Peddocks Island
Peddocks Island is a park in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 7 m. Chickatawbut Hill stands 156 m to the southwest, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Middle Head, a cliff 0.5 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 7.5 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 7 m
How to reach it
- 7.5 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 13.3 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 24.7 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 8 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 24 mi
- Eagle Rock · 26 mi
- Lookout Point · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fort Andrews: 0.6 mi
- Fort Revere: 1.9 mi
- Fort Warren: 2.0 mi
- Civil War-era Castmate: 2.4 mi
- Lighthouse Depot Wharf: 2.5 mi
- Windmill Point Boathouse: 1.1 mi
- Hull Lifesaving Museum: 2.1 mi
- United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum: 3.9 mi
- Bare Cove Fire Museum: 4.1 mi
- Benjamin Lincoln House: 4.2 mi
- Hull Village Beach: 1.4 mi
- Edgewater Drive Beach: 1.8 mi
- Rhoda Beach: 2.5 mi
- George Lane Beach: 2.8 mi
- Post Island Beach: 2.8 mi
- Captain Cleverly's Park: 1.4 mi
- Rainsford Island: 1.5 mi
- Brill Field: 1.6 mi
- McKinnon Playground: 1.6 mi
- Hangman Island: 1.7 mi
- Telegraph Hill: 1.8 mi
- Allerton Hill: 2.9 mi
- Strawberry Hill: 3.0 mi
- Otis Hill: 3.5 mi
- Squirrel Hill: 3.5 mi
- Bouve Conservation Area: 2.8 mi
- Stodders Neck: 3.0 mi
- Fee Pond Conservation Area: 3.1 mi
- Weymouth Back River Access: 3.2 mi
- Crow Point Lane Conservation Area: 3.3 mi
- USS Salem: 3.9 mi
- South Shore Model Railroad Club: 4.0 mi
- United First Parish Church: 4.4 mi
- John Adams Birthplace: 5.0 mi
- John Quincy Adams Birthplace: 5.0 mi
- Abigail Adams: 4.4 mi
- John Adams: 4.4 mi
- John Hancock: 4.4 mi
- Constitution Common: 4.5 mi
- The Lone Sailor: 4.7 mi
- Braintree Community Garden: 5.5 mi
- Columbia Point Community Garden: 5.8 mi
- Fanny Lou Hamer Community Garden: 6.8 mi
- Monadnock Street Garden: 6.9 mi
- Nonquit Street Garden: 6.9 mi
- Middle Head: 0.5 mi
- East Head: 0.8 mi
- Nut Island: 1.3 mi
- Houghs Neck Great Hill: 1.5 mi
- West Head: 2.3 mi
- Babcock Arboretum: 4.1 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 7.7 mi
- Pine Knoll: 7.8 mi
- Oak Lea: 7.8 mi
- Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 8.4 mi
- Boathouse: 3.4 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 3.4 mi
- Oil Shed: 3.4 mi
- Boston Light: 3.4 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 3.4 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 8.3 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 12.4 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 14.5 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 14.5 mi
- Rock Falls: 7.2 mi
- Cascade Falls: 12.7 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 8.8 mi
- Quarry Spring: 13.0 mi
- Haywardville: 14.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Peddocks Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chickatawbut Hill | SW 232° | 156 m | 8.0 mi |
| Fenno Peak | SW 232° | 151 m | 7.9 mi |
| Nahanton Hill | SW 232° | 145 m | 7.7 mi |
| Kitchamakin Hill | SW 232° | 133 m | 7.8 mi |
| Wampatuck Hill | SW 231° | 103 m | 7.0 mi |
| Fox Hill | SW 233° | 95 m | 7.2 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | SW 231° | 90 m | 6.6 mi |
| Pine Hill | SW 226° | 74 m | 6.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:42 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:30 | 16:15 |
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 | 30 | 32 | 38 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 4.0 | 5.4 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hingham, 5 mi away.
- Common Eider68 obs
- rugosa rose46 obs
- White-tailed Deer43 obs
- Wild Turkey39 obs
- Jonah Crab38 obs
- European Flat Oyster37 obs
- jimsonweed37 obs
- Great Black-backed Gull33 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/29690957
Day trips start here
- Boston Harbor Islands · 2 mi
- Hull · 2 mi
- Hingham · 4 mi
- Quincy · 4 mi
- Weymouth · 5 mi
- Boston/Dorchester · 6 mi
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