Wallace Park
Wallace Park is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Mount Pisgah stands 105 m to the west-northwest, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Harris Delta, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 3.6 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 3.6 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 5.4 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 20.6 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 5 mi
- Eagle Rock · 23 mi
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 26 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Harris Delta: 0.0 mi
- Pleasant St. Delta: 0.2 mi
- Fellsmere Park: 0.2 mi
- Fellsmere Park: 0.3 mi
- MacDonald Stadium: 0.3 mi
- Sylvester Baxter Delta: 0.3 mi
- Malden Youth Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Winthrop Street Community Garden: 2.0 mi
- Alex's Place: 2.4 mi
- Tufts Community Garden: 2.6 mi
- Nicholas L. Delano Memorial Fountain: 0.4 mi
- The First Church in Malden: 0.4 mi
- FIrst National Bank of Malden: 0.6 mi
- Fannie Farmer Memorial Plaque: 0.9 mi
- Firefighter Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Mount Andrew: 0.6 mi
- Belmont Hill: 0.8 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 0.9 mi
- Waitt's Mount: 0.9 mi
- Boojum Rock: 0.9 mi
- 1899 MIT Observatory site: 1.0 mi
- Hikmat home: 1.8 mi
- Pickerel Rock: 1.8 mi
- Stone Chimney: 2.0 mi
- Central Street Historical District: 3.9 mi
- Rock spiral: 1.5 mi
- Mystic Musical Fence: 1.8 mi
- LEGO Giraffe: 2.2 mi
- Torus: 2.3 mi
- Paula: 2.3 mi
- Medford Historical Society: 1.7 mi
- Somerville Historical Museum: 3.0 mi
- Bellingham-Cary House: 3.3 mi
- Cooper-Frost-Austin House: 3.6 mi
- The Battle of Bunker Hill Museum: 3.7 mi
- Great Island: 1.9 mi
- Mystic River Reservation: 2.0 mi
- Maple Terrace Open Space: 2.1 mi
- Swains Pond Conservation Area: 2.2 mi
- Swains Pond Conservation Area: 2.3 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 3.7 mi
- Revere Beach: 4.9 mi
- Revere Beach: 5.0 mi
- Pearce Lake Beach: 5.1 mi
- Short Beach: 5.6 mi
- Crag 1: 0.9 mi
- Lookout Cliff: 2.6 mi
- Grovers Cliff: 6.2 mi
- The Cellar: 6.5 mi
- Skull Cliff: 6.9 mi
- Pinetops Picnic Area: 5.1 mi
- Pine Knoll: 8.4 mi
- Oak Lea: 8.5 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 8.6 mi
- Picnic Site 1: 9.0 mi
- Boathouse: 11.8 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 11.8 mi
- Oil Shed: 11.9 mi
- Rainshed: 11.9 mi
- Boston Light: 11.9 mi
- Cascade Falls: 1.3 mi
- Rock Falls: 16.2 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 17.8 mi
- Newbury Falls: 23.6 mi
- Quarry Spring: 1.4 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 15.1 mi
- Mystery Spring: 19.9 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 4.7 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 15.0 mi
- Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 23.8 mi
- Haywardville: 2.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 4.5 miles of Wallace Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pisgah | WNW 287° | 105 m | 4.5 mi |
| Cairn Hill | NNW 348° | 92 m | 1.3 mi |
| Bear Hill | NNW 333° | 91 m | 3.0 mi |
| Winthrop Hill | NNW 330° | 84 m | 2.6 mi |
| Boojum Rock | N 351° | 83 m | 0.9 mi |
| Taylor Mountain | NNW 330° | 81 m | 2.6 mi |
| Blueberry Mountain | NW 319° | 80 m | 4.3 mi |
| Whip Hill | N 353° | 79 m | 2.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:30 | 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.
- Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth519 obs
- striped wintergreen441 obs
- Mallard420 obs
- mapleleaf viburnum401 obs
- American Robin396 obs
- birch polypore363 obs
- Canada Goose360 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee350 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/29818776
Day trips start here
- Malden · 1 mi
- Medford · 1 mi
- Everett · 2 mi
- Somerville · 3 mi
- Arlington · 4 mi
- Boston/Charlestown · 4 mi
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