Blood Hill
Blood Hill rises to 461 m in Massachusetts. New Ipswich Mountain stands 563 m to the north-northwest, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Kirby Conservation Area, North Country Land Trust (NCLT), a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States of America; geonames ID = 4930820.
Wikidata Q49014268, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 461 m
How to reach it
- 21.0 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 22.5 mi off the General John Stark Scenic Byway
- 22.6 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 24.9 mi off the The Apple Way of Londonderry
Overlooks nearby
- Kiwanis Point · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bickford Field: 3.8 mi
- Saima Park: 5.0 mi
- TAYBS Craven Field: 5.6 mi
- Memorial Park: 6.0 mi
- Sweeney Memorial Playground: 6.1 mi
- Schoolboy of 1850: 3.9 mi
- CAVA: 10.0 mi
- Prima Del Bacio (Before The Kiss): 10.0 mi
- Cell I: 10.0 mi
- She Lifted Her Heart and Floated Away: 10.0 mi
- Fitchburg Creamery: 5.6 mi
- Rollstone Hill Rock Walk: 6.5 mi
- Steam Turbine Monument: 6.8 mi
- World War 2 Memorial: 6.9 mi
- Fitchburg 911 Memorial: 7.0 mi
- Russell Hill: 1.7 mi
- Jones Hill: 1.7 mi
- Mount Hunger: 2.1 mi
- Jewell Hill: 2.3 mi
- Fisher Hill: 2.4 mi
- Kirby Conservation Area, North Country Land Trust (NCLT): 0.5 mi
- Morrison Conservation Land: 0.9 mi
- Kater Fields: 1.9 mi
- Trapfall Brook Access: 2.1 mi
- Fitchburg Reservoir Project Conservation Restriction: 2.1 mi
- Ashby Historical Society: 1.8 mi
- Frederick Historic Piano Collection: 3.7 mi
- Fitchburg Art Museum: 6.5 mi
- Fitchburg Historical Society: 6.6 mi
- Ron Bouchard Racing Museum: 7.2 mi
- Nutting Ledges: 3.1 mi
- Barrett House: 5.6 mi
- Painted Rock: 6.6 mi
- Coggshall Rock Ledges & Cliffs: 8.2 mi
- Moses' Rock: 8.3 mi
- Sundial Community Garden: 6.5 mi
- Prichard Street Community Garden: 6.6 mi
- St. Paul's Community Garden: 9.4 mi
- Maple Hill Gardens: 13.1 mi
- Katie's Garden: 15.3 mi
- Ripple Beach Cove: 5.8 mi
- Holiday Cove: 5.9 mi
- Crocker Pond Beach: 7.4 mi
- The Beach at Arrive: 8.7 mi
- Lunenburg Town Beach: 8.8 mi
- Trap Falls: 4.0 mi
- Emerson Falls: 8.3 mi
- Purgatory Lower Falls: 15.1 mi
- Bonner Falls: 15.5 mi
- Middle Falls: 16.4 mi
- Ice Fall (in winter): 12.7 mi
- Ice Fall: 12.7 mi
- Old Limestone Quarry: 14.7 mi
- Jacob Hill: 17.7 mi
- Black Precipice: 18.2 mi
- The Ashburnham Spring: 3.4 mi
- Falcon Spring: 17.4 mi
- River Road Spring: 23.4 mi
- Mystery Spring: 23.5 mi
- Trap Falls: 4.1 mi
- Newhall Recreation Area: 24.0 mi
- Family Friendly Area (Multi-use): 24.6 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 13.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Blood Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Ipswich Mountain | NNW 328° | 563 m | 5.9 mi |
| Barrett Mountain | NNW 334° | 561 m | 6.9 mi |
| Mount Watatic | NW 311° | 555 m | 2.5 mi |
| Pratt Mountain | NW 322° | 551 m | 5.2 mi |
| Kidder Mountain | N 350° | 549 m | 7.8 mi |
| Stony Top | NW 325° | 531 m | 5.6 mi |
| Wildcat Hill | NNW 348° | 529 m | 7.9 mi |
| Nutting Hill | NW 315° | 491 m | 3.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:22 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:47 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:09 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:32 | 16:17 |
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 | 21 | 23 | 31 | 43 | 55 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 38 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ashburnham N, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 610188 — Blood Hill, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
OpenStreetMap element node/358271281
Day trips start here
- Fitchburg · 7 mi
- Ashburnham · 9 mi
- Rindge · 9 mi
- Westminster · 9 mi
- Gardner · 10 mi
- Leominster · 11 mi
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