Staying Home Sucks, home
Central Square from above, April 2008
Cambridge, the nearest town, 11 km away. Photo: Eric Kilby from Somerville, MA, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Whipple Boulder

Climbing area · United States

Is it worth the trip?

71Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Tue 3: Rock dry, Rock about 19 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 88 out of 100

Rock
Dry
Rock temp
18°C
Air
20°C
Rain
0 mm

Tue 3 · 89 out of 100

Rock
Dry
Rock temp
19°C
Air
21°C
Rain
0 mm

Wed 4 · 80 out of 100

Rock
Dry
Rock temp
16°C
Air
22°C
Rain
0 mm

Thu 5 · 81 out of 100

Rock
Dry
Rock temp
18°C
Air
20°C
Rain
0 mm

Fri 6 · 57 out of 100

Rock
Wet
Rock temp
19°C
Air
21°C
Rain
1.5 mm

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Rock
Wet
Rock temp
12°C
Air
13°C
Rain
3 mm

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Rock
Wet
Rock temp
9°C
Air
13°C
Rain
0 mm

Tap a day for rock, its warmth, the air and rain. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 193, good
  2. Mon 288, good
  3. Tue 389, good
  4. Wed 480, good
  5. Thu 581, good
  6. Fri 657, fair
  7. Sat 70, poor
  8. Sun 80, poor
  9. Mon 994, good
  10. Tue 1088, good

The spot in two facts

  • 4 cragsmapped within 5 km
  • Boulderingstyles

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know loose rock, seepage, access bans or your skill.

Weather forecast and score for each day at Whipple Boulder
DayScoreRockRock tempAirRain
Sun 1Nov*93, goodDry?13°C13°C0 mm
Mon 2Nov88, goodDry18°C20°C0 mm
Tue 3Nov89, goodDry19°C21°C0 mm
Wed 4Nov80, goodDry16°C22°C0 mm
Thu 5Nov81, goodDry18°C20°C0 mm
Fri 6Nov57, fairWet19°C21°C1.5 mm
Sat 7Nov0, poorWet12°C13°C3 mm
Sun 8Nov0, poorWet9°C13°C0 mm
Mon 9Nov94, goodWetdry in 3 h11°C11°C0 mm
Tue 10Nov88, goodDry14°C13°C0 mm

* Rain before today is not known: the forecast starts today, so these days are scored from a dry start and a wet one.

Rock and air are in °C, the rock's with the sun on it; rain in mm. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Map

the area and its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

Town

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About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Whipple Boulder

4 crags mapped. Bouldering. The nearest town to stay in is Cambridge.

  • Crags 4 crags mapped.
  • Styles Bouldering.
  • Rock No source states the rock.

From OpenStreetMap: the crags mapped within 5 km. Check access and bans locally.

Crags: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,040–US$1,900 each

about US$1,040–US$1,900 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, taxi, stay, food, climbing instructor.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to BOS, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$167–US$355
Taxiairport and back, sharedabout US$40–US$60
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$348–US$583
Food7 days eating outabout US$342–US$636
Climbing instructor1 day with an instructor, shared; leave it out if you climb on your ownabout US$141–US$261
Totalabout US$1,040–US$1,900

Climbers bring their own kit: it is not in the cost. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Cambridge

Closest

Cambridge

18 min by car · 96 places to stay

about US$134/nightcountry average

See 96 places to stay in Cambridge · Booking.com

About Cambridge its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$134 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 4h 50m

About 4h 50m door to door from Chicago

Fly MDW → BOS, direct, then 35 min by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.