- Elevation, modelled
- 9 m
- Tallest summit within 5.6 miles
- Turkey Hill107 m · 5.2 mi
- Nearest byway
- Battle Road Scenic Byway3.4 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:26local time
- Coordinates
- 42.3594, -71.1455
Portsmouth Street Playground is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled 9 m. Turkey Hill stands 107 m to the north-northwest, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Athletes Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 3.4 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.6 miles of Portsmouth Street Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey Hill | NNW 344° | 107 m | 5.2 mi |
| Single Tree Hill | S 188° | 100 m | 2.5 mi |
| Waban Hill | SW 227° | 98 m | 2.0 mi |
| Mount Gilboa | NNW 338° | 95 m | 5.1 mi |
| Mount Walley | S 173° | 91 m | 3.5 mi |
| Wellington Hill | NW 322° | 91 m | 3.8 mi |
| Bald Pate Hill | SSW 204° | 90 m | 4.1 mi |
| Green Hill | S 170° | 89 m | 4.0 mi |
- 3.4 mi off the Battle Road Scenic BywayNational
- 3.7 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage 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
Parks
- Athletes Park: 0.2 mi
- Rita Hester Green: 0.3 mi
- McKinney Playground: 0.5 mi
- Sawins Pond: 0.5 mi
- Penniman Road Play Area: 0.5 mi
Artworks
- Evo: 0.4 mi
- Communication: 0.6 mi
- Shop Small: 0.6 mi
- Winds of Change: 0.7 mi
- Radiate: 0.7 mi
Gardens
- Penniman Road Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- Lawton Park Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- School Garden: 1.5 mi
- Wallach Garden: 1.6 mi
- Harvard Community Garden: 1.6 mi
Peaks
- Coolidge Hill: 0.6 mi
- Mount Auburn: 0.7 mi
- Corey Hill: 1.3 mi
- Aspinwall Hill: 1.7 mi
- Meetinghouse Hill: 1.8 mi
Historic sites
- Joseph P. Golden Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Aerosmith Apartment: 0.9 mi
- The Sphinx: 1.0 mi
- Mary Baker Eddy Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Rabbi Joseph Shalom Memorial: 1.4 mi
Nature reserves
- Euston Path Rock: 1.2 mi
- Hunnewell Woods: 1.4 mi
- Amory Woods: 1.9 mi
- Hall's Pond Sanctuary: 2.0 mi
- Awtrey Dell: 2.2 mi
Museums
- International Paper Museum: 1.4 mi
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site: 1.4 mi
- McMullen Museum of Art: 1.6 mi
- Fogg Museum: 1.9 mi
- Edmund Fowle House: 1.9 mi
Attractions
- Harvard Square: 1.7 mi
- Heartbreak Hill (Top/End): 2.3 mi
- 34: 2.5 mi
- 26: 2.5 mi
- 45: 2.5 mi
Beaches
- Crystal Lake Beach: 3.7 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 6.5 mi
- Pleasure Bay Beach: 6.6 mi
- Tenean Beach: 7.0 mi
- Nickerson Beach: 7.8 mi
Cliffs: 47
- Lunch Wall: 2.7 mi
- Temple Overhangs: 2.8 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 2.8 mi
- Lower Cliff: 2.8 mi
- Upper Cliff: 2.9 mi
Picnic sites: 24
- Pine Knoll: 4.7 mi
- Oak Lea: 4.7 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 4.9 mi
- Picnic Site 11: 5.8 mi
- Picnic Site 12: 5.9 mi
Lighthouses: 6
- Boathouse: 13.2 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 13.2 mi
- Oil Shed: 13.2 mi
- Rainshed: 13.2 mi
- Boston Light: 13.2 mi
Rest areas: 3
- Commissioners Landing: 3.7 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 9.8 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 25.0 mi
Springs: 3
- Quarry Spring: 5.7 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 11.2 mi
- Mystery Spring: 20.4 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Cascade Falls: 6.9 mi
- Rock Falls: 13.2 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 20.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Haywardville: 7.7 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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