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Bigelow Hill

Bigelow Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Bigelow Hill rises to 472 m in New Hampshire. Mount Monadnock stands 965 m to the east-northeast, 2.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Troy Water Works Land, a nature reserve 1.2 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 16 miles off.

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q34822206, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
472 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.84813, -72.15241

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Farrar Field: 1.5 mi
  • Central Square: 2.2 mi
  • Samuel E. Paul Recreational Park: 2.5 mi
  • Marlborough Town Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Shattuck Park: 4.8 mi
Peaks
  • Gap Mountain - North Peak: 1.9 mi
  • Fern Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Monte Rosa: 2.0 mi
  • Gap Mountain - South Peak: 2.2 mi
  • Bald Rock: 2.3 mi
Historic sites
  • Troy Civil War Memorial: 2.1 mi
  • Troy's Hero Memorial: 2.2 mi
  • Troy Veterans Memorial: 2.2 mi
  • Troy Veterans Memorial: 2.2 mi
  • Troy WW1 Memorial: 2.2 mi
Museums: 32
Cliffs: 20
  • Black Precipice: 2.2 mi
  • Billings Fold: 2.4 mi
  • Troy Cliffs: 4.7 mi
  • Jacob Hill: 10.8 mi
  • Mine Ledge: 14.4 mi
Waterfalls: 17
  • Falls Brook Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Royalston Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Spirit Falls: 12.7 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 14.0 mi
Beaches: 16
  • Ranger Beach: 5.1 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 5.5 mi
  • Sunset Beach: 7.5 mi
  • Fitzwilliam Town Beach on Laurel Lake: 8.0 mi
  • Jowder's Cove Beach: 8.1 mi
Attractions: 14
Artworks: 12
  • Armillary: 6.1 mi
  • Aurora: 8.4 mi
  • Reaching: 8.4 mi
  • Jennie B. Powers: 8.5 mi
  • Pizza Wings: 8.6 mi
Gardens: 6
  • Noahs Ark: 5.2 mi
  • John Pierce Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 17.7 mi
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 20.6 mi
  • Washington Community Garden: 22.9 mi
Springs: 3
  • Falcon Spring: 3.0 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 18.9 mi
  • (seasonal): 24.9 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Covered bridges: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Bigelow Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MonadnockENE 68°965 m2.4 mi
Bald RockE 80°790 m2.3 mi
Monte RosaENE 74°749 m2.0 mi
Gap Mountain - South PeakSSE 160°579 m2.2 mi
Little Monadnock MountainSW 214°571 m4.9 mi
Gap Mountain - North PeakSSE 161°561 m1.9 mi
Cobb HillNNE 28°555 m8.7 mi
Beech HillNE 41°529 m6.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1119:4820:31
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1715:3216:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432455766716962493829
Precip in3.33.44.03.83.74.34.34.04.35.13.84.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jaffrey Silver RCH Airpark, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 865582 — Bigelow Hill, Cheshire County, New Hampshire.

OpenStreetMap element node/357718041

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