Ball Hill
Ball Hill rises to 364 m in Massachusetts. Mount Wachusett stands 609 m to the southwest, 3.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Crow Hills, a peak 1.0 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49010531, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 364 m
How to reach it
- 13.3 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 22.1 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 25.0 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Kiwanis Point · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Forrester: 2.2 mi
- West Fitchburg Steamline Trail: 3.0 mi
- Crocker Playground: 3.1 mi
- Sawyer Field: 3.4 mi
- Fairfield Park: 3.5 mi
- Westminster Soldiers' Monument: 3.8 mi
- Leominster World War 1 Memorial: 4.2 mi
- Korean War Bell: 4.2 mi
- Leominster Civil War Memorial: 4.2 mi
- Leominster Spanish - American War Memorial: 4.2 mi
- "Johnny Ro": 5.9 mi
- Schoolboy of 1850: 8.7 mi
- Wo Peen, The Dreamer: 11.9 mi
- Pumunangwet, He Who Soots the Stars: 11.9 mi
- Folly: 12.5 mi
- Crow Hills: 1.0 mi
- Wolfden Hill: 1.4 mi
- Palmer Hill: 1.5 mi
- Snow Hill: 1.6 mi
- South Monoosnoc Hill: 2.2 mi
- Moses' Rock: 3.4 mi
- Coggshall Rock Ledges & Cliffs: 3.5 mi
- Whale Rock: 3.6 mi
- Giant Shopping Cart: 4.0 mi
- Painted Rock: 4.6 mi
- Fitchburg Historical Society: 4.9 mi
- Fitchburg Art Museum: 5.0 mi
- Ron Bouchard Racing Museum: 5.7 mi
- Lunenburg Historical Society: 7.8 mi
- Gardner Museum: 8.3 mi
- Prichard Street Community Garden: 5.0 mi
- Sundial Community Garden: 5.0 mi
- St. Paul's Community Garden: 8.2 mi
- Maybarton Community Garden: 10.8 mi
- Morning Glory Farm: 11.0 mi
- Notown Reservoir: 1.5 mi
- Mt. Elam Road: 2.4 mi
- Nashua Valley Conservation Area: 2.5 mi
- Monoosnoc Acres: 2.7 mi
- Bartlett Swamp: 2.7 mi
- Crocker Pond Beach: 3.8 mi
- Wilder Beach: 6.2 mi
- The Beach at Arrive: 6.3 mi
- Lunenburg Town Beach: 6.4 mi
- Sterling Town Beach: 8.9 mi
- Ice Fall: 3.5 mi
- Ice Fall (in winter): 3.6 mi
- Sawyer Bluff: 11.6 mi
- Scar Hill Bluffs: 12.2 mi
- Old Limestone Quarry: 15.5 mi
- Emerson Falls: 2.2 mi
- Trap Falls: 11.0 mi
- Doane's Falls: 20.3 mi
- Spirit Falls: 21.0 mi
- Royalston Falls: 24.5 mi
- The Ashburnham Spring: 9.0 mi
- Mystery Spring: 22.4 mi
- Trap Falls: 11.0 mi
- Family Friendly Area (Multi-use): 23.9 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 7.2 mi
- Dana: 20.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Ball Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Wachusett | SW 225° | 609 m | 3.1 mi |
| Little Wachusett | SSW 211° | 476 m | 4.6 mi |
| Pine Hill | SSW 213° | 440 m | 2.8 mi |
| Brown Hill | SW 216° | 401 m | 5.1 mi |
| Church Rock | W 264° | 398 m | 3.5 mi |
| Prentiss Hill | WSW 256° | 386 m | 5.1 mi |
| Bickford Hill | WNW 299° | 385 m | 7.8 mi |
| Crow Hills | WNW 292° | 376 m | 1.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:46 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:09 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:32 | 16:18 |
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 | 25 | 27 | 35 | 47 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fitchburg Muni AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 610312 — Ball Hill, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
OpenStreetMap element node/358271469
Day trips start here
- North County · 3 mi
- Ashburnham · 4 mi
- Leominster · 4 mi
- Westminster · 4 mi
- Fitchburg · 5 mi
- Princeton · 5 mi
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