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Slate Island

Slate Island from directly overhead

Slate Island is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Nahanton Hill stands 145 m to the west-southwest, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Grape Island, a park 0.5 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 9.5 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1973
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.26851, -70.91196

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Grape Island: 0.5 mi
  • Webb Memorial State Park: 0.8 mi
  • Bradley Woods Playground: 1.1 mi
  • Bumpkin Island: 1.1 mi
  • Boston Harbor Islands State Park: 1.1 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Otis Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Squirrel Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Bradley Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Baker Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Planters Hill: 1.8 mi
Beaches
Historic sites
  • F. Arthur Edwards Memorial: 1.8 mi
  • Fort Andrews: 2.4 mi
  • Father Connolly: 2.4 mi
  • Fort Revere: 2.5 mi
  • More-Brewer Stone: 3.2 mi
Museums
  • Benjamin Lincoln House: 2.0 mi
  • Bare Cove Fire Museum: 2.1 mi
  • Windmill Point Boathouse: 2.4 mi
  • Hull Lifesaving Museum: 2.7 mi
  • Paragon Park Museum and Museum Shop: 2.8 mi
Attractions
Gardens
Artworks
  • John Hancock: 4.8 mi
  • Abigail Adams: 4.8 mi
  • John Adams: 4.8 mi
  • Constitution Common: 5.0 mi
  • The Lone Sailor: 6.3 mi
Cliffs: 46
Picnic sites: 21
  • Babcock Arboretum: 5.1 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 7.0 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 7.0 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 9.3 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 9.4 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 4
  • Commissioners Landing: 10.3 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 12.4 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 12.4 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 13.1 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 14.8 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 8.9 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 15.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Slate Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Nahanton HillWSW 248°145 m8.0 mi
Kitchamakin HillWSW 247°133 m8.1 mi
Wampatuck HillWSW 248°103 m7.3 mi
Fox HillWSW 250°95 m7.6 mi
Rattlesnake HillWSW 249°90 m6.9 mi
Pine HillWSW 245°74 m6.6 mi
Prospect HillSSE 152°72 m5.9 mi
Judges HillSE 139°71 m7.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0819:4220:24
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1015:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238485867737265544435
Precip in4.54.05.44.63.84.03.63.83.95.24.45.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hingham, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • staghorn sumac69 obs
  • White-tailed Deer59 obs
  • Wild Turkey51 obs
  • common milkweed45 obs
  • eastern redcedar44 obs
  • European Green Crab44 obs
  • Great Egret39 obs
  • garlic mustard38 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/29691016

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