- Elevation, modelled
- 8 m
- Tallest summit within 5.1 miles
- Prospect Hill135 m · 5.1 mi
- Nearest byway
- Battle Road Scenic Byway1.2 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:26local time
- Coordinates
- 42.3926, -71.1548
Rafferty Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled 8 m. Prospect Hill stands 135 m to the west, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Griffin Museum at Digital Silver Imaging, a museum 0.2 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 1.2 miles off.
- Access
- Yes
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.1 miles of Rafferty Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect Hill | W 267° | 135 m | 5.1 mi |
| Little Prospect | W 264° | 133 m | 5.1 mi |
| Whipple Hill | NNW 337° | 110 m | 3.7 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NNW 341° | 107 m | 2.9 mi |
| Zion Hill | NNW 344° | 107 m | 4.5 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | N 352° | 105 m | 3.7 mi |
| Mount Independence | NW 311° | 101 m | 3.9 mi |
| Single Tree Hill | S 178° | 100 m | 4.8 mi |
- 1.2 mi off the Battle Road Scenic BywayNational
- 5.4 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage BywayNational
- 24.9 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 5 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 24 mi
- Eagle Rock · 28 mi
- Lookout Point · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Museums
- Griffin Museum at Digital Silver Imaging: 0.2 mi
- Cyrus Dallin Art Museum: 1.6 mi
- Smith Museum Archives: 1.6 mi
- Jason Russell House: 1.6 mi
- Cooper-Frost-Austin House: 1.8 mi
Historic sites
- Site of Fitchburg Railroad Hill Crossing Depot: 0.3 mi
- Teeven Memorial Circle: 0.7 mi
- Brodette Memorial Circle: 0.8 mi
- Mount Auburn Veterans Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Cambridge Olympians: 1.0 mi
Parks
- William G. Maher Park: 0.4 mi
- Little Fresh Pond Dog Beach: 0.6 mi
- Thorndike Field: 0.7 mi
- Grove Street Park: 0.8 mi
- Magnolia Park: 0.8 mi
Artworks
- Boston: 0.5 mi
- Turtle: 1.3 mi
- My Boys: 1.6 mi
- Robbins Memorial Flagstaff: 1.6 mi
- Dog Statue: 1.8 mi
Nature reserves
- Alewife Brook Parkway: 0.7 mi
- Alewife Brook Parkway: 0.7 mi
- Alewife Brook Parkway: 0.7 mi
- Cooke's Hollow: 1.8 mi
- Whitney Hill Park: 2.0 mi
Gardens
- Shawn Megan Memorial Garden: 1.1 mi
- Bikeway Community Garden: 1.8 mi
- Tufts Community Garden: 1.9 mi
- Wallach Garden: 2.0 mi
- Alex's Place: 2.1 mi
Peaks
- Meetinghouse Hill: 1.4 mi
- Clarendon Hill: 1.6 mi
- Mount Auburn: 1.7 mi
- Coolidge Hill: 1.8 mi
- Wellington Hill: 2.0 mi
Attractions
- Arlington Center Historic District: 1.6 mi
- Central Street Historical District: 1.7 mi
- Harvard Square: 2.3 mi
- Bowman Tavern: 3.8 mi
- Heartbreak Hill (Top/End): 4.1 mi
Beaches
- Borggaard Beach: 4.3 mi
- Crystal Lake Beach: 5.2 mi
- Pleasure Bay Beach: 7.9 mi
- Revere Beach: 8.8 mi
- Short Beach: 8.9 mi
Cliffs: 46
- Lunch Wall: 4.5 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 4.7 mi
- Temple Overhangs: 4.7 mi
- Lower Cliff: 4.8 mi
- Upper Cliff: 4.9 mi
Picnic sites: 24
- Picnic Site 1: 5.0 mi
- Valley Shelter: 5.1 mi
- Picnic Site 4: 5.1 mi
- Picnic Site 12: 5.1 mi
- Picnic Site 3: 5.2 mi
Lighthouses: 6
- Boathouse: 14.2 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 14.2 mi
- Oil Shed: 14.2 mi
- Rainshed: 14.2 mi
- Boston Light: 14.2 mi
Springs: 3
- Quarry Spring: 3.9 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 13.5 mi
- Mystery Spring: 18.4 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Cascade Falls: 5.4 mi
- Rock Falls: 15.4 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 17.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Commissioners Landing: 4.8 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 12.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Haywardville: 5.9 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).
Day trips start here
- Arlington · 2 mi
- Cambridge · 2 mi
- Watertown · 2 mi
- Boston/Allston-Brighton · 3 mi
- Medford · 3 mi
- Somerville · 3 mi
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