Winthrop Square
Winthrop Square is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Whipple Hill stands 110 m to the west-northwest, 3.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Winthrop Street Community Garden, a garden 0.2 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 1.7 miles off.
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 5.6 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 22.1 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 5 mi
- Eagle Rock · 25 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 27 mi
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Winthrop Street Community Garden: 0.2 mi
- Alex's Place: 1.0 mi
- Tufts Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- Bikeway Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- Sylvester Baxter Delta: 1.8 mi
- Medford Historical Society: 0.3 mi
- Cyrus Dallin Art Museum: 1.8 mi
- Jason Russell House: 2.1 mi
- Smith Museum Archives: 2.1 mi
- Somerville Historical Museum: 2.5 mi
- Cummings Park: 0.4 mi
- Victory Park: 0.5 mi
- Medford Square: 0.5 mi
- Hastings Heights Park: 0.6 mi
- Riverside Plaza: 0.6 mi
- Cradock Bridge: 0.5 mi
- The Supreme Sacrifice: 1.0 mi
- Fannie Farmer Memorial Plaque: 1.1 mi
- Sagamore John Memorial / Native Burial Spot: 1.1 mi
- Pomp's Wall: 1.1 mi
- Rock Hill: 0.6 mi
- Walnut Hill: 0.9 mi
- Flagstaff Hill: 1.0 mi
- Pine Hill: 1.0 mi
- Clarendon Hill: 1.2 mi
- Jumbo Statue: 0.9 mi
- The Cannon: 1.0 mi
- Rock spiral: 1.0 mi
- Free Range Sculpture Garden: 1.8 mi
- Elfland: 1.8 mi
- Brooks Estate: 1.4 mi
- Brooks Parkhurst Town Forest: 1.5 mi
- Cooke's Hollow: 1.7 mi
- Mystic River Reservation: 1.9 mi
- Alewife Brook Parkway: 2.2 mi
- Central Street Historical District: 2.0 mi
- Arlington Center Historic District: 2.0 mi
- Pickerel Rock: 2.1 mi
- 1899 MIT Observatory site: 2.2 mi
- Stone Chimney: 2.8 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 2.6 mi
- Pearce Lake Beach: 6.5 mi
- Revere Beach: 6.7 mi
- Revere Beach: 6.9 mi
- Short Beach: 7.3 mi
- Crag 1: 2.4 mi
- Lookout Cliff: 3.8 mi
- Lunch Wall: 7.1 mi
- Temple Overhangs: 7.2 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 7.2 mi
- Pinetops Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
- Picnic Site 1: 7.1 mi
- Picnic Site 4: 7.3 mi
- Picnic Site 2: 7.3 mi
- Picnic Site 3: 7.3 mi
- Boathouse: 13.2 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 13.2 mi
- Oil Shed: 13.3 mi
- Rainshed: 13.3 mi
- Boston Light: 13.3 mi
- Cascade Falls: 2.7 mi
- Rock Falls: 16.4 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 17.0 mi
- Newbury Falls: 24.7 mi
- Quarry Spring: 1.2 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 14.9 mi
- Mystery Spring: 18.5 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 4.9 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 14.2 mi
- Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 23.7 mi
- Haywardville: 3.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 4.8 miles of Winthrop Square. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whipple Hill | WNW 293° | 110 m | 3.6 mi |
| Turkey Hill | WNW 285° | 107 m | 2.9 mi |
| Zion Hill | NW 307° | 107 m | 3.9 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | NW 305° | 105 m | 2.9 mi |
| Mount Gilboa | W 278° | 95 m | 3.4 mi |
| Cairn Hill | NE 45° | 92 m | 2.3 mi |
| Bear Hill | N 10° | 91 m | 3.1 mi |
| Wellington Hill | WSW 251° | 91 m | 4.0 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 | 18:07 | 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, 7 mi away.
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee1,029 obs
- Western Honey Bee705 obs
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee643 obs
- American Robin504 obs
- Mallard499 obs
- Eastern Cottontail410 obs
- garlic mustard410 obs
- eastern white pine393 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/1340880566
Day trips start here
- Medford · 1 mi
- Arlington · 2 mi
- Cambridge · 3 mi
- Malden · 3 mi
- Somerville · 3 mi
- Boston/Charlestown · 4 mi
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