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Squantum Point Park

Squantum Point Park from directly overhead

Squantum Point Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. Chickatawbut Hill stands 156 m to the south-southwest, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is The Lone Sailor, a artwork 0.3 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 3.2 miles off.

This former Naval airfield is now a beautiful waterfront park. Squantum Point offers great views of the Boston Skyline across the harbor and is a popular spot for birdwatching.

The record

What the record says

Built
1983
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.29925, -71.03515

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Quincy Navy Park at Squantum: 0.3 mi
  • Senator Joseph Finnegan Park (Neponset River Reservation): 0.8 mi
  • McMorrow Playground: 0.9 mi
  • Byrne Playground: 0.9 mi
  • William H. Garvey Playground: 1.0 mi
Beaches
Historic sites
Museums
Peaks
  • Savin Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Popes Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Meeting House Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Mount Bowdoin: 2.1 mi
  • Telegraph Hill: 2.4 mi
Gardens
  • Columbia Point Community Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Fanny Lou Hamer Community Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Audrey Jacobs Memorial Community Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Bullard Community garden: 2.0 mi
  • Monadnock Street Garden: 2.1 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Wildebeest: 2.7 mi
  • Hartmann's Mountain Zebra: 2.7 mi
  • African Lion: 2.7 mi
  • Goat: 2.7 mi
  • Masai Giraffe: 2.8 mi
Cliffs: 47
Picnic sites: 22
Rest areas: 6
  • Commissioners Landing: 4.5 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 8.5 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 18.0 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 18.0 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 23.6 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 6.5 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 10.1 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 10.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.4 miles of Squantum Point Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chickatawbut HillSSW 194°156 m5.5 mi
Hancock HillSSW 209°155 m6.4 mi
Fenno PeakSSW 193°151 m5.5 mi
Buck HillSSW 199°151 m6.2 mi
Nahanton HillSSW 192°145 m5.3 mi
Kitchamakin HillSSW 192°133 m5.4 mi
Hawk HillSSW 194°120 m6.1 mi
Wampatuck HillS 185°103 m4.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0819:4220:25
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1115:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238495868747366554536
Precip in3.43.24.23.63.23.93.33.23.64.03.74.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boston, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Canada Goose572 obs
  • common mugwort445 obs
  • European Green Crab414 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail377 obs
  • staghorn sumac324 obs
  • Rock Pigeon313 obs
  • Common Periwinkle309 obs
  • American Robin293 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/157579975

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