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Puddingstone Park

Puddingstone Park from directly overhead

Puddingstone Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 36 m. Chickatawbut Hill stands 156 m to the south, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Camel Rain Garden, a garden 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 1.0 miles off.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates42.30515, -71.08372

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • Camel Rain Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Bog Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Franklin Park Historic Rock Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Organic Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Budgie Rain Garden: 0.4 mi
Attractions
  • Wildebeest: 0.2 mi
  • Hartmann's Mountain Zebra: 0.2 mi
  • African Lion: 0.2 mi
  • Goat: 0.3 mi
  • Masai Giraffe: 0.3 mi
Parks
  • Erie-Ellington Streets Park: 0.3 mi
  • Childrens Park: 0.4 mi
  • Mt. Bowdoin Green: 0.4 mi
  • Childrens Park: 0.5 mi
  • King School Park: 0.5 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Museums
Nature reserves
Artworks
Beaches
Cliffs: 47
  • Pererea Point: 4.4 mi
  • Lower Cliff: 4.8 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 4.8 mi
  • The Alcove: 4.8 mi
  • J Wall: 4.9 mi
Picnic sites: 41
  • Nature's Pavilion: 0.3 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 0.3 mi
  • Oak Lea: 0.3 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 4.4 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 10.3 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Commissioners Landing: 3.7 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 7.2 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 20.2 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 20.2 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 22.8 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Waterfalls: 3
  • Rock Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 24.9 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 6.7 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 9.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.8 miles of Puddingstone Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chickatawbut HillS 169°156 m5.8 mi
Nahanton HillSSE 166°145 m5.8 mi
Kitchamakin HillSSE 167°133 m5.8 mi
Wampatuck HillSSE 159°103 m5.6 mi
Single Tree HillWNW 290°100 m3.7 mi
Waban HillWNW 297°98 m5.2 mi
Fox HillSSE 162°95 m5.4 mi
Bellevue HillWSW 237°94 m3.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4320:25
September equinox06:3218:0718:44
December solstice07:1115:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968747365534334
Precip in3.93.64.54.33.64.23.53.74.05.04.05.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jamaica Plain, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee633 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel593 obs
  • American Robin498 obs
  • Wild Turkey491 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail445 obs
  • Western Honey Bee345 obs
  • garlic mustard274 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee263 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/29860834

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