Trafton Park
Trafton Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 14 m. Cairn Hill stands 92 m to the west-northwest, 2.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Operation Enduring Freedom Tennis Courts, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 5.6 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 5.6 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 6.1 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 19.0 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 6 mi
- Eagle Rock · 21 mi
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 25 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Operation Enduring Freedom Tennis Courts: 0.0 mi
- Firefighter Memorial: 1.0 mi
- The Hiker at Wehner Park: 1.1 mi
- Major Doak A. Weston USAAF: 1.2 mi
- FIrst National Bank of Malden: 1.4 mi
- High Rock Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
- Linden Victory Delta: 0.4 mi
- Hunting Field: 0.5 mi
- Richard C. Howard Park: 0.7 mi
- Kierstead Park: 0.7 mi
- High Rock: 0.3 mi
- Pine Banks: 0.8 mi
- Waitt's Mount: 1.2 mi
- Mount Hood: 1.2 mi
- Belmont Hill: 1.5 mi
- Maple Terrace Open Space: 0.5 mi
- Dexter Road Open Space: 0.6 mi
- Swains Pond Conservation Area: 0.6 mi
- Swains Pond Conservation Area: 0.8 mi
- Towners Pond Conservation Area: 1.0 mi
- Malden Youth Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- Sylvester Baxter Delta: 2.1 mi
- Anita's Garden: 2.7 mi
- Herb Garden: 2.8 mi
- Chelsea Community Garden: 3.3 mi
- Orange Dinosaur: 1.5 mi
- Torus: 3.2 mi
- Chelsea Conversation: 3.2 mi
- Paula: 3.3 mi
- Rock spiral: 3.3 mi
- Hikmat home: 2.1 mi
- 1899 MIT Observatory site: 2.2 mi
- Stone Chimney: 2.6 mi
- Pickerel Rock: 3.0 mi
- Lynn Woods Rose Garden: 4.0 mi
- Bellingham-Cary House: 2.7 mi
- Medford Historical Society: 3.7 mi
- Boston Marine Society Museum: 4.2 mi
- The Battle of Bunker Hill Museum: 4.3 mi
- USS Constitution Museum: 4.4 mi
- Revere Beach: 3.2 mi
- Revere Beach: 3.3 mi
- Pearce Lake Beach: 3.9 mi
- Short Beach: 4.4 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 5.2 mi
- Crag 1: 1.8 mi
- Lookout Cliff: 2.4 mi
- The Cellar: 4.8 mi
- Grovers Cliff: 5.0 mi
- Always Sunny Wall: 5.2 mi
- Pinetops Picnic Area: 3.9 mi
- Pine Knoll: 9.3 mi
- Oak Lea: 9.4 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 9.5 mi
- Picnic Site 1: 11.0 mi
- Boathouse: 10.8 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 10.8 mi
- Oil Shed: 10.8 mi
- Rainshed: 10.8 mi
- Boston Light: 10.8 mi
- Cascade Falls: 1.8 mi
- Rock Falls: 16.5 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 18.6 mi
- Newbury Falls: 22.4 mi
- Quarry Spring: 3.1 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 15.8 mi
- Mystery Spring: 21.2 mi
- Rail Spring: 24.0 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 5.6 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 16.2 mi
- Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 23.8 mi
- Haywardville: 3.1 mi
- Dogtown: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 4.5 miles of Trafton Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cairn Hill | WNW 286° | 92 m | 2.3 mi |
| Bear Hill | WNW 302° | 91 m | 3.8 mi |
| Castle Rock | N 359° | 87.2 m | 3.6 mi |
| Winthrop Hill | WNW 297° | 84 m | 3.6 mi |
| Boojum Rock | W 276° | 83 m | 2.1 mi |
| Crow Hill | N 1° | 82.9 m | 3.7 mi |
| Taylor Mountain | WNW 297° | 81 m | 3.6 mi |
| Mount Hood | NNE 27° | 79 m | 1.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:29 | 16:15 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 38 | 49 | 58 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boston, 6 mi away.
- American Robin111 obs
- Eastern Cottontail104 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel90 obs
- birch polypore81 obs
- Mourning Dove80 obs
- House Sparrow73 obs
- Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth69 obs
- Norway maple68 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/29818082
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