Pierce Park
Pierce Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 59 m. Prospect Hill stands 135 m to the southeast, 3.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Smith-Andover Field, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 2.0 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 59 m
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 12.9 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 28.6 mi off the The Apple Way of Londonderry
- 29.1 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 13 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 25 mi
- Lookout Point · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Smith-Andover Field: 0.1 mi
- Pierce Hill Conservation Area: 0.3 mi
- Sandy Pond Trust Land: 0.5 mi
- Conant Land: 0.6 mi
- Schwann Land: 0.9 mi
- Two Big Black Hearts: 0.4 mi
- Migration - Series 7: 0.4 mi
- Jacob's Dream: 0.5 mi
- Ferma: 0.5 mi
- Last Out: 0.5 mi
- People For Pollinators: 0.6 mi
- Italinate garden: 1.4 mi
- Native Plant Garden: 1.8 mi
- Native Plant Garden: 1.8 mi
- Planted Canoe: 2.6 mi
- Aureet Bar-Yam: 0.9 mi
- Ruined stone house: 1.1 mi
- ELISHA GARFIELD HOMESTEAD: 1.2 mi
- Adams: 1.3 mi
- British Grave Near Bloody Angle: 2.2 mi
- Pigeon Hill: 1.0 mi
- Moccasin Hill: 1.3 mi
- Pine Hill: 1.5 mi
- Smiths Hill: 1.7 mi
- Hathaway Hill: 1.8 mi
- Gropius House: 1.1 mi
- Codman House Museum: 1.3 mi
- Codman Estate: 1.4 mi
- Thoreau Cabin replica: 1.9 mi
- Orchard House Museum: 2.9 mi
- Sculpture park: 1.2 mi
- Peace Garden: 1.2 mi
- Deborah Birt Memorial Park Lincoln Woods: 1.2 mi
- Park Bench: 1.2 mi
- Codman Community Farm: 1.3 mi
- Emerson's Cliff: 1.8 mi
- Ponyhenge: 1.9 mi
- Paul Revere Capture Site: 2.2 mi
- Thoreau Bean Field: 2.2 mi
- Bloody Angle: 2.2 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 8.5 mi
- Crystal Lake Beach: 8.6 mi
- Morses Pond Beach: 8.8 mi
- Stow Town Beach: 10.0 mi
- Memorial Beach: 10.7 mi
- Bloody Bluff: 2.7 mi
- Farmers Cliff: 5.1 mi
- Lunch Wall: 9.0 mi
- Falling Rock Ridge: 9.0 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 9.4 mi
- Picnic Site 1: 3.3 mi
- Picnic Site 2: 3.4 mi
- Picnic Site 3: 3.4 mi
- Picnic Site 4: 3.5 mi
- Picnic Site 6: 3.6 mi
- Boathouse: 22.2 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 22.2 mi
- Oil Shed: 22.2 mi
- Rainshed: 22.2 mi
- Boston Light: 22.2 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 12.7 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 16.1 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 21.3 mi
- Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 23.3 mi
- Quarry Spring: 10.3 mi
- Mystery Spring: 12.0 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 19.2 mi
- Cascade Falls: 11.8 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 14.2 mi
- Rock Falls: 21.9 mi
- Haywardville: 11.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.9 miles of Pierce Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect Hill | SE 132° | 135 m | 3.6 mi |
| Little Prospect | SE 136° | 133 m | 3.7 mi |
| Reeves Hill | SSW 203° | 122 m | 5.9 mi |
| Annursnac Hill | NW 309° | 110 m | 5.9 mi |
| Loring Hill | ENE 73° | 109 m | 3.7 mi |
| Granny Hill | ENE 65° | 108 m | 4.8 mi |
| Doublet Hill | SSE 163° | 108 m | 5.4 mi |
| Pine Hill | NW 309° | 106 m | 1.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:20 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:44 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:30 | 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 | 29 | 37 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bedford Hanscom FLD, 3 mi away.
- Common Garter Snake204 obs
- eastern white pine184 obs
- Green Frog174 obs
- Canada mayflower162 obs
- striped wintergreen161 obs
- American Toad159 obs
- garlic mustard146 obs
- Blue Dasher141 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/29830001
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