Valley Road Recreation Area
Valley Road Recreation Area is a park in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 61 m. Prospect Hill stands 135 m to the south, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Poplar Street Play Area, a park 0.2 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 1.2 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 61 m
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 12.1 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 24.8 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
- 26.5 mi off the The Apple Way of Londonderry
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 12 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 28 mi
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 29 mi
- Eagle Rock · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Poplar Street Play Area: 0.2 mi
- Garfield Park: 0.4 mi
- Baskin Playground: 0.5 mi
- Justin Park: 0.6 mi
- Kinneens Park: 0.7 mi
- Meagherville Conservation Area: 0.4 mi
- Tophet Swamp Conservation Area: 0.5 mi
- Justin/Bernard Conservation Land: 0.6 mi
- Ivan St. Conservation Land: 0.7 mi
- Katahdin Woods: 0.8 mi
- Robinson Hill: 0.8 mi
- Reservoir Hill: 1.3 mi
- Bucks Hill: 1.3 mi
- Katahdin Hill: 1.3 mi
- Bannon Hill: 1.4 mi
- Albert B Lester: 0.9 mi
- stone foundation: 1.0 mi
- The Revolutionary Monument: 1.3 mi
- Minuteman Statue: 1.4 mi
- The "Something Is Being Done" Monument: 1.4 mi
- Hancock-Clarke House Museum: 1.2 mi
- Buckman Tavern: 1.4 mi
- Budd Rail Diesel Car: 2.2 mi
- Boston & Maine Railroad Freight House: 2.2 mi
- Munroe Tavern: 2.2 mi
- Peace, Love, Music: 1.4 mi
- The Patriot: 2.3 mi
- The Minute Man: 2.5 mi
- Washington The Free Mason: 2.5 mi
- Rembering Center School: 2.6 mi
- Idylwilde Community Garden: 2.0 mi
- The Kindness Rocks Project: 2.3 mi
- Bedford Garden Club: 2.5 mi
- Bedford Garden Club: 2.5 mi
- Memorial Garden: 2.5 mi
- vernal pool: 2.0 mi
- Paul Revere Capture Site: 2.1 mi
- Bloody Angle: 2.8 mi
- RR Semaphore: 2.9 mi
- Bowman Tavern: 3.0 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 5.2 mi
- Baby Beach: 7.5 mi
- Crystal Lake Beach: 9.9 mi
- Pearce Lake Beach: 10.8 mi
- Morses Pond Beach: 12.3 mi
- Bloody Bluff: 1.6 mi
- Farmers Cliff: 6.3 mi
- Crag 1: 8.7 mi
- Lookout Cliff: 8.8 mi
- Lunch Wall: 9.9 mi
- Picnic Site 1: 4.8 mi
- Picnic Site 2: 5.2 mi
- Picnic Site 3: 5.2 mi
- Picnic Site 4: 5.3 mi
- Valley Shelter: 5.5 mi
- Boathouse: 20.4 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 20.4 mi
- Oil Shed: 20.4 mi
- Rainshed: 20.4 mi
- Boston Light: 20.4 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 11.5 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 17.7 mi
- Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 20.0 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 23.6 mi
- Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 24.8 mi
- Quarry Spring: 7.4 mi
- Mystery Spring: 11.6 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 19.9 mi
- Cascade Falls: 8.7 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 11.6 mi
- Rock Falls: 22.1 mi
- Haywardville: 7.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.0 miles of Valley Road Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect Hill | S 185° | 135 m | 5.3 mi |
| Little Prospect | S 185° | 133 m | 5.6 mi |
| Whipple Hill | ESE 118° | 110 m | 3.5 mi |
| Loring Hill | SSE 167° | 109 m | 1.9 mi |
| Granny Hill | SE 127° | 108 m | 1.5 mi |
| Zion Hill | ESE 102° | 107 m | 3.4 mi |
| Turkey Hill | ESE 122° | 107 m | 4.3 mi |
| Pine Hill | WSW 246° | 106 m | 4.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:44 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:30 | 16:16 |
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 | 27 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 4.1 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bedford, 2 mi away.
- eastern white pine169 obs
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage151 obs
- pitch pine140 obs
- alder buckthorn139 obs
- American beech135 obs
- sensitive fern92 obs
- Sweet Pepperbush88 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee86 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/29862613
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