Parker Hill
Parker Hill rises to 62 m in Massachusetts. Single Tree Hill stands 100 m to the west, 2.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Parker Hilltop, a nature reserve less than a tenth of a mile away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 0.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49059920, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 62 m
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 5.9 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 26.7 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 2 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 21 mi
- Lookout Point · 25 mi
- Eagle Rock · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Warren Anatomical Museum: 0.4 mi
- MassArt Art Museum: 0.6 mi
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: 0.7 mi
- Dillaway-Thomas House: 0.7 mi
- National Center of Afro-American Artists (NCAAA) Museum: 1.1 mi
- Mission Hill Community Garden: 0.4 mi
- Tobin Community Center Garden: 0.4 mi
- Cedar Street community garden: 0.6 mi
- Highland Avenue Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Common Ground Co-Op CommunityGarden: 0.9 mi
- Aspinwall Hill: 1.6 mi
- Corey Hill: 1.7 mi
- Fisher Hill: 1.8 mi
- Scarboro Hill: 2.0 mi
- Bussey Hill: 2.2 mi
- Baker's Dream: 0.4 mi
- Unity: 0.5 mi
- Mozart Park Mural: 0.5 mi
- Pimentel Market Mural: 0.5 mi
- Reach: 0.5 mi
- Tenean Beach: 4.0 mi
- Pleasure Bay Beach: 4.2 mi
- Crystal Lake Beach: 4.9 mi
- Nickerson Beach: 5.0 mi
- Orchard Beach: 5.5 mi
- McLaughlin Playground: 0.1 mi
- Kevin W. Fitzgerald Park: 0.3 mi
- Jefferson Playground: 0.3 mi
- Arcola Green: 0.4 mi
- Southwest Corridor Park: 0.4 mi
- Parker Hilltop: 0.0 mi
- Back Of The Hill Urban Wild: 0.3 mi
- 140 Highland St: 0.7 mi
- Walnut Place Conservation Restriction: 0.9 mi
- Sargent Beechwood Nature Walk: 1.1 mi
- Sam Adams Boston Brewery Tour: 1.0 mi
- Jamaica Pond Bench: 1.1 mi
- Citgo Sign: 1.5 mi
- The Mapparium: 1.5 mi
- Andean Condor: 1.7 mi
- Boston Police Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Riverway Park: 0.9 mi
- Private First Class Dennis Conry Memorial Square: 0.9 mi
- Soldiers Monument: 1.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Lower Cliff: 3.5 mi
- Upper Cliff: 3.5 mi
- The Alcove: 3.6 mi
- Temple Overhangs: 3.7 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 3.7 mi
- Pine Knoll: 1.8 mi
- Oak Lea: 1.8 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 2.0 mi
- Babcock Arboretum: 6.2 mi
- Picnic Site 11: 8.6 mi
- Boathouse: 10.9 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 10.9 mi
- Oil Shed: 10.9 mi
- Rainshed: 11.0 mi
- Boston Light: 11.0 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 2.6 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 8.2 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 23.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 24.5 mi
- Quarry Spring: 7.4 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 8.5 mi
- Mystery Spring: 23.3 mi
- Cascade Falls: 8.2 mi
- Rock Falls: 10.3 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 22.9 mi
- Haywardville: 9.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.4 miles of Parker Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single Tree Hill | W 261° | 100 m | 2.5 mi |
| Waban Hill | WNW 282° | 98 m | 3.6 mi |
| Bellevue Hill | SSW 209° | 94 m | 4.1 mi |
| Mount Walley | SW 230° | 91 m | 2.2 mi |
| Bald Pate Hill | WSW 246° | 90 m | 4.1 mi |
| Green Hill | SW 218° | 89 m | 2.3 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | W 272° | 86 m | 2.9 mi |
| Oak Hill | WSW 247° | 84 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:43 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 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 | 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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358273141
Day trips start here
- Boston/Fenway-Kenmore · 1 mi
- Boston/Roxbury · 1 mi
- Brookline · 1 mi
- Boston/Back Bay-Beacon Hill · 2 mi
- Boston/Jamaica Plain-Mission Hill · 2 mi
- Boston/South End · 2 mi
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