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Banner Hill

Banner Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Banner Hill rises to 105 m in Massachusetts. Nobscot Hill stands 183 m to the north-northeast, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Abandoned Well, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 15 miles off.

The story

mountain in Massachusetts, United States of America

Wikidata Q49010635, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
105 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.26704, -71.47506

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • The Corner Spot: 0.6 mi
  • Gryncel Park: 0.6 mi
  • Stone Park: 0.8 mi
  • Nyanza Healing Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Soccer Field: 1.3 mi
Historic sites
  • War veterans memorial: 0.7 mi
  • Martha Templeman Plaque: 2.6 mi
  • Watkins Woods Plaque: 2.6 mi
  • Blacksmith Minuteman Statue: 3.1 mi
  • WW1 Memorial: 3.4 mi
Gardens
Museums
Artworks
  • Hoyt Statue: 3.4 mi
  • George V. Brown Memorial: 3.4 mi
  • horseshoe sculpture: 3.8 mi
  • Fireball: 5.6 mi
  • Stegosaurus: 5.7 mi
Attractions
  • Boston Marathon Starting Line: 3.4 mi
  • Chattering Rock: 6.8 mi
  • Teetering Rock: 6.8 mi
  • “The Rock” in Marlborough: 8.3 mi
  • Boston Marathon - Wellesley Scream Tunnel: 8.8 mi
Beaches: 39
  • Hopkinton Main Beach: 1.9 mi
  • Hopkinton Reservoir Beach: 2.2 mi
  • Learned Pond Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Memorial Beach: 5.8 mi
  • Pleasure Point: 5.9 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Picnic Site 9: 13.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 13.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 13.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 13.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 7: 13.9 mi
Cliffs: 29
Rest areas: 7
  • Westwood Rest Area: 16.6 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 20.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 20.6 mi
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 21.0 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 21.5 mi
Springs: 3
  • Pakomet Spring: 21.3 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 21.8 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 22.2 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Cascade Falls: 23.8 mi
  • Rock Falls: 24.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.8 miles of Banner Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Nobscot HillNNE 14°183 m5.6 mi
Bear HillSW 230°170 m6.6 mi
Newtons HillWNW 282°166 m5.5 mi
Pleasant HillNW 320°164 m6.6 mi
Jericho HillNW 313°161 m6.2 mi
Fairmount HillNW 323°161 m6.4 mi
Saddle HillWSW 250°158 m3.5 mi
Mount NeboWNW 291°157 m5.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1019:4420:27
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 °F262836475766727062514132
Precip in3.43.13.94.13.84.13.93.84.24.83.74.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Natick, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 611528 — Banner Hill, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

OpenStreetMap element node/358272265

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