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Blood Hill

Blood Hill, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates42.67301, -71.85589

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • 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
Parks
  • 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
Artworks
  • 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
Historic sites
  • 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
Attractions: 44
Museums: 35
Gardens: 33
  • 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
Beaches: 27
  • 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
Waterfalls: 16
  • Trap Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Cascades: 8.5 mi
  • The Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 15.1 mi
Cliffs: 10
Springs: 4
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 3.4 mi
  • Falcon Spring: 17.4 mi
  • River Road Spring: 23.4 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 23.5 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 13.1 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.5 miles of Blood Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
New Ipswich MountainNNW 328°563 m5.9 mi
Barrett MountainNNW 334°561 m6.9 mi
Mount WataticNW 311°555 m2.5 mi
Pratt MountainNW 322°551 m5.2 mi
Kidder MountainN 350°549 m7.8 mi
Stony TopNW 325°531 m5.6 mi
Wildcat HillNNW 348°529 m7.9 mi
Nutting HillNW 315°491 m3.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2219:00
June solstice05:1019:4720:30
September equinox06:3518:0918:47
December solstice07:1515:3216:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212331435564696760483827
Precip in3.23.34.24.04.14.23.94.44.35.13.84.3

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

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