- Elevation, modelled
- 6 m
- Tallest summit within 5.5 miles
- Prospect Hill135 m · 5.4 mi
- Nearest byway
- Battle Road Scenic Byway3.1 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:26local time
- Coordinates
- 42.3644, -71.1530
Sawins Pond is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled 6 m. Prospect Hill stands 135 m to the west-northwest, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Filippello Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 3.1 miles off.
- Access
- Private
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.5 miles of Sawins Pond. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect Hill | WNW 288° | 135 m | 5.4 mi |
| Little Prospect | WNW 285° | 133 m | 5.4 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NNW 348° | 107 m | 4.8 mi |
| Mount Independence | NW 326° | 101 m | 5.5 mi |
| Single Tree Hill | S 179° | 100 m | 2.9 mi |
| Waban Hill | SSW 212° | 98 m | 2.0 mi |
| Mount Gilboa | NNW 341° | 95 m | 4.7 mi |
| Wellington Hill | NW 323° | 91 m | 3.3 mi |
- 3.1 mi off the Battle Road Scenic BywayNational
- 4.2 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage BywayNational
- 26.3 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 4 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 22 mi
- Lookout Point · 26 mi
- Eagle Rock · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Filippello Park: 0.2 mi
- Buckingham, Browne and Nichols (BB&N) Fields: 0.3 mi
- Watertown-Cambridge Greenway: 0.3 mi
- Watertown-Cambridge Greenway: 0.3 mi
- Arsenal Park: 0.4 mi
Peaks
- Coolidge Hill: 0.4 mi
- Mount Auburn: 0.6 mi
- Meetinghouse Hill: 1.3 mi
- Whitney Hill: 1.8 mi
- Corey Hill: 1.8 mi
Artworks
- Evo: 0.7 mi
- Turtle: 0.7 mi
- Allumination: 1.0 mi
- Faces of Allston: 1.0 mi
- A Composition of Moments: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
- The Sphinx: 0.7 mi
- Mary Baker Eddy Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Mount Auburn Veterans Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Joseph P. Golden Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Aerosmith Apartment: 1.4 mi
Gardens
- Penniman Road Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Lawton Park Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- Wallach Garden: 1.7 mi
- Harvard Community Garden: 1.8 mi
- Shawn Megan Memorial Garden: 2.0 mi
Nature reserves
- Hunnewell Woods: 1.1 mi
- Euston Path Rock: 1.5 mi
- Whitney Hill Park: 1.7 mi
- Awtrey Dell: 2.0 mi
- Alewife Brook Parkway: 2.1 mi
Museums
- Edmund Fowle House: 1.4 mi
- Armenian Museum of America: 1.7 mi
- McMullen Museum of Art: 1.7 mi
- International Paper Museum: 1.8 mi
- Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds: 1.9 mi
Attractions
- Harvard Square: 1.8 mi
- Heartbreak Hill (Top/End): 2.4 mi
- Heartbreak Hill (Bottom/Start): 2.6 mi
- 34: 3.0 mi
- 26: 3.0 mi
Beaches
- Crystal Lake Beach: 3.7 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 6.2 mi
- Pleasure Bay Beach: 7.0 mi
- Tenean Beach: 7.5 mi
- Nickerson Beach: 8.3 mi
Cliffs: 45
- Lunch Wall: 2.8 mi
- Temple Overhangs: 2.9 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 2.9 mi
- Lower Cliff: 3.0 mi
- Upper Cliff: 3.0 mi
Picnic sites: 24
- Pine Knoll: 5.2 mi
- Oak Lea: 5.2 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 5.4 mi
- Picnic Site 11: 5.4 mi
- Picnic Site 12: 5.4 mi
Lighthouses: 6
- Boathouse: 13.6 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 13.6 mi
- Oil Shed: 13.6 mi
- Rainshed: 13.7 mi
- Boston Light: 13.7 mi
Springs: 3
- Quarry Spring: 5.5 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 11.6 mi
- Mystery Spring: 19.8 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Cascade Falls: 6.8 mi
- Rock Falls: 13.7 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 19.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Commissioners Landing: 4.1 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 10.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Haywardville: 7.6 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
- Boston/Allston-Brighton · 1 mi
- Cambridge · 2 mi
- Watertown · 2 mi
- Boston/Fenway-Kenmore · 3 mi
- Brookline · 3 mi
- Newton · 3 mi
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