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Lewis Hill

Lewis Hill from directly overhead

Lewis Hill is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 98 m. Snow Hill stands 137 m to the south-southeast, 2.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Mumford Wildlife Forest, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 6.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Dover Land Conservation Trust
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.24852, -71.30944

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Glen Street Park: 1.4 mi
  • Old Town Park: 1.6 mi
  • Hunnewell Field Playground: 1.6 mi
  • Charles River Dam: 1.6 mi
  • Shaw Park: 1.7 mi
Gardens
  • Bressingham Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Weezie's Garden for Children: 1.9 mi
  • Olmstead Italianate Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Trial Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Shade Garden: 1.9 mi
Attractions
  • Foundation & Chimney: 2.3 mi
  • Boston Marathon - Wellesley Scream Tunnel: 3.3 mi
  • Martini Junction: 3.4 mi
  • Fairy Rock: 4.4 mi
  • Elephant Rock: 4.6 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Beaches
  • Memorial Beach: 3.2 mi
  • Shapiro Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Morses Pond Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 3.4 mi
  • South Beach: 3.8 mi
Artworks
Cliffs: 45
  • The Alcove: 8.6 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 8.6 mi
  • Lunch Wall: 8.7 mi
  • Temple Overhangs: 8.7 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 8.7 mi
Picnic sites: 42
  • Picnic Site 9: 9.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 9.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 9.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 9.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 12: 9.8 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Westwood Rest Area: 8.0 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 14.3 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 16.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 17.1 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 22.4 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Pakomet Spring: 12.7 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 16.6 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 23.5 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 16.1 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 18.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.9 miles of Lewis Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snow HillSSE 147°137 m2.0 mi
Cedar HillSE 144°134 m2.9 mi
Pegan HillENE 58°125 m0.3 mi
Brush HillW 274°121 m3.8 mi
Strawberry HillESE 108°114 m2.9 mi
Long HillW 262°113 m6.8 mi
Powissett PeakESE 115°112 m3.1 mi
Oak HillSSE 150°111 m1.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1019:4320:26
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1215:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836475766727062514132
Precip in3.43.13.94.13.84.13.93.84.24.83.74.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Natick, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/579839094

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