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Boston Hill

Boston Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Boston Hill rises to 117 m in Massachusetts. Holt Hill stands 128 m to the west-southwest, 0.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Boston Hill Conservation Restriction, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Massachusetts, United States of America

Wikidata Q49014924, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
117 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.64593, -71.09311

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Holt Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Claypit Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Aslebe Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Woodchuck Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Pine Hill: 1.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Solstice Stones: 0.8 mi
  • Shoe Shop Cellar Hole: 1.1 mi
  • The Garth: 2.0 mi
  • Andover Revolutionary War Memorial: 2.6 mi
  • Phillips Brooks Statue: 2.8 mi
Artworks
  • Bicentennial Statue: 1.9 mi
  • Armillary Sphere: 2.0 mi
  • muster: 6.9 mi
  • Pieta: 7.9 mi
  • Wamesit Indian Statue: 8.8 mi
Parks
  • Max L. Kates Memorial Field: 1.9 mi
  • Sharpners Pond Park: 2.1 mi
  • Cormier Youth Center Park: 2.2 mi
  • Andover Common: 2.3 mi
  • Beckys Pond: 2.7 mi
Museums
Beaches
Gardens
  • Davis Hayfield Pollinator Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Andover Community Garden: 5.8 mi
  • Georgetown Community Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Trinity Church Memorial Garden: 6.5 mi
  • Tewksbury Community Garden: 6.7 mi
Attractions
Cliffs: 35
  • Wildcat Ledge: 4.2 mi
  • Skull Cliff: 10.5 mi
  • The Cellar: 12.0 mi
  • Always Sunny Wall: 12.0 mi
  • Lookout Cliff: 12.6 mi
Picnic sites: 22
Rest areas: 9
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 10.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 11.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 12.9 mi
  • Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 15.8 mi
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 19.3 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Waterfalls: 6
  • Wamesit Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 21.5 mi
  • Great Falls: 24.4 mi
Springs: 5
  • Rail Spring: 13.6 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 14.5 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 15.8 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 16.8 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 24.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Boston Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Holt HillWSW 243°128 m0.8 mi
Mills HillNNW 335°121 m1.9 mi
Town Farm HillNNE 12°117 m2.4 mi
Claypit HillNNW 343°116 m1.2 mi
Wood HillW 275°112 m6.4 mi
Baldpate HillNE 43°107 m5.8 mi
Ames HillW 263°106 m6.9 mi
Osgood HillN 349°105 m4.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:1918:57
June solstice05:0719:4420:26
September equinox06:3218:0618:44
December solstice07:1215:2916:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485867737264524233
Precip in2.92.43.43.63.44.03.53.03.74.13.53.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lawrence Muni AP, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358272918

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