- Elevation, modelled
- 35 m
- Tallest summit within 5.4 miles
- Prospect Hill135 m · 4.5 mi
- Nearest byway
- Battle Road Scenic Byway2.2 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:26local time
- Coordinates
- 42.3806, -71.1663
Payson Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled 35 m. Prospect Hill stands 135 m to the west, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Grove Street Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 2.2 miles off.
- Access
- Yes
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.4 miles of Payson Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect Hill | W 277° | 135 m | 4.5 mi |
| Little Prospect | W 274° | 133 m | 4.5 mi |
| Whipple Hill | NNW 348° | 110 m | 4.3 mi |
| Loring Hill | NW 318° | 109 m | 5.4 mi |
| Turkey Hill | N 355° | 107 m | 3.6 mi |
| Zion Hill | N 353° | 107 m | 5.2 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | N 1° | 105 m | 4.5 mi |
| Fullers Hill | WNW 302° | 105 m | 5.3 mi |
- 2.2 mi off the Battle Road Scenic BywayNational
- 5.4 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage BywayNational
- 25.9 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 5 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 23 mi
- Lookout Point · 27 mi
- Eagle Rock · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Grove Street Park: 0.4 mi
- Little Fresh Pond Dog Beach: 0.6 mi
- Lieutenant Paul J. Sullivan Playground: 0.7 mi
- Glacken Field: 0.7 mi
- O'Connell Park: 0.8 mi
Peaks
- Meetinghouse Hill: 0.4 mi
- Whitney Hill: 1.1 mi
- Mount Auburn: 1.4 mi
- Coolidge Hill: 1.4 mi
- Wellington Hill: 2.0 mi
Historic sites
- Mount Auburn Veterans Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Site of Fitchburg Railroad Hill Crossing Depot: 1.1 mi
- War Memorial: 1.2 mi
- The Sphinx: 1.2 mi
- Teeven Memorial Circle: 1.3 mi
Artworks
- Turtle: 0.9 mi
- Boston: 1.5 mi
- Evo: 1.8 mi
- Longfellow: 2.0 mi
- Allumination: 2.1 mi
Nature reserves
- Whitney Hill Park: 1.1 mi
- Alewife Brook Parkway: 1.6 mi
- Alewife Brook Parkway: 1.6 mi
- Alewife Brook Parkway: 1.6 mi
- Hunnewell Woods: 1.7 mi
Museums
- Griffin Museum at Digital Silver Imaging: 1.1 mi
- Edmund Fowle House: 1.1 mi
- Armenian Museum of America: 1.4 mi
- The Plumbing Museum: 1.9 mi
- Jackson Homestead and Museum: 2.3 mi
Gardens
- Shawn Megan Memorial Garden: 1.8 mi
- Wallach Garden: 2.3 mi
- Penniman Road Community Garden: 2.3 mi
- Harvard Community Garden: 2.5 mi
- Bikeway Community Garden: 2.6 mi
Attractions
- Harvard Square: 2.5 mi
- Arlington Center Historic District: 2.5 mi
- Central Street Historical District: 2.6 mi
- Heartbreak Hill (Top/End): 3.1 mi
- Heartbreak Hill (Bottom/Start): 3.2 mi
Beaches
- Crystal Lake Beach: 4.2 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 5.2 mi
- Pleasure Bay Beach: 8.1 mi
- Tenean Beach: 8.8 mi
- Corinha Beach: 9.4 mi
Cliffs: 45
- Lunch Wall: 3.5 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 3.8 mi
- Temple Overhangs: 3.8 mi
- Lower Cliff: 3.9 mi
- Upper Cliff: 4.0 mi
Picnic sites: 24
- Picnic Site 1: 4.5 mi
- Valley Shelter: 4.5 mi
- Picnic Site 12: 4.5 mi
- Picnic Site 11: 4.5 mi
- Picnic Site 5: 4.6 mi
Lighthouses: 6
- Boathouse: 14.5 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 14.5 mi
- Oil Shed: 14.5 mi
- Rainshed: 14.6 mi
- Boston Light: 14.6 mi
Springs: 3
- Quarry Spring: 4.9 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 12.9 mi
- Mystery Spring: 18.6 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Cascade Falls: 6.4 mi
- Rock Falls: 15.0 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 18.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Commissioners Landing: 5.0 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 11.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Haywardville: 6.9 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 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Day trips start here
- Watertown · 1 mi
- Arlington · 2 mi
- Boston/Allston-Brighton · 2 mi
- Cambridge · 3 mi
- Somerville · 3 mi
- Boston/Fenway-Kenmore · 4 mi
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