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Stanley Park

Stanley Park from directly overhead

Stanley Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 68 m. Liberty Hill stands 448 m to the west-southwest, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Angel of Independence, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 6.0 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1949-08-16
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.12206, -72.78640

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Nature reserves
Parks
  • New Hall Courtyard: 0.7 mi
  • Courtney Courtyard: 0.8 mi
  • Campus Green: 0.8 mi
  • Apartment Complex Courtyard: 0.9 mi
  • Holcomb Park: 1.2 mi
Peaks
  • Bush Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Pochassic Hills: 1.7 mi
  • Stony Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Westfield Mountain: 2.6 mi
  • Drake Mountain: 2.9 mi
Museums
Gardens: 54
  • Dorothy Perkins Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Cathy's Garden & Gazebo: 0.1 mi
  • Evelyn B. Rose Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Arboretum: 0.2 mi
  • Henry Wefing Memorial Community Garden: 0.4 mi
Artworks: 39
  • Angel of Independence: 0.0 mi
  • The Globe: 0.8 mi
  • Westfield is Fantastic: 2.1 mi
  • Epiphany: 2.1 mi
  • Heroes of Westfield: 2.1 mi
Attractions: 32
  • state boundary marker: 8.4 mi
  • World War II Tank: 10.2 mi
  • Springfield Museums: 10.3 mi
  • Seymour Planetarium: 10.3 mi
  • New England Sky Screamer: 10.4 mi
Waterfalls: 31
  • Waterfall: 6.7 mi
  • Lost Acres Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Balance Rock Cascades: 10.7 mi
  • Goldmine Brook Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Falls Brook Falls: 11.3 mi
Cliffs: 19
  • Corps Wall: 14.8 mi
  • Murdock Wall: 14.8 mi
  • Grotto: 14.8 mi
  • Progressive Buttress: 14.8 mi
  • Acorn Face: 14.8 mi
Beaches: 11
Springs: 7
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 8.3 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 8.3 mi
  • Rd: 8.4 mi
  • Big Spring: 16.0 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 17.6 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 10.4 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 10.5 mi
  • Picnic Area: 22.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Stanley Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Liberty HillWSW 253°448 m7.6 mi
Beech HillW 277°447 m9.3 mi
Sweetman MountainWSW 258°446 m5.4 mi
Sunset HillWNW 299°446 m7.9 mi
Prospect HillWSW 244°425 m8.2 mi
Pebble HillWNW 286°424 m8.8 mi
Holden HillWSW 253°412 m5.8 mi
Birch HillWNW 296°407 m6.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:1619:4920:31
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1715:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735475867727163514030
Precip in4.03.63.94.74.25.14.33.84.45.24.15.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westfield 3 SW, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel37 obs
  • eastern hemlock36 obs
  • Canada Goose35 obs
  • Mallard34 obs
  • Greylag Goose25 obs
  • mountain laurel23 obs
  • Japanese knotweed22 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage19 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/886533525

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