Valley Shelter
Valley Shelter is a picnic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 111 m. Prospect Hill stands 135 m to the north-northeast, 0.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Picnic Site 5, a picnic site 0.1 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 3.8 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Waltham Recreation Department
How to reach it
- 3.8 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 9.2 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 28.8 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 9 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 23 mi
- Lookout Point · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Prospect: 0.1 mi
- Prospect Hill: 0.1 mi
- Bear Hill: 0.8 mi
- Cat Rock Hill: 1.5 mi
- Winthrop Hill: 1.5 mi
- Old Camp 2 Foundation: 0.3 mi
- Ski Lift Operators Cabin: 0.3 mi
- Ski Lift Operators Cabin: 0.5 mi
- City of Waltham Centennial Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial Mall: 1.2 mi
- Drake Playground: 0.7 mi
- Pond End Tot Lot: 0.8 mi
- Leary Field: 0.8 mi
- Thompson Playground: 1.1 mi
- Nipper Maher Park: 1.2 mi
- Fredric Dumaine Ctr: 0.8 mi
- Sanderson Heights: 0.9 mi
- North Avenue Property: 1.4 mi
- Mokema Conservation Land: 1.6 mi
- Church Street Property: 1.7 mi
- Waltham Museum: 1.2 mi
- The Telephone Museum: 1.4 mi
- Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation: 1.4 mi
- Rose Art Museum: 1.5 mi
- The Plumbing Museum: 3.1 mi
- Tree: 1.3 mi
- Light Of Reason: 1.5 mi
- The Three Freedoms: 1.6 mi
- Jesus on Cross: 2.1 mi
- Our Lady of Loretto Grotto: 3.8 mi
- Emma Hart Fessenden Garden: 2.6 mi
- Idylwilde Community Garden: 3.5 mi
- People For Pollinators: 4.1 mi
- Bob's Island: 4.3 mi
- Yvonne’s Garden: 4.3 mi
- vernal pool: 3.8 mi
- Bowman Tavern: 3.9 mi
- Ponyhenge: 3.9 mi
- Paul Revere Capture Site: 4.5 mi
- Heartbreak Hill (Bottom/Start): 4.9 mi
- Crystal Lake Beach: 5.0 mi
- Morses Pond Beach: 7.0 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 7.3 mi
- Memorial Beach: 9.5 mi
- North Beach: 10.5 mi
- Bloody Bluff: 4.3 mi
- Lunch Wall: 5.4 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 5.7 mi
- Temple Overhangs: 5.8 mi
- Lower Cliff: 6.0 mi
- Picnic Site 5: 0.1 mi
- Picnic Site 6: 0.1 mi
- Picnic Site 7: 0.1 mi
- Picnic Site 12: 0.2 mi
- Picnic Site 8: 0.2 mi
- Boathouse: 19.0 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 19.0 mi
- Oil Shed: 19.0 mi
- Rainshed: 19.0 mi
- Boston Light: 19.1 mi
- Quarry Spring: 8.4 mi
- Mystery Spring: 15.5 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 15.6 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 9.5 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 12.7 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 24.6 mi
- Cascade Falls: 10.0 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 16.9 mi
- Rock Falls: 18.2 mi
- Haywardville: 9.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.1 miles of Valley Shelter. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect Hill | NNE 22° | 135 m | 0.1 mi |
| Little Prospect | S 186° | 133 m | 0.1 mi |
| Reeves Hill | WSW 240° | 122 m | 5.7 mi |
| Whipple Hill | NE 43° | 110 m | 5.3 mi |
| Loring Hill | NNE 14° | 109 m | 3.7 mi |
| Doublet Hill | SSW 201° | 108 m | 2.8 mi |
| Granny Hill | NNE 21° | 108 m | 4.9 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NE 53° | 107 m | 5.2 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 | 20:26 |
| 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 | 28 | 29 | 37 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bedford Hanscom FLD, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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