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Sullivan Memorial Park

Sullivan Memorial Park from directly overhead

Sullivan Memorial Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 22 m. Cairn Hill stands 92 m to the south-southwest, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Conservation Land, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 8.3 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.51189, -71.05393

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Nasella Field: 0.7 mi
  • Paddy Heights Veterans Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
  • Upper Common: 1.0 mi
  • Hiker Monument and Rockery: 1.0 mi
  • The Green: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Castle Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Harts Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Crow Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Castle Rock: 1.7 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 1.7 mi
Museums
Beaches
  • Pearce Lake Beach: 1.6 mi
  • Borggaard Beach: 6.1 mi
  • Revere Beach: 7.0 mi
  • Lynn Beach: 7.1 mi
  • Kings Beach: 7.4 mi
Attractions
  • Steel Tower: 3.5 mi
  • Echo Rock: 3.6 mi
  • Union Rock: 4.0 mi
  • Dungeon Rock: 4.1 mi
  • Lynn Woods Rose Garden: 4.2 mi
Gardens
Artworks
  • Orange Dinosaur: 4.3 mi
  • Baldwin Green: 5.4 mi
  • Rock spiral: 6.1 mi
  • Mystic Musical Fence: 7.8 mi
  • Jumbo Statue: 8.0 mi
Cliffs: 50
Picnic sites: 25
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 1.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 12.9 mi
  • Picnic Table: 13.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 13.2 mi
  • Picnic Site 3: 13.3 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 6
  • Commissioners Landing: 10.7 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 18.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 20.2 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 21.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 21.6 mi
Springs: 5
  • Quarry Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 18.8 mi
  • Rail Spring: 19.5 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 21.0 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 24.1 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 14.8 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 17.6 mi
  • Rock Falls: 21.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.4 miles of Sullivan Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cairn HillSSW 200°92 m4.9 mi
Bear HillSW 221°91 m4.2 mi
Castle RockSSE 163°87.2 m1.7 mi
Burrill HillESE 113°87 m3.8 mi
Winthrop HillSW 217°84 m4.5 mi
Boojum RockSSW 197°83 m5.2 mi
Crow HillSSE 159°82.9 m1.7 mi
Taylor MountainSW 217°81 m4.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:1918:57
June solstice05:0819:4320:26
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1115:2916:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283037485867737264534334
Precip in3.93.64.94.33.84.24.03.53.94.84.05.0

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

  • eastern white pine62 obs
  • Mallard49 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail40 obs
  • House Sparrow39 obs
  • American Robin37 obs
  • American Goldfinch35 obs
  • Northern Cardinal32 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel32 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/29838123

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