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Bare Hill

Bare Hill, a peak in Massachusetts
Bare Hill, a peak in MassachusettsNIH History Office from Bethesda · Public domain
Bare Hill, a peak in Massachusetts
NIH History Office from Bethesda · Public domain
Bare Hill, a peak in Massachusetts
NIH History Office from Bethesda · Public domain

Bare Hill rises to 86 m in Massachusetts. Nobscot Hill stands 183 m to the north-northwest, 3.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Danforth Art, a museum 0.3 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.

About

The story

Mountain in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America; geonames ID = 4929735.

Wikidata Q49010716, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
86 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.29874, -71.43574

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
  • Mason Park: 0.3 mi
  • Victory Recreation Fields: 0.3 mi
  • Bowditch Field: 0.6 mi
  • Temple Street Playground: 0.9 mi
  • General Knox Historical District: 1.2 mi
Artworks
Historic sites: 58
  • Blacksmith Minuteman Statue: 0.3 mi
  • World War II Peace Memorial: 1.4 mi
  • Henry Wilson Memorial Site: 3.0 mi
  • War veterans memorial: 3.0 mi
  • LT. Paul K. Bremner memorial: 4.3 mi
Peaks
Beaches: 55
  • Learned Pond Beach: 1.2 mi
  • Memorial Beach: 4.1 mi
  • Hopkinton Main Beach: 4.8 mi
  • Hopkinton Reservoir Beach: 4.9 mi
  • Morses Pond Beach: 6.0 mi
Gardens
Attractions: 55
  • Boston Marathon Starting Line: 6.4 mi
  • Fairy Rock: 6.5 mi
  • Boston Marathon - Wellesley Scream Tunnel: 6.5 mi
  • Elephant Rock: 6.6 mi
  • Rice Tavern Foundation: 7.7 mi
Nature reserves
Cliffs: 37
  • Falling Rock Ridge: 3.3 mi
  • Condo Rock: 9.3 mi
  • The Wall: 9.3 mi
  • Lunch Wall: 13.2 mi
  • Farmers Cliff: 13.2 mi
Picnic sites: 21
  • Picnic Site 9: 10.9 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 10.9 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 10.9 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 10.9 mi
  • Picnic Site 6: 11.0 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Westwood Rest Area: 15.3 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 19.0 mi
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 20.5 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 21.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 21.8 mi
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 19.4 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 19.4 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 19.9 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 21.0 mi
  • Rock Falls: 23.2 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 23.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.6 miles of Bare Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Nobscot HillNNW183 m3.3 mi
Fairmount HillWNW161 m6.5 mi
Saddle HillWSW158 m6.3 mi
Gibbs MountainNW153 m3.3 mi
Shoestring HillWNW153 m6.6 mi
Doeskin HillNNW152 m3.4 mi
Spoon HillNW146 m6.4 mi
Fairview HillW140 m5.4 mi
Conditions

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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358272304

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