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Broad Hill

Broad Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Broad Hill rises to 96 m in Massachusetts. Snow Hill stands 137 m to the south-southeast, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Broad Hill Reservoir, a nature reserve less than a tenth of a mile away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 8.1 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Massachusetts, United States of America

Wikidata Q49015467, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
96 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.28149, -71.32922

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Coolidge Field: 0.6 mi
  • Shaw Park: 0.9 mi
  • Natick Common: 0.9 mi
  • Charles River Dam: 1.0 mi
  • Old Town Park: 1.0 mi
Beaches
  • Morses Pond Beach: 1.2 mi
  • Memorial Beach: 1.8 mi
  • Learned Pond Beach: 4.5 mi
  • Shapiro Beach: 5.3 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 5.4 mi
Gardens
  • Olmstead Italianate Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Native Plant and Historic Daffodil Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Bressingham Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Teaching Herb Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Rhododendron Garden: 1.3 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions
  • Boston Marathon - Wellesley Scream Tunnel: 1.5 mi
  • Fairy Rock: 2.3 mi
  • Elephant Rock: 2.6 mi
  • Foundation & Chimney: 3.6 mi
  • Martini Junction: 4.1 mi
Artworks
Cliffs: 43
  • Falling Rock Ridge: 7.5 mi
  • Lunch Wall: 8.3 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 8.3 mi
  • Temple Overhangs: 8.4 mi
  • The Alcove: 8.4 mi
Picnic sites: 42
  • Picnic Site 9: 7.9 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 8.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 8.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 8.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 12: 8.1 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Westwood Rest Area: 9.8 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 14.1 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 19.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 19.4 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 24.3 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Pakomet Spring: 14.3 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 15.6 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 21.0 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 17.2 mi
  • Rock Falls: 17.6 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 24.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of Broad Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snow HillSSE 152°137 m4.5 mi
Cedar HillSSE 150°134 m5.4 mi
Pegan HillSSE 149°125 m2.5 mi
Reeves HillNNW 346°122 m4.6 mi
Brush HillSW 234°121 m3.5 mi
Strawberry HillSE 130°114 m5.0 mi
Long HillWSW 240°113 m6.5 mi
Powissett PeakSE 133°112 m5.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1019:4320:26
September equinox06:3318:0818:45
December solstice07:1215:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836475766727062514132
Precip in3.43.13.94.13.84.13.93.84.24.83.74.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Natick, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358272490

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