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Brown Hill

Brown Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Brown Hill rises to 106 m in Massachusetts. Oak Hill stands 187 m to the south, 2.4 miles off. The nearest named place is cellar hole, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.

The story

mountain in Massachusetts, United States of America

Wikidata Q49015579, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
106 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.55009, -71.55368

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • cellar hole: 0.3 mi
  • Presumed site of Shaker Reservoir: 0.8 mi
  • windmill site: 0.9 mi
  • Tannery site: 0.9 mi
  • The great barn ruins: 0.9 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Barber Land: 1.1 mi
  • Albert J. Pirone Memorial Park: 1.6 mi
  • Koerper Field: 1.9 mi
  • Depot Square Park: 1.9 mi
  • Harvard Park: 2.0 mi
Gardens
  • Ayer Community Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Katie's Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Native Herb Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Colonial Herb Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Flerra Meadows Community Garden Boxborough: 4.6 mi
Artworks
Museums
Attractions
Beaches: 33
  • Harvard Town Beach: 4.3 mi
  • Thurston's Beach: 5.1 mi
  • Swimming Hole: 7.9 mi
  • Bolton Town Beach: 8.9 mi
  • Wilder Beach: 9.5 mi
Picnic sites: 19
Cliffs: 15
Waterfalls: 9
  • Cascades: 12.5 mi
  • The Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 14.1 mi
  • Trap Falls: 14.2 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 14.7 mi
Springs: 3
  • Mystery Spring: 7.5 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 19.1 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 24.2 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.8 miles of Brown Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oak HillS 174°187 m2.4 mi
Oak HillS 185°187 m3.2 mi
Prospect HillSW 221°171 m4.3 mi
Dean's HillSW 217°157 m4.0 mi
Chestnut HillN 360°157 m4.9 mi
Prospect HillN 2°149 m3.4 mi
Pin Hill SouthSSW 211°148 m3.2 mi
Pin Hill NorthSSW 210°147 m3.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:59
June solstice05:1019:4520:28
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1415:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °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, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358275456

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