- Elevation, modelled
- 8 m
- Tallest summit within 5.6 miles
- Single Tree Hill100 m · 2.3 mi
- Nearest byway
- Revolutionary Heritage Byway3.2 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:26local time
- Coordinates
- 42.3550, -71.1372
Penniman Road Play Area is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled 8 m. Single Tree Hill stands 100 m to the south-southwest, 2.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Penniman Road Community Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 3.2 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.6 miles of Penniman Road Play Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single Tree Hill | SSW 199° | 100 m | 2.3 mi |
| Waban Hill | WSW 240° | 98 m | 2.2 mi |
| Mount Gilboa | NNW 335° | 95 m | 5.6 mi |
| Bellevue Hill | S 184° | 94 m | 5.4 mi |
| Mount Walley | S 180° | 91 m | 3.2 mi |
| Wellington Hill | NW 320° | 91 m | 4.3 mi |
| Bald Pate Hill | SSW 211° | 90 m | 4.1 mi |
| Green Hill | S 176° | 89 m | 3.6 mi |
- 3.2 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage BywayNational
- 3.7 mi off the Battle Road Scenic BywayNational
- 26.3 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 3 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 22 mi
- Lookout Point · 26 mi
- Eagle Rock · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Gardens
- Penniman Road Community Garden: 0.0 mi
- Lawton Park Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- School Garden: 1.0 mi
- Harvard Community Garden: 1.5 mi
- Wallach Garden: 1.6 mi
Parks
- Union Square: 0.1 mi
- Rita Hester Green: 0.2 mi
- Athletes Park: 0.3 mi
- James F. Collins Square: 0.4 mi
- Portsmouth Street Playground: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
- Joseph P. Golden Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Aerosmith Apartment: 0.5 mi
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site: 0.9 mi
- Ghost bike - Christopher Weigl: 1.1 mi
- Christopher Weigl: 1.2 mi
Artworks
- Shop Small: 0.1 mi
- Radiate: 0.1 mi
- Communication: 0.1 mi
- Winds of Change: 0.2 mi
- Thoughts Become Things: 0.2 mi
Peaks
- Corey Hill: 0.9 mi
- Coolidge Hill: 1.0 mi
- Mount Auburn: 1.1 mi
- Aspinwall Hill: 1.3 mi
- Fisher Hill: 1.7 mi
Museums
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site: 0.9 mi
- International Paper Museum: 1.0 mi
- McMullen Museum of Art: 1.6 mi
- Gabel Museum of Archaeology: 1.7 mi
- Fogg Museum: 1.7 mi
Nature reserves
- Euston Path Rock: 1.0 mi
- Amory Woods: 1.3 mi
- Hall's Pond Sanctuary: 1.5 mi
- Hunnewell Woods: 1.8 mi
- Friedman Park: 1.9 mi
Attractions
- Harvard Square: 1.6 mi
- 34: 2.0 mi
- 26: 2.0 mi
- 45: 2.0 mi
- 14: 2.0 mi
Beaches
- Crystal Lake Beach: 3.9 mi
- Pleasure Bay Beach: 6.1 mi
- Tenean Beach: 6.5 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 6.8 mi
- Nickerson Beach: 7.3 mi
Cliffs: 48
- Temple Overhangs: 2.8 mi
- Lunch Wall: 2.8 mi
- Lower Cliff: 2.8 mi
- Upper Cliff: 2.9 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 2.9 mi
Picnic sites: 24
- Pine Knoll: 4.2 mi
- Oak Lea: 4.2 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 4.4 mi
- Picnic Site 11: 6.3 mi
- Picnic Site 12: 6.3 mi
Lighthouses: 6
- Boathouse: 12.7 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 12.7 mi
- Oil Shed: 12.7 mi
- Rainshed: 12.8 mi
- Boston Light: 12.8 mi
Rest areas: 5
- Commissioners Landing: 3.3 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 9.6 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 24.5 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 24.5 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 25.0 mi
Springs: 3
- Quarry Spring: 5.8 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 10.7 mi
- Mystery Spring: 20.9 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Cascade Falls: 7.0 mi
- Rock Falls: 12.7 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 20.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Haywardville: 7.9 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).
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, 4 mi away.
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