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Green Hill Historic District

Green Hill Historic District from directly overhead

Green Hill Historic District is a park in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 44 m. Single Tree Hill stands 100 m to the west, 1.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, a park 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 1.7 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
44 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.32343, -71.13089

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Parkman Memorial: 0.5 mi
  • Soldiers Monument: 0.9 mi
  • Private First Class Dennis Conry Memorial Square: 1.1 mi
  • Soldier's Monument: 1.2 mi
  • Rabbi Joseph Shalom Memorial: 1.6 mi
Peaks
Attractions
  • Jamaica Pond Bench: 0.8 mi
  • Sam Adams Boston Brewery Tour: 1.5 mi
  • Andean Condor: 2.3 mi
  • 34: 2.3 mi
  • 26: 2.3 mi
Gardens
  • Jamaica Pond Park Rain Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Jamaica Pond Park Rain Garden: 0.9 mi
  • School Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Bradley Rosaceous Collection: 1.6 mi
  • Egleston Community Orchard: 1.6 mi
Artworks
  • Taino Mural: 1.0 mi
  • Beauty Master Mural: 1.1 mi
  • Pimentel Market Mural: 1.2 mi
  • Baker's Dream: 1.3 mi
  • Reach: 1.4 mi
Beaches
Cliffs: 47
  • Lower Cliff: 2.2 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 2.2 mi
  • The Alcove: 2.2 mi
  • Temple Overhangs: 2.3 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 2.4 mi
Picnic sites: 42
  • Pine Knoll: 2.4 mi
  • Oak Lea: 2.5 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 2.6 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 7.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 7.6 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Commissioners Landing: 3.8 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 7.4 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 22.8 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 22.8 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 23.0 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 7.9 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 22.7 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Rock Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 22.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.8 miles of Green Hill Historic District. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Single Tree HillW 269°100 m1.1 mi
Waban HillWNW 297°98 m2.5 mi
Bellevue HillSSW 192°94 m3.3 mi
Bird's HillWSW 237°92 m5.2 mi
Mount WalleySSW 198°91 m1.1 mi
Bald Pate HillWSW 242°90 m2.8 mi
Green HillS 183°89 m1.4 mi
Wilson MountainSW 218°87 m5.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4320:25
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1115:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968747365534334
Precip in3.93.64.54.33.64.23.53.74.05.04.05.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jamaica Plain, 1 mi away.

  • Canada Goose1,061 obs
  • American Robin1,000 obs
  • Mallard919 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel853 obs
  • Mute Swan571 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee511 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail507 obs
  • Wild Turkey484 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358277917

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