Skip to content

Bald Hill

Bald Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Bald Hill rises to 132 m in Massachusetts. Peppercorn Hill stands 174 m to the west-southwest, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Mellen Street Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 12 miles off.

The story

mountain in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Wikidata Q49009774, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
132 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.21428, -71.44257

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Goodwill Park: 1.2 mi
  • Patoma Park: 2.0 mi
  • Stoddard Park: 2.2 mi
  • Idylbrook Park: 3.1 mi
  • College Rock Park: 3.2 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Artworks
  • Hoyt Statue: 4.0 mi
  • George V. Brown Memorial: 4.0 mi
  • Statue: 6.6 mi
  • Zullo Gallery: 7.3 mi
  • horseshoe sculpture: 7.7 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Community gardens of John J. Lane Park: 6.1 mi
  • Community Garden Southborough: 6.3 mi
  • Southborough Town Pound: 7.9 mi
  • Olmstead Italianate Garden: 8.1 mi
  • Bressingham Garden: 8.2 mi
Beaches: 54
Cliffs: 39
  • The Wall: 4.0 mi
  • Condo Rock: 4.1 mi
  • Falling Rock Ridge: 9.1 mi
  • Lunch Wall: 15.6 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 15.6 mi
Picnic sites: 38
  • Picnic Site 9: 15.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 15.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 15.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 15.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 12: 15.2 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Westwood Rest Area: 14.5 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 16.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 16.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 18.9 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 18.9 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Rock Falls: 22.6 mi
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 24.0 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 24.6 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 19.2 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 23.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Bald Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Peppercorn HillWSW 253°174 m6.3 mi
Magomiscock HillSW 232°171 m6.7 mi
Bear HillW 265°170 m6.8 mi
Christian HillWSW 249°160 m7.4 mi
Saddle HillWNW 297°158 m5.5 mi
Bear HillSSW 209°141 m6.3 mi
Fairview HillNW 315°140 m7.1 mi
Rocky Woods RangeSW 224°137 m4.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1019:4420:26
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1215:3216:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485867737164524233
Precip in4.13.34.64.83.94.53.53.94.25.13.84.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — West Medway, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358272352

More peaks in Massachusetts

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Bald Hill.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens