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Stone Park

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Stone Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 66 m. Nobscot Hill stands 183 m to the north, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is War veterans memorial, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 14 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
66 m

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.25786, -71.46694

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • War veterans memorial: 0.2 mi
  • Watkins Woods Plaque: 3.2 mi
  • WW1 Memorial: 3.3 mi
  • Martha Templeman Plaque: 3.3 mi
  • Blacksmith Minuteman Statue: 3.3 mi
Parks
  • The Corner Spot: 0.3 mi
  • Nyanza Healing Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Gryncel Park: 0.9 mi
  • Roosevelt Park: 1.9 mi
  • Soccer Field: 2.1 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums
Gardens
Artworks
  • Hoyt Statue: 3.2 mi
  • George V. Brown Memorial: 3.3 mi
  • horseshoe sculpture: 4.5 mi
  • Fireball: 6.1 mi
  • Stegosaurus: 6.1 mi
Attractions
  • Boston Marathon Starting Line: 3.3 mi
  • Chattering Rock: 6.2 mi
  • Teetering Rock: 6.3 mi
  • Boston Marathon - Wellesley Scream Tunnel: 8.6 mi
  • Fairy Rock: 8.8 mi
Beaches: 41
Picnic sites: 40
  • Picnic Site 9: 13.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 13.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 13.9 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 13.9 mi
  • Picnic Site 7: 13.9 mi
Cliffs: 39
  • Condo Rock: 6.1 mi
  • The Wall: 6.1 mi
  • Falling Rock Ridge: 6.2 mi
  • Lunch Wall: 15.4 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 15.5 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Westwood Rest Area: 16.0 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 19.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 19.9 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 21.3 mi
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 21.8 mi
Springs: 3
  • Pakomet Spring: 20.7 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 22.2 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 22.4 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Cascade Falls: 23.8 mi
  • Rock Falls: 24.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.9 miles of Stone Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Nobscot HillN 8°183 m6.2 mi
Peppercorn HillSW 225°174 m6.8 mi
Bear HillWSW 237°170 m6.6 mi
Newtons HillWNW 287°166 m6.1 mi
Saddle HillW 262°158 m3.7 mi
Mount NeboWNW 295°157 m5.7 mi
Gibbs MountainN 351°153 m5.2 mi
Doeskin HillN 5°152 m6.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1019:4420:27
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1215:3216:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836475766727062514132
Precip in3.43.13.94.13.84.13.93.84.24.83.74.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Natick, 7 mi away.

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee38 obs
  • Mourning Dove31 obs
  • Monarch27 obs
  • eastern white pine27 obs
  • Eastern Chipmunk26 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail25 obs
  • Northern Cardinal24 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel24 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/29762665

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