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Mt. Gilboa

Mt. Gilboa from directly overhead

Mt. Gilboa is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 88 m. Prospect Hill stands 135 m to the southwest, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Gilboa, a peak 0.1 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 0.3 miles off.

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What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.42856, -71.18197

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • McClennen Park: 0.3 mi
  • Locke School Playground: 0.3 mi
  • Francis M. Donnelly Memorial Square: 0.4 mi
  • Rindge Park: 0.5 mi
  • Hibbert Playground: 0.8 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Wildlife Habitat Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Winthrop Street Community Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Tufts Community Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Alex's Place: 3.6 mi
  • Shawn Megan Memorial Garden: 3.7 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Artworks
Attractions
Beaches
  • Borggaard Beach: 2.6 mi
  • Crystal Lake Beach: 7.2 mi
  • Pearce Lake Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Baby Beach: 9.4 mi
  • Revere Beach: 10.0 mi
Cliffs: 47
  • Bloody Bluff: 4.4 mi
  • Crag 1: 5.3 mi
  • Lookout Cliff: 6.1 mi
  • Lunch Wall: 6.8 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 7.1 mi
Picnic sites: 23
  • Picnic Site 1: 4.2 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 4.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 3: 4.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 4.6 mi
  • Valley Shelter: 4.7 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 4.0 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 15.7 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 16.3 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 15.0 mi
  • Rock Falls: 18.3 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 4.8 miles of Mt. Gilboa. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillSW 233°135 m4.6 mi
Whipple HillN 355°110 m0.9 mi
Loring HillWNW 285°109 m2.9 mi
Granny HillNW 310°108 m2.6 mi
Turkey HillENE 59°107 m0.5 mi
Zion HillN 4°107 m1.8 mi
Mount PisgahNE 36°105 m1.5 mi
Fullers HillW 262°105 m3.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0819:4320:26
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1215:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F282937495968747264524233
Precip in2.92.73.83.83.43.73.53.53.54.23.73.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bedford Hanscom FLD, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29834648

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