Historic site · Massachusetts
Prospect Hill Tower
Prospect Hill Tower is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 30 m. Turkey Hill stands 107 m to the northwest, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Prospect Hill, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 2.6 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1904
How to reach it
Coordinates42.38172, -71.09349
- 2.6 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 3.3 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 23.5 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 2 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 25 mi
- Eagle Rock · 26 mi
- Lookout Point · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Prospect Hill Park: 0.0 mi
- Corbett-McKenna Park: 0.0 mi
- Stone Place Park: 0.1 mi
- Walnut Street Park: 0.2 mi
- Ken Kelly Park: 0.3 mi
Museums
- Somerville Historical Museum: 0.7 mi
- Semitic Museum: 1.1 mi
- Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology: 1.1 mi
- Harvard Geological and Mineral Museum: 1.1 mi
- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery: 1.1 mi
Peaks
- Prospect Hill: 0.0 mi
- Central Hill: 0.5 mi
- Mount Benedict (historic): 0.8 mi
- Spring Hill: 0.9 mi
- Winter Hill: 1.0 mi
Artworks: 59
- Somerville Gateway Mural: 0.2 mi
- Passage: 0.3 mi
- Dyanna: 0.6 mi
- Edge of the Forest (Deer): 0.7 mi
- Bessie: 1.0 mi
Gardens: 59
- Community Growing Center: 0.3 mi
- Concord Ave Community Space: 0.3 mi
- South Street Farm: 0.5 mi
- Adolphus Busch Hall Garden: 1.1 mi
- Green Street Neighborhood Garden: 1.3 mi
Beaches
- Pleasure Bay Beach: 5.0 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 5.6 mi
- Corinha Beach: 5.7 mi
- Short Beach: 5.8 mi
- Revere Beach: 6.0 mi
Nature reserves
- Mystic River Reservation: 1.3 mi
- Alewife Brook Parkway: 2.5 mi
- Amory Woods: 2.6 mi
- Hall's Pond Sanctuary: 2.6 mi
- Parker Hilltop: 3.7 mi
Historic sites: 54
- World War I Memorial: 0.2 mi
- James Miller Minuteman Monument: 0.2 mi
- Union Army Recruiting Site: 0.2 mi
- Union Square Station Plaza: 0.3 mi
- Union Square Station Plaza Public Open Space: 0.3 mi
Attractions: 51
- Charles Riverboat Company: 1.3 mi
- Harvard Square: 1.4 mi
- Longfellow Bridge Trophy Room: 1.6 mi
- National Historic Chemical Marker: 1.9 mi
- Acorn Street: 2.1 mi
Cliffs: 47
- Crag 1: 4.1 mi
- Lower Cliff: 5.7 mi
- Temple Overhangs: 5.7 mi
- Lunch Wall: 5.7 mi
- Upper Cliff: 5.7 mi
Picnic sites: 22
- Pine Knoll: 5.2 mi
- Oak Lea: 5.3 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 5.4 mi
- Picnic Site 1: 8.2 mi
- Pinetops Picnic Area: 8.2 mi
Lighthouses: 5
- Boathouse: 11.0 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 11.0 mi
- Oil Shed: 11.0 mi
- Rainshed: 11.0 mi
- Boston Light: 11.0 mi
Springs: 3
- Quarry Spring: 3.8 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 12.0 mi
- Mystery Spring: 21.2 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Cascade Falls: 4.5 mi
- Rock Falls: 13.4 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 20.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Commissioners Landing: 1.9 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 11.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Haywardville: 5.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.4 miles of Prospect Hill Tower. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey Hill | NW 311° | 107 m | 5.4 mi |
| Single Tree Hill | SW 217° | 100 m | 5.0 mi |
| Waban Hill | SW 235° | 98 m | 5.0 mi |
| Cairn Hill | N 5° | 92 m | 4.4 mi |
| Wellington Hill | WNW 286° | 91 m | 5.2 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | SW 225° | 86 m | 5.0 mi |
| Winthrop Hill | N 353° | 84 m | 5.4 mi |
| Boojum Rock | N 7° | 83 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/29828205
Day trips start here
- Cambridge · 1 mi
- Somerville · 1 mi
- Boston · 2 mi
- Boston/Back Bay-Beacon Hill · 2 mi
- Boston/Charlestown · 2 mi
- Boston/Downtown · 2 mi
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