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Jacob Hill

Jacob Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Jacob Hill is a cliff in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 315 m. Little Monadnock Mountain stands 571 m to the north, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Falls Road Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 9.8 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
315 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.69592, -72.20369

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Frye Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Davis Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Grant Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Wyman Hill: 2.4 mi
Historic sites
  • Royalston Veterans Memorial: 1.6 mi
  • Eliza Ballou Monument: 3.3 mi
  • The Old Schoolhouse Marker: 5.1 mi
  • Colonial Home 1777 Marker: 5.7 mi
  • Town Pound Marker: 7.1 mi
Parks
Museums: 33
  • Royalston Post Office: 1.8 mi
  • Royalston Historical Society: 1.8 mi
  • The Warwick Historical Society and Museum: 6.9 mi
  • Old Town Hall: 7.2 mi
  • Winchendon Historical Society: 7.8 mi
Attractions: 29
  • Stone Bridge: 2.8 mi
  • Path Continues: 10.2 mi
  • Path Continues: 10.3 mi
  • Path Continues: 10.3 mi
  • Path Continues: 10.4 mi
Cliffs: 24
  • Troy Cliffs: 8.7 mi
  • Table Rock: 12.1 mi
  • Black Precipice: 12.1 mi
  • Billings Fold: 12.4 mi
  • The Sanctuary: 13.6 mi
Beaches: 17
  • Fitzwilliam Town Beach on Laurel Lake: 3.6 mi
  • Richmond Town Beach at Cass Pond: 4.5 mi
  • North Camping Area Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Silver Lake Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Lake Dennison Picnic & Swim Area: 7.0 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Spirit Falls: 1.9 mi
  • Royalston Falls: 2.5 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Falls Brook Falls: 8.3 mi
Artworks: 13
  • South Royalston Chicken: 5.3 mi
  • Clyde II: 7.7 mi
  • Schoolboy of 1850: 15.3 mi
  • Armillary: 16.2 mi
  • Reaching: 16.3 mi
Gardens: 9
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 7.7 mi
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 13.8 mi
  • Wendell Community Garden: 14.1 mi
  • Noahs Ark: 14.8 mi
  • Community Garden: 14.9 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
  • Falcon Spring: 12.3 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 15.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Covered bridges: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Jacob Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Little Monadnock MountainN 359°571 m6.5 mi
Mount GraceW 268°491 m7.7 mi
The PinnacleNNE 21°467 m6.5 mi
Grassy HillNNW 341°446 m5.4 mi
Bennetts KnobW 269°444 m7.5 mi
Attleboro MountainNW 316°427 m7.8 mi
Mayo HillWNW 286°418 m5.0 mi
Webb HillNE 34°415 m4.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1219:4820:31
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1715:3316:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634475968747264514030
Precip in3.62.93.93.53.54.54.64.34.34.73.64.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tully Lake, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358270915

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