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Boons Hill

Boons Hill, a peak in Massachusetts
Boons Hill, a peak in MassachusettsJohn Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0

Boons Hill rises to 81 m in Massachusetts. Nobscot Hill stands 183 m to the south-southeast, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Pine Point Lot, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 8.5 miles off.

The story

Mountain in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49014862, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
81 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.41037, -71.50562

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Boon Monument: 0.1 mi
  • Stow Memorial Athletic Field: 1.6 mi
  • Town Center Park: 1.8 mi
  • Simpson Road Park: 2.8 mi
  • Simpson Playground: 2.8 mi
Attractions
  • Mini Monster Hedge Maze: 0.4 mi
  • Petting Zoo: 0.4 mi
  • Big Green Monster Hedge Maze: 0.6 mi
  • Rice Tavern Foundation: 2.9 mi
  • “The Rock” in Marlborough: 4.1 mi
Museums
Artworks
Nature reserves
  • Pine Point Lot: 0.1 mi
  • Bolton Land: 0.4 mi
  • Rising/Cohen: 0.6 mi
  • Kingland Lots A & B: 0.7 mi
  • Leggett: 1.0 mi
Peaks
Gardens
Historic sites: 53
  • Old Foundation: 1.0 mi
  • Stow War Memorial: 1.8 mi
  • Henry Gardner house site: 1.9 mi
  • Bent Ice House: 2.3 mi
  • Old Well: 2.4 mi
Beaches: 35
Cliffs: 20
Picnic sites: 19
  • Picnic Site 2: 12.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 3: 12.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 12.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 6: 12.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 7: 12.8 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Wamesit Falls: 18.4 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 19.8 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 22.0 mi
  • Trap Falls: 22.8 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 12.6 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 22.2 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 22.4 mi
Springs: 2
  • Mystery Spring: 12.6 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 20.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.0 miles of Boons Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Nobscot HillSSE183 m5.3 mi
Sligo HillSW172 m5.4 mi
Pleasant HillSSW164 m5.5 mi
Powder House HillWNW162 m5.3 mi
Fairmount HillSSW161 m5.4 mi
West HillSW160 m5.0 mi
Bear HillSW154 m5.9 mi
Gibbs MountainSSE153 m5.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1019:4520:27
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1315:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836485968747264524132
Precip in3.63.34.64.43.74.24.04.43.95.13.84.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maynard 2, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 611193 — Boons Hill, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

OpenStreetMap element node/358272010

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