Ballard Hill
Ballard Hill rises to 105 m in Massachusetts. Nobscot Hill stands 183 m to the north, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Merriam Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 14 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Massachusetts, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49010555, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 105 m
How to reach it
- 13.9 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 13.8 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 21.9 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 25.4 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Ledge · 17 mi
- Skywalk Observatory · 19 mi
- Lookout Point · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Danforth Art Museum\School: 1.8 mi
- Danforth Art: 2.1 mi
- Framingham Historical Society: 2.1 mi
- Knight Hall: 2.5 mi
- Redstone School: 5.9 mi
- horseshoe sculpture: 4.4 mi
- Hoyt Statue: 4.6 mi
- George V. Brown Memorial: 4.6 mi
- Fireball: 4.7 mi
- Stegosaurus: 4.8 mi
- War veterans memorial: 1.2 mi
- Blacksmith Minuteman Statue: 1.8 mi
- World War II Peace Memorial: 2.5 mi
- Henry Wilson Memorial Site: 3.6 mi
- Watkins Woods Plaque: 3.7 mi
- Merriam Hill: 0.4 mi
- Fish Hill: 0.8 mi
- Mount Wayte: 1.2 mi
- Banner Hill: 1.3 mi
- Bare Hill: 1.8 mi
- Community Garden Southborough: 3.5 mi
- Community gardens of John J. Lane Park: 4.0 mi
- Southborough Town Pound: 4.7 mi
- Cider Knoll Community Garden: 7.3 mi
- Olmstead Italianate Garden: 7.4 mi
- Boston Marathon Starting Line: 4.6 mi
- Boston Marathon - Wellesley Scream Tunnel: 7.5 mi
- Chattering Rock: 7.5 mi
- Teetering Rock: 7.6 mi
- Fairy Rock: 7.7 mi
- Roosevelt Park: 0.8 mi
- Cushing Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
- Farm Pond Park: 1.1 mi
- Long Athletic Field Complex: 1.1 mi
- The Corner Spot: 1.2 mi
- Abandoned Well: 0.8 mi
- Sudbury River Park 2: 1.1 mi
- Cedar Swamp: 1.4 mi
- Pout Rock: 1.4 mi
- Abandoned Pumping Station: 1.6 mi
- Learned Pond Beach: 2.0 mi
- Hopkinton Main Beach: 3.3 mi
- Hopkinton Reservoir Beach: 3.5 mi
- Memorial Beach: 4.6 mi
- Pleasure Point: 6.0 mi
- Falling Rock Ridge: 4.9 mi
- Condo Rock: 7.5 mi
- The Wall: 7.5 mi
- Lunch Wall: 14.3 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 14.4 mi
- Picnic Site 9: 12.4 mi
- Picnic Site 10: 12.5 mi
- Picnic Site 8: 12.5 mi
- Picnic Site 11: 12.5 mi
- Picnic Site 7: 12.6 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 15.5 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 20.2 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 20.4 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 20.6 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 21.3 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 20.2 mi
- Quarry Spring: 20.9 mi
- Mystery Spring: 21.1 mi
- Cascade Falls: 22.5 mi
- Rock Falls: 23.6 mi
- Haywardville: 22.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of Ballard Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nobscot Hill | N 1° | 183 m | 4.9 mi |
| Saddle Hill | WSW 249° | 158 m | 4.8 mi |
| Mount Nebo | WNW 282° | 157 m | 6.1 mi |
| Gibbs Mountain | NNW 338° | 153 m | 4.2 mi |
| Shoestring Hill | NW 307° | 153 m | 6.7 mi |
| Doeskin Hill | N 357° | 152 m | 4.9 mi |
| Fairview Hill | W 280° | 140 m | 4.6 mi |
| Farm Hill | NW 320° | 139 m | 6.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:21 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:44 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:32 | 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 | 26 | 28 | 36 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 51 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Natick, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358272264
Day trips start here
- Ashland · 1 mi
- Framingham · 2 mi
- Natick · 5 mi
- Boroughs · 6 mi
- Marlborough · 7 mi
- MetroWest · 7 mi
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