Beech Hill
Beech Hill rises to 350 m in Massachusetts. Mount Wachusett stands 609 m to the south-southeast, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Baldwin Hill, a peak 1.3 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49011813, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 350 m
How to reach it
- 13.7 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 17.6 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 27.6 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
- 29.9 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Kiwanis Point · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Dunn Park: 2.1 mi
- Crocker Pond Recreation Area: 2.3 mi
- Sweeney Memorial Playground: 2.5 mi
- Westminster Town Common: 2.5 mi
- Stedman Playground: 2.8 mi
- Schoolboy of 1850: 4.3 mi
- Clyde II: 9.8 mi
- "Johnny Ro": 10.9 mi
- South Royalston Chicken: 11.9 mi
- CAVA: 16.6 mi
- Westminster Soldiers' Monument: 2.2 mi
- Former Seth Heywood Site: 3.0 mi
- Veterans Monument: 3.3 mi
- Former Ohave Synagogue Marker: 3.4 mi
- World War 1 Memorial: 3.4 mi
- Baldwin Hill: 1.3 mi
- Prospect Hill: 1.5 mi
- Ray Hill: 1.5 mi
- Barber Hill: 2.1 mi
- Bean Porridge Hill: 2.4 mi
- Giant Shopping Cart: 2.1 mi
- Yellow Chair: 2.5 mi
- Bicentennial Giant Chair: 2.8 mi
- Painted Rock: 6.0 mi
- Coggshall Rock Ledges & Cliffs: 6.5 mi
- High Ridge Wildlife Management Area: 1.4 mi
- Quag Pond Bog Natural Heritage Area: 1.6 mi
- Schenk Farm Conservation Area: 2.0 mi
- Fitchburg Water Department Land: 2.9 mi
- Gardner Water Supply Land: 3.1 mi
- Gardner Museum: 2.9 mi
- Frederick Historic Piano Collection: 4.4 mi
- Fitchburg Historical Society: 6.4 mi
- Fitchburg Art Museum: 6.4 mi
- Ron Bouchard Racing Museum: 7.8 mi
- St. Paul's Community Garden: 3.0 mi
- Sundial Community Garden: 6.4 mi
- Prichard Street Community Garden: 6.5 mi
- Phillipston Community Garden: 11.1 mi
- Maybarton Community Garden: 16.4 mi
- Crocker Pond Beach: 2.3 mi
- Holiday Cove: 7.2 mi
- Ripple Beach Cove: 7.8 mi
- Lake Dennison Picnic & Swim Area: 9.3 mi
- The Beach at Arrive: 9.3 mi
- Emerson Falls: 4.6 mi
- Trap Falls: 10.3 mi
- Doane's Falls: 14.8 mi
- Spirit Falls: 15.5 mi
- Royalston Falls: 18.9 mi
- Ice Fall (in winter): 5.8 mi
- Ice Fall: 5.9 mi
- Jacob Hill: 16.3 mi
- Sawyer Bluff: 17.1 mi
- Scar Hill Bluffs: 17.5 mi
- The Ashburnham Spring: 4.8 mi
- Falcon Spring: 21.1 mi
- Trap Falls: 10.3 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 12.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Beech Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Wachusett | SSE 160° | 609 m | 6.3 mi |
| Little Watatic Mountain | N 5° | 478 m | 7.3 mi |
| Little Wachusett | SSE 166° | 476 m | 7.9 mi |
| Fisher Hill | N 10° | 468 m | 7.5 mi |
| Blood Hill | NNE 28° | 461 m | 7.7 mi |
| Pine Hill | SSE 155° | 440 m | 6.7 mi |
| Mount Hunger | NNE 20° | 439 m | 5.9 mi |
| Jewell Hill | NE 37° | 429 m | 5.6 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 | 19:47 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:32 | 16:18 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 24 | 32 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ashburnham, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358271114
Day trips start here
- Ashburnham · 2 mi
- Westminster · 2 mi
- Gardner · 4 mi
- Fitchburg · 6 mi
- North County · 8 mi
- Leominster · 9 mi
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