- Elevation, modelled
- 11 m
- Tallest summit within 5.3 miles
- Prospect Hill135 m · 5.2 mi
- Nearest byway
- Battle Road Scenic Byway2.8 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:26local time
- Coordinates
- 42.3692, -71.1549
Watertown-Cambridge Greenway is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled 11 m. Prospect Hill stands 135 m to the west-northwest, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Filippello Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 2.8 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.3 miles of Watertown-Cambridge Greenway. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect Hill | WNW 285° | 135 m | 5.2 mi |
| Little Prospect | WNW 282° | 133 m | 5.2 mi |
| Whipple Hill | NNW 344° | 110 m | 5.2 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NNW 348° | 107 m | 4.5 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | N 354° | 105 m | 5.3 mi |
| Mount Independence | NW 325° | 101 m | 5.2 mi |
| Single Tree Hill | S 178° | 100 m | 3.2 mi |
| Waban Hill | SSW 205° | 98 m | 2.3 mi |
- 2.8 mi off the Battle Road Scenic BywayNational
- 4.5 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage BywayNational
- 26.1 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 4 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 23 mi
- Lookout Point · 27 mi
- Eagle Rock · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Filippello Park: 0.2 mi
- Buckingham, Browne and Nichols (BB&N) Fields: 0.2 mi
- Lieutenant Paul J. Sullivan Playground: 0.3 mi
- Watertown-Cambridge Greenway: 0.3 mi
- Watertown-Cambridge Greenway: 0.3 mi
Peaks
- Coolidge Hill: 0.5 mi
- Mount Auburn: 0.5 mi
- Meetinghouse Hill: 1.0 mi
- Whitney Hill: 1.6 mi
- Corey Hill: 2.1 mi
Artworks
- Turtle: 0.5 mi
- Evo: 0.9 mi
- Allumination: 1.2 mi
- Faces of Allston: 1.2 mi
- All That Empty Space: 1.2 mi
Historic sites
- The Sphinx: 0.6 mi
- Mount Auburn Veterans Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Mary Baker Eddy Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Brodette Memorial Circle: 1.4 mi
- Joseph P. Golden Memorial: 1.4 mi
Nature reserves
- Hunnewell Woods: 1.3 mi
- Whitney Hill Park: 1.5 mi
- Alewife Brook Parkway: 1.8 mi
- Euston Path Rock: 1.9 mi
- Alewife Brook Parkway: 1.9 mi
Museums
- Edmund Fowle House: 1.3 mi
- Armenian Museum of America: 1.6 mi
- Griffin Museum at Digital Silver Imaging: 1.8 mi
- Cooper-Frost-Austin House: 2.0 mi
- McMullen Museum of Art: 2.0 mi
Gardens
- Penniman Road Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- Wallach Garden: 1.7 mi
- Shawn Megan Memorial Garden: 1.7 mi
- Harvard Community Garden: 1.9 mi
- Lawton Park Community Garden: 1.9 mi
Attractions
- Harvard Square: 1.9 mi
- Heartbreak Hill (Top/End): 2.6 mi
- Heartbreak Hill (Bottom/Start): 2.8 mi
- 34: 3.2 mi
- 26: 3.2 mi
Beaches
- Crystal Lake Beach: 3.8 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 5.9 mi
- Pleasure Bay Beach: 7.2 mi
- Tenean Beach: 7.8 mi
- Nickerson Beach: 8.6 mi
Cliffs: 45
- Lunch Wall: 3.0 mi
- Temple Overhangs: 3.2 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 3.2 mi
- Lower Cliff: 3.3 mi
- Upper Cliff: 3.3 mi
Picnic sites: 24
- Picnic Site 12: 5.2 mi
- Picnic Site 11: 5.2 mi
- Valley Shelter: 5.2 mi
- Picnic Site 10: 5.2 mi
- Picnic Site 5: 5.3 mi
Lighthouses: 6
- Boathouse: 13.7 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 13.8 mi
- Oil Shed: 13.8 mi
- Rainshed: 13.8 mi
- Boston Light: 13.8 mi
Springs: 3
- Quarry Spring: 5.3 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 12.0 mi
- Mystery Spring: 19.5 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Cascade Falls: 6.6 mi
- Rock Falls: 14.1 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 19.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Commissioners Landing: 4.2 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 10.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Haywardville: 7.3 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:30 | 16:16 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 53 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jamaica Plain, 5 mi away.
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