Prospect Hill
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Prospect Hill is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 80 m. Peaked Hill stands 95 m to the southeast, 0.8 miles off. Paradise Ave and Other Roads passes 27 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1973
How to reach it
- 27.3 mi off the Paradise Ave and Other Roads
Named places within 25 miles
- Menemsha Hills: 0.3 mi
- Brickyard Reservation: 0.9 mi
- Bliss Pond Farm: 1.0 mi
- Englander: 1.3 mi
- Fulling Mill Brook Cons. Area: 1.6 mi
- Menemsha Hills Reservation Beach: 0.6 mi
- Menemsha Beach: 0.9 mi
- Lucy Vincent Beach: 2.2 mi
- Lobsterville Beach: 2.5 mi
- Stonewall Beach: 2.9 mi
- Aquinnah Circle Park: 4.7 mi
- Valley Park: 8.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 9.6 mi
- Boch Park: 9.8 mi
- Owen Park: 9.8 mi
- Prospect Hill: 0.0 mi
- Peaked Hill: 0.8 mi
- Abel Hill: 2.1 mi
- Ridge Hill: 2.5 mi
- Whiting Hill: 3.6 mi
- Bartholomew Gosnold Memorial Tower: 10.9 mi
- Nobska Lighthouse: 11.4 mi
- Woods Holl: 11.7 mi
- War Memorial: 11.7 mi
- Soldiers Memorial: 11.8 mi
- Aquinnah Wampanoag History Museum: 4.8 mi
- Martha's Vineyard Museum: 9.6 mi
- Old Schoolhouse Museum and Liberty Pole: 9.8 mi
- Cuttyhunk Historical Society Museum: 10.2 mi
- Cottage Museum: 11.4 mi
- Wequobsque Cliffs: 2.3 mi
- Nashaquitsa Cliffs: 3.1 mi
- Zacks Cliffs: 4.6 mi
- Gay Head Cliffs: 4.7 mi
- Cedar Tree Neck: 5.3 mi
- Polly Hill Arboretum: 4.2 mi
- Big Bridge: 10.9 mi
- Falmouth Road Race Starting Line: 11.7 mi
- Flying Horses Carousel: 11.7 mi
- The Liberté: 14.3 mi
- Garden of Our Lady: 11.9 mi
- Spohr Public Gardens: 13.4 mi
- Colonial Gardens: 14.7 mi
- Rotch- Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum: 20.5 mi
- Helfand Farm Community Gardens: 21.7 mi
- Keeper's House: 11.0 mi
- Keeper's House: 11.0 mi
- West Chop Light: 11.0 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 11.1 mi
- Oil House: 11.1 mi
- Rachel Carson: 11.7 mi
- Whale Tail: 11.7 mi
- Helen Keller: 11.7 mi
- Whale Tail: 12.4 mi
- Buddha: 19.0 mi
- Crystal Spring: 22.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Prospect Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peaked Hill | SE 142° | 94.8 m | 0.8 mi |
| Prospect Hill | NNE 26° | 78 m | 0.0 mi |
| Deer Horn Hill | NNE 22° | 71 m | 22.0 mi |
| Whiting Hill | NE 41° | 68 m | 3.6 mi |
| Nootas Hill | WNW 302° | 50 m | 22.8 mi |
| Sherman Hill | NW 306° | 49 m | 22.1 mi |
| Mount Surat | N 2° | 48 m | 9.0 mi |
| Ridge Hill | E 88° | 47 m | 2.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:39 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:06 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 15:33 | 16:17 |
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 | 31 | 32 | 37 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 63 | 53 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vineyard Haven Marthas Vineyar, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29697469
Day trips start here
- SouthCoast · 19 mi
- Dartmouth · 21 mi
- Mattapoisett · 21 mi
- New Bedford · 22 mi
- Marion · 23 mi
- Little Compton · 24 mi
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