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Beacon Hill

Beacon Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Beacon Hill rises to 67 m in Massachusetts. Prospect Hill stands 135 m to the north-northwest, 4.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Windsor Road Historic District, a park 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 6.1 miles off.

About

The story

Mountain in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49011200, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
67 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.33204, -71.23283

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Peaks
Museums
Parks
  • Windsor Road Historic District: 0.2 mi
  • Warren Lincoln Playground: 0.3 mi
  • Pine Ridge Road-Plainfield Street Historic District: 0.5 mi
  • Richard J. McGrath Park: 0.7 mi
  • Richardson Playground: 0.8 mi
Gardens
  • Yvonne’s Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Bob's Island: 0.5 mi
  • Emma Hart Fessenden Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Wildflower Patch: 3.1 mi
  • Penniman Road Community Garden: 5.2 mi
Beaches
  • Crystal Lake Beach: 1.7 mi
  • Morses Pond Beach: 5.0 mi
  • North Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 6.8 mi
  • Shapiro Beach: 6.8 mi
Historic sites: 56
Nature reserves
  • Waban/Alban Island: 0.7 mi
  • Varick Woods: 0.8 mi
  • Varick Hill Conservation Area: 0.9 mi
  • Wellesley Conservation Land: 1.3 mi
  • Martin Conservation Area: 1.3 mi
Attractions: 51
Cliffs: 43
  • Lunch Wall: 2.6 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 2.8 mi
  • Temple Overhangs: 2.9 mi
  • The Alcove: 3.1 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 3.1 mi
Picnic sites: 23
  • Picnic Site 11: 3.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 3.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 9: 3.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 12: 3.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 3.8 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • Commissioners Landing: 8.4 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 8.8 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 22.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 23.0 mi
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 12.0 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 19.4 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Rock Falls: 14.9 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 20.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.5 miles of Beacon Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillNNW135 m4.1 mi
Little ProspectNNW133 m3.8 mi
Reeves HillW122 m6.1 mi
Doublet HillWNW108 m2.4 mi
Fullers HillN105 m6.3 mi
Maugus HillSW101 m2.4 mi
Single Tree HillE100 m4.2 mi
Waban HillE98 m3.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4320:26
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1115:3116:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968747365534334
Precip in3.93.64.54.33.64.23.53.74.05.04.05.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jamaica Plain, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 612288 — Beacon Hill, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

OpenStreetMap element node/358272745

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