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Bellevue Hill

Bellevue Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Bellevue Hill rises to 94 m in Massachusetts. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the south-southeast, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Bellevue Hill Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway runs past it.

The story

Bellevue Hill is a neighborhood in West Roxbury comprising the areas roughly between Lagrange Street, Centre Street, and the West Roxbury Parkway. Defined by its leafy streets and stately homes, Bellevue Hill is one of the most upscale neighborhoods outside of Boston's downtown core. Bellevue Hill is also the highest natural point in the city of Boston and Suffolk County. It rises to a height of 330 feet (101m) above sea level. On it lies the Bellevue Standpipe, which is on the Boston Register of Historic Places.

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Wikidata Q4883939, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
94 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.27649, -71.14394

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
Gardens
Artworks
  • Drift by Mary Bonina: 3.0 mi
  • Taino Mural: 3.5 mi
  • Beauty Master Mural: 3.6 mi
  • Pimentel Market Mural: 3.7 mi
  • Reach: 3.8 mi
Attractions
  • Jamaica Pond Bench: 3.1 mi
  • Sam Adams Boston Brewery Tour: 3.4 mi
  • Andean Condor: 3.4 mi
  • Western Grey Kangaroo: 3.4 mi
  • Emu: 3.4 mi
Beaches
  • Crystal Lake Beach: 4.5 mi
  • Tenean Beach: 5.3 mi
  • North Beach: 5.5 mi
  • South Beach: 5.8 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 6.0 mi
Cliffs: 47
  • The Alcove: 3.6 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 3.6 mi
  • Lower Cliff: 3.6 mi
  • Temple Overhangs: 3.8 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 3.9 mi
Picnic sites: 41
  • Nature's Pavilion: 3.4 mi
  • Oak Lea: 3.4 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 3.5 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 6.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 9.3 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Westwood Rest Area: 4.1 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 6.7 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 19.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 20.4 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 21.5 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Pakomet Spring: 6.1 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 25.0 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 12.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.7 miles of Bellevue Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillSSE 161°193 m4.7 mi
Chickatawbut HillSE 132°156 m5.6 mi
Hancock HillSSE 148°155 m4.7 mi
Buck HillSE 141°151 m5.5 mi
Hemenway HillSSE 151°140 m4.6 mi
Tucker HillSE 146°133 m5.3 mi
Wolcott HillSSE 156°132 m4.7 mi
Houghton HillSSE 152°129 m5.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4320:25
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1115:3016:16

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, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 612292 — Bellevue Hill, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.

OpenStreetMap element node/358272747

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