- Elevation, modelled
- 20 m
- Tallest summit within 5.5 miles
- Prospect Hill135 m · 4.5 mi
- Nearest byway
- Battle Road Scenic Byway2.9 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:26local time
- Coordinates
- 42.3693, -71.1685
O'Connell Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled 20 m. Prospect Hill stands 135 m to the west-northwest, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Watertown-Cambridge Greenway, a park 0.4 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 2.9 miles off.
- Access
- Yes
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.5 miles of O'Connell Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect Hill | WNW 287° | 135 m | 4.5 mi |
| Little Prospect | WNW 284° | 133 m | 4.5 mi |
| Whipple Hill | N 351° | 110 m | 5.1 mi |
| Turkey Hill | N 357° | 107 m | 4.4 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | N 2° | 105 m | 5.3 mi |
| Mount Independence | NNW 332° | 101 m | 4.8 mi |
| Single Tree Hill | SSE 165° | 100 m | 3.3 mi |
| Waban Hill | S 188° | 98 m | 2.1 mi |
- 2.9 mi off the Battle Road Scenic BywayNational
- 5.0 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage BywayNational
- 26.5 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 5 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 22 mi
- Lookout Point · 26 mi
- Eagle Rock · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Watertown-Cambridge Greenway: 0.4 mi
- Pocket Park: 0.5 mi
- Watertown-Cambridge Greenway: 0.6 mi
- Lieutenant Paul J. Sullivan Playground: 0.6 mi
- Watertown-Cambridge Greenway: 0.7 mi
Peaks
- Meetinghouse Hill: 0.6 mi
- Whitney Hill: 0.9 mi
- Coolidge Hill: 1.1 mi
- Mount Auburn: 1.2 mi
- Mount Ida: 1.7 mi
Museums
- Edmund Fowle House: 0.6 mi
- Armenian Museum of America: 0.9 mi
- The Plumbing Museum: 1.6 mi
- Jackson Homestead and Museum: 1.6 mi
- Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds: 1.7 mi
Nature reserves
- Whitney Hill Park: 0.8 mi
- Hunnewell Woods: 1.0 mi
- Awtrey Dell: 1.7 mi
- Euston Path Rock: 2.1 mi
- Alewife Brook Parkway: 2.2 mi
Historic sites
- Watertown Founders Monument: 0.8 mi
- Columbus Delta Monument: 0.9 mi
- Mount Auburn Veterans Memorial: 1.1 mi
- The Sphinx: 1.2 mi
- Mary Baker Eddy Memorial: 1.5 mi
Artworks
- Turtle: 1.0 mi
- Evo: 1.5 mi
- Allumination: 1.8 mi
- Faces of Allston: 1.8 mi
- All That Empty Space: 1.8 mi
Gardens
- Penniman Road Community Garden: 1.9 mi
- Shawn Megan Memorial Garden: 2.2 mi
- Wallach Garden: 2.4 mi
- Lawton Park Community Garden: 2.5 mi
- Harvard Community Garden: 2.6 mi
Attractions
- Heartbreak Hill (Top/End): 2.4 mi
- Heartbreak Hill (Bottom/Start): 2.5 mi
- Harvard Square: 2.5 mi
- Piccadilly Square Chair: 3.0 mi
- Arlington Center Historic District: 3.3 mi
Beaches
- Crystal Lake Beach: 3.5 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 6.0 mi
- Pleasure Bay Beach: 7.9 mi
- Tenean Beach: 8.3 mi
- Morses Pond Beach: 9.2 mi
Cliffs: 45
- Lunch Wall: 2.7 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 3.0 mi
- Temple Overhangs: 3.0 mi
- Lower Cliff: 3.1 mi
- Upper Cliff: 3.2 mi
Picnic sites: 24
- Picnic Site 11: 4.5 mi
- Picnic Site 12: 4.5 mi
- Valley Shelter: 4.6 mi
- Picnic Site 10: 4.6 mi
- Picnic Site 5: 4.6 mi
Lighthouses: 6
- Boathouse: 14.4 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 14.4 mi
- Oil Shed: 14.5 mi
- Rainshed: 14.5 mi
- Boston Light: 14.5 mi
Springs: 3
- Quarry Spring: 5.6 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 12.2 mi
- Mystery Spring: 19.1 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Cascade Falls: 7.1 mi
- Rock Falls: 14.5 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 19.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Commissioners Landing: 4.9 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 10.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Haywardville: 7.6 mi
| 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 | 15:30 | 16:16 |
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