139° | 132 m | 6.0 mi |
| Strawberry Hill | SW 229° | 114 m | 4.8 mi |
| Powissett Peak | SW 226° | 112 m | 5.1 mi |
| Noanet Peak | SW 233° | 110 m | 5.3 mi |
| Nimrod's Rock | SW 221° | 105 m | 5.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:31 | 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 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 53 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jamaica Plain, 3 mi away.
- American Robin221 obs
- American Beaver161 obs
- Eastern Cottontail149 obs
- Northern Cardinal141 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel139 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee132 obs
- Mallard131 obs
- garlic mustard130 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/208003423
Day trips start here
- Boston/Outer Neighborhoods · 2 mi
- Dedham · 3 mi
- Eastern Massachusetts · 3 mi
- Needham · 3 mi
- Boston/Jamaica Plain-Mission Hill · 4 mi
- Newton · 4 mi
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