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Tarticoff Park

Tarticoff Park from directly overhead

Tarticoff Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Cairn Hill stands 92 m to the northwest, 2.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Kierstead Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 4.9 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.42806, -71.05340

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Kierstead Park: 0.1 mi
  • Miller Park: 0.3 mi
  • Lincoln Commons: 0.3 mi
  • Maplewood Park: 0.4 mi
  • Edith Street Park: 0.5 mi
Gardens
  • Malden Youth Community Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Sylvester Baxter Delta: 1.6 mi
  • Anita's Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Chelsea Community Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Charlestown Sprouts Garden: 3.2 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Belmont Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Waitt's Mount: 0.7 mi
  • Pine Banks: 1.0 mi
  • High Rock: 1.0 mi
  • Mount Washington: 1.5 mi
Attractions
  • Hikmat home: 1.4 mi
  • 1899 MIT Observatory site: 1.9 mi
  • Stone Chimney: 2.6 mi
  • Pickerel Rock: 2.8 mi
  • Cycleboat Boston: 3.8 mi
Artworks
Beaches
Cliffs: 49
Picnic sites: 23
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 8.6 mi
  • Oak Lea: 8.7 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 8.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 10.4 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 1.7 mi
  • Rock Falls: 16.0 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 18.6 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 23.1 mi
Springs: 4
  • Quarry Spring: 2.7 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 15.2 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 21.0 mi
  • Rail Spring: 24.8 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 4.3 miles of Tarticoff Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cairn HillNW 306°92 m2.0 mi
Bear HillNW 314°91 m3.8 mi
Castle RockN 6°87.2 m4.2 mi
Winthrop HillNW 309°84 m3.5 mi
Boojum RockWNW 298°83 m1.7 mi
Crow HillN 8°82.9 m4.3 mi
Taylor MountainNW 309°81 m3.5 mi
Mount HoodNNE 33°79 m2.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:1918:56
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 °F303238495868747366554536
Precip in3.43.24.23.63.23.93.33.23.64.03.74.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boston, 5 mi away.

  • American Robin136 obs
  • Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth131 obs
  • Mallard130 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel122 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail121 obs
  • Canada Goose117 obs
  • Ghost Pipe110 obs
  • garlic mustard101 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/29859756

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