Bald Hill
Bald Hill rises to 318 m in Massachusetts. Prospect Hill stands 416 m to the northeast, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Sputtermill Pond Access, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 0.5 miles off.
The story
mountain in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States of America; geonames ID = 4929631
Wikidata Q49009784, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 318 m
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 5.4 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 14.6 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 27.0 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Kiwanis Point · 8 mi
- Overlook · 13 mi
- Waterfall · 13 mi
- Summit House · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sputtermill Pond Access: 0.8 mi
- Federated Women's Club State Forest: 1.2 mi
- White Horse Lane Conservation Area: 2.6 mi
- South Street Conservation Area: 2.8 mi
- Babbitt Wildlife Sanctuary: 2.9 mi
- Camels Hump Hill: 1.6 mi
- Soapstone Hill: 2.3 mi
- Rattlesnake Hill: 3.0 mi
- Carter Hill: 3.1 mi
- Bassett Hill: 3.2 mi
- Town Common: 2.0 mi
- Town Common: 2.0 mi
- Rocking Stone Park: 5.3 mi
- Pine Beach: 5.7 mi
- Orange Dog Park: 6.2 mi
- South Athol WWI Honor Roll: 3.2 mi
- South Athol WWII Honor Roll: 3.2 mi
- Williams Homestead Ruins: 3.7 mi
- Williams Homestead Ruins: 3.7 mi
- Grave's Landing: 4.3 mi
- Old North Dana Depot: 3.2 mi
- Path Continues: 3.3 mi
- Trail Continues: 3.9 mi
- Dead Man's Curve: 4.6 mi
- Old Schoolhouse: 4.9 mi
- Fisher Museum: 3.2 mi
- Old Academy Building: 5.4 mi
- Old Town Hall: 6.9 mi
- Phillipston Historical Society: 7.0 mi
- Pelham Historical Society: 11.5 mi
- Community Garden: 5.4 mi
- Phillipston Community Garden: 8.0 mi
- Wendell Community Garden: 9.4 mi
- St. Paul's Community Garden: 13.5 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 15.4 mi
- Overlook: 3.5 mi
- Indian Kitchen: 6.0 mi
- The Sanctuary: 12.4 mi
- Mormon Hollow: 12.8 mi
- Mormon Hollow: 12.9 mi
- Silver Lake Beach: 7.4 mi
- Lake Dennison Picnic & Swim Area: 12.4 mi
- North Camping Area Beach: 12.7 mi
- Puffers Pond South Beach: 15.8 mi
- Puffers Pond North Beach: 15.9 mi
- South Royalston Chicken: 10.3 mi
- Clyde II: 15.7 mi
- Metawampe: 16.9 mi
- AISC Steel Sculpture: 16.9 mi
- Quinnipiac: 17.0 mi
- Bear's Den Falls: 6.1 mi
- Doane's Falls: 10.8 mi
- Doane's Falls: 10.8 mi
- Spirit Falls: 12.2 mi
- Royalston Falls: 15.4 mi
- The Ashburnham Spring: 19.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Bald Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect Hill | NE 38° | 416 m | 4.5 mi |
| Baldwin Hill | NNE 31° | 411 m | 7.0 mi |
| Ward Hill | NNE 27° | 405 m | 5.9 mi |
| Pratt Hill | NNE 18° | 394 m | 7.0 mi |
| Orcutt Hill | WNW 289° | 394 m | 8.3 mi |
| Round Top | NNE 14° | 388 m | 7.8 mi |
| Packard Mountain | WSW 251° | 386 m | 6.8 mi |
| Poor Farm Hill | W 278° | 384 m | 6.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:34 | 16:19 |
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 | 24 | 26 | 35 | 46 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orange Muni AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 609628 — Bald Hill, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
OpenStreetMap element node/358270885
Day trips start here
- Gardner · 13 mi
- Ashburnham · 16 mi
- Westminster · 16 mi
- Amherst · 17 mi
- Princeton · 18 mi
- Deerfield · 20 mi
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