Park · Massachusetts
Roxbury Heritage State Park
Roxbury Heritage State Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 13 m. Single Tree Hill stands 100 m to the west, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Dillaway-Thomas House, a museum 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway runs past it.
What to expect
How to reach it
Coordinates42.33071, -71.08966
- On the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 6.1 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 26.1 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 1 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 22 mi
- Lookout Point · 25 mi
- Eagle Rock · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Museums
- Dillaway-Thomas House: 0.1 mi
- MassArt Art Museum: 0.6 mi
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: 0.7 mi
- Warren Anatomical Museum: 0.8 mi
- National Center of Afro-American Artists (NCAAA) Museum: 1.0 mi
Parks
- John Eliot Square: 0.1 mi
- Jeep Jones Park: 0.1 mi
- Kitteridge Park: 0.2 mi
- Justice Edward O. Gourdin Veterans Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
- Southwest Corridor Park: 0.2 mi
Gardens
- Harvest Hope: 0.1 mi
- Highland Avenue Community Garden: 0.2 mi
- Cedar Street community garden: 0.3 mi
- Mission Hill Community Garden: 0.4 mi
- Common Ground Co-Op CommunityGarden: 0.4 mi
Historic sites
- Boston Police Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Bernard M. Gordon Tribute To Engineering: 0.5 mi
- Newlywed Home of Martin LutherKing Jr. and Coretta Scott King: 0.7 mi
- Japanese Temple Bell: 0.8 mi
Artworks
- 999 Cranes: 0.4 mi
- Frederick Douglass: 0.5 mi
- Cy Young: 0.6 mi
- 100 Years of Solitude: 0.6 mi
- Appeal to the Great Spirit: 0.6 mi
Nature reserves
- 140 Highland St: 0.4 mi
- Buena Vista Urban Wild: 0.6 mi
- Parker Hilltop: 0.8 mi
- Back Of The Hill Urban Wild: 1.0 mi
- Hall's Pond Sanctuary: 1.5 mi
Peaks
- Parker Hill: 0.8 mi
- Mount Bowdoin: 2.0 mi
- Flagstaff Hill: 2.1 mi
- Scarboro Hill: 2.1 mi
- Meeting House Hill: 2.1 mi
Attractions
- The Mapparium: 1.0 mi
- 9: 1.2 mi
- 4: 1.2 mi
- 1: 1.2 mi
- 8: 1.2 mi
Beaches
- Pleasure Bay Beach: 3.4 mi
- Tenean Beach: 3.5 mi
- Nickerson Beach: 4.4 mi
- Orchard Beach: 4.9 mi
- Wollaston Beach: 5.3 mi
Cliffs: 50
- Lower Cliff: 4.3 mi
- Upper Cliff: 4.3 mi
- The Alcove: 4.3 mi
- Temple Overhangs: 4.4 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 4.5 mi
Picnic sites: 24
- Pine Knoll: 1.7 mi
- Oak Lea: 1.8 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 1.9 mi
- Babcock Arboretum: 5.7 mi
- Picnic Site 11: 9.2 mi
Rest areas: 6
- Commissioners Landing: 2.1 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 8.6 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 21.6 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 21.6 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 24.2 mi
Lighthouses: 6
- Boathouse: 10.1 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 10.1 mi
- Oil Shed: 10.2 mi
- Rainshed: 10.2 mi
- Boston Light: 10.2 mi
Springs: 3
- Quarry Spring: 7.3 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 8.5 mi
- Mystery Spring: 23.8 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Cascade Falls: 7.9 mi
- Rock Falls: 10.1 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 23.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Haywardville: 9.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.9 miles of Roxbury Heritage State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single Tree Hill | W 261° | 100 m | 3.2 mi |
| Waban Hill | W 278° | 98 m | 4.3 mi |
| Bellevue Hill | SW 217° | 94 m | 4.7 mi |
| Mount Walley | WSW 238° | 91 m | 2.9 mi |
| Bald Pate Hill | WSW 248° | 90 m | 4.9 mi |
| Green Hill | SW 229° | 89 m | 2.9 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | W 270° | 86 m | 3.7 mi |
| Oak Hill | WSW 249° | 84 m | 5.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:43 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:30 | 16:15 |
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 | 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, 3 mi away.
- Canada Goose1,420 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel1,345 obs
- Mallard1,106 obs
- Eastern Cottontail1,063 obs
- House Sparrow988 obs
- American Robin901 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee612 obs
- Rock Pigeon555 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/127381925
Day trips start here
- Boston/Roxbury · 0 mi
- Boston/Fenway-Kenmore · 1 mi
- Boston/South End · 1 mi
- Boston/Back Bay-Beacon Hill · 2 mi
- Boston/Dorchester · 2 mi
- Boston/Downtown · 2 mi
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