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Kissacook Hill

Kissacook Hill from directly overhead

Kissacook Hill is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 96 m. Oak Hill stands 187 m to the southwest, 5.9 miles off. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

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Coordinates42.58663, -71.48474

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
  • Village View: 0.4 mi
  • Village View: 0.5 mi
  • Village View: 0.5 mi
  • Collins Site: 0.5 mi
  • Village View: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Forge Village Honor Roll: 0.5 mi
  • Sergeant William Woitowicz Memorial: 1.5 mi
  • Major Moses Poor Palmer: 1.7 mi
  • Harvey P Sargisson: 1.8 mi
  • Westford Knight: 2.6 mi
Parks
  • Freedom Park: 0.6 mi
  • Forge Beach: 0.6 mi
  • VFW FIeld: 0.6 mi
  • Stony Brook canoe access: 1.3 mi
  • Mountain Lakes Club Field: 2.2 mi
Gardens
  • Westford Community Gardens: 1.6 mi
  • Yapp Conservation Land Community Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Katie's Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Ayer Community Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Chelmsford Public Garden: 6.8 mi
Museums
Artworks
Attractions
  • Indian Grinding Stone: 3.3 mi
  • Gathering Rocks: 5.1 mi
  • Wetlands Overlook Area: 5.1 mi
  • Wetlands Viewing Area: 5.1 mi
  • Vernal Pool Viewing area: 5.1 mi
Beaches: 33
  • Freeman Lake Beach: 6.0 mi
  • Harvard Town Beach: 8.3 mi
  • Thurston's Beach: 9.1 mi
  • Swimming Hole: 9.4 mi
  • Pelham Town Beach: 10.0 mi
Picnic sites: 21
Cliffs: 18
Waterfalls: 10
  • Wamesit Falls: 9.9 mi
  • The Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Trap Falls: 16.0 mi
  • Cascades: 16.1 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 18.3 mi
Springs: 3
  • Mystery Spring: 3.8 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 21.9 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 22.0 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.3 miles of Kissacook Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oak HillSW 214°187 m5.9 mi
Chestnut HillNW 304°157 m4.3 mi
Prospect HillWNW 285°149 m3.5 mi
Brown LoafWNW 295°141 m3.2 mi
Gibbet HillWNW 293°139 m4.1 mi
Prospect Hill (468')ESE 107°135 m2.3 mi
Pingry HillSW 231°133 m3.7 mi
Baralock HillNW 319°132 m3.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:0919:4520:28
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1315:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735475867737164514031
Precip in3.63.24.34.13.84.43.94.03.95.03.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lowell, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29814661

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