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Saltonstall Park

Saltonstall Park from directly overhead

Saltonstall Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 9 m. Prospect Hill stands 135 m to the west-northwest, 3.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Armenian Museum of America, a museum 0.2 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 3.5 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
9 m

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.36871, -71.18758

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
  • Watertown Linear Park: 0.2 mi
  • Watertown Linear Park: 0.3 mi
  • The Delta: 0.3 mi
  • Moxley Park: 0.3 mi
  • How Park: 0.3 mi
Historic sites
  • Columbus Delta Monument: 0.2 mi
  • Watertown Founders Monument: 0.4 mi
  • World War I Honor Roll: 1.6 mi
  • War Memorial: 1.9 mi
  • Mount Auburn Veterans Memorial: 2.0 mi
Peaks
Gardens
  • Emma Hart Fessenden Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Penniman Road Community Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Shawn Megan Memorial Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Lawton Park Community Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Wallach Garden: 3.3 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Beaches
  • Crystal Lake Beach: 3.1 mi
  • Borggaard Beach: 6.3 mi
  • Morses Pond Beach: 8.3 mi
  • Pleasure Bay Beach: 8.8 mi
  • Tenean Beach: 9.1 mi
Cliffs: 44
  • Lunch Wall: 2.6 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 3.0 mi
  • Temple Overhangs: 3.0 mi
  • Lower Cliff: 3.2 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 3.2 mi
Picnic sites: 24
  • Picnic Site 11: 3.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 12: 3.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 3.6 mi
  • Valley Shelter: 3.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 9: 3.7 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 6.3 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 12.7 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 18.5 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Rock Falls: 15.0 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 18.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.7 miles of Saltonstall Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillWNW 292°135 m3.6 mi
Little ProspectWNW 288°133 m3.6 mi
Whipple HillN 2°110 m5.1 mi
Loring HillNNW 333°109 m5.5 mi
Doublet HillWSW 253°108 m4.6 mi
Turkey HillN 10°107 m4.5 mi
Fullers HillNW 317°105 m5.0 mi
Mount PisgahNNE 12°105 m5.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4320:26
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
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, 6 mi away.

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee272 obs
  • American Robin204 obs
  • Mallard190 obs
  • Canada Goose178 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail170 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel166 obs
  • American pokeweed151 obs
  • Western Honey Bee145 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/29830708

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