Bussey Hill
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Bussey Hill rises to 47 m in Massachusetts. Hancock Hill stands 155 m to the south-southeast, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Bradley Rosaceous Collection, a garden 0.3 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 0.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Massachusetts, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49017151, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 47 m
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 7.5 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 28.8 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 4 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 19 mi
- Lookout Point · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Loring-Greenough House: 0.7 mi
- Larz Anderson Auto Museum: 0.9 mi
- Bay State Model Railroad Museum: 1.0 mi
- National Center of Afro-American Artists (NCAAA) Museum: 1.9 mi
- Longyear Museum: 2.6 mi
- Drift by Mary Bonina: 1.1 mi
- Taino Mural: 1.6 mi
- Beauty Master Mural: 1.6 mi
- Pimentel Market Mural: 1.7 mi
- Reach: 1.8 mi
- Hemlock Hill: 0.3 mi
- Green Hill: 0.5 mi
- Peters Hill: 0.6 mi
- Weld Hill: 0.7 mi
- Mount Walley: 0.9 mi
- Bradley Rosaceous Collection: 0.3 mi
- Leland Street Cooperative Garden: 0.6 mi
- Minton Stable Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Jamaica Pond Park Rain Garden: 1.1 mi
- Egleston Community Orchard: 1.4 mi
- Tenean Beach: 4.1 mi
- Crystal Lake Beach: 4.4 mi
- Pleasure Bay Beach: 5.6 mi
- Nickerson Beach: 5.6 mi
- Wollaston Beach: 5.8 mi
- Parkman Playground: 0.6 mi
- Pagel Playground: 0.8 mi
- Healy Playground: 0.8 mi
- Everett Street Playground: 0.9 mi
- Belle's Park: 1.0 mi
- Roslindale Wetlands: 0.7 mi
- Cottage Street Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Sargent Pond Conservation Restriction: 1.5 mi
- Sargent Beechwood Nature Walk: 1.7 mi
- Walnut Place Conservation Restriction: 1.8 mi
- Ghost Bike for Joseph Lee Alan Pielmeier: 0.4 mi
- Historic Springhouse: 0.5 mi
- Soldier's Monument: 0.7 mi
- Parkman Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Schoolmaster Hill: 1.4 mi
- Jamaica Pond Bench: 1.2 mi
- Sam Adams Boston Brewery Tour: 1.4 mi
- Andean Condor: 1.6 mi
- Emu: 1.7 mi
- Western Grey Kangaroo: 1.7 mi
- The Alcove: 3.0 mi
- Upper Cliff: 3.0 mi
- Lower Cliff: 3.0 mi
- Temple Overhangs: 3.3 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 3.3 mi
- Oak Lea: 1.7 mi
- Pine Knoll: 1.8 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 1.8 mi
- Babcock Arboretum: 6.0 mi
- Picnic Site 11: 8.8 mi
- Boathouse: 12.0 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 12.0 mi
- Oil Shed: 12.0 mi
- Boston Light: 12.1 mi
- Rainshed: 12.1 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 4.7 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 6.0 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 21.7 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 22.3 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 7.0 mi
- Quarry Spring: 9.4 mi
- Mystery Spring: 24.2 mi
- Rock Falls: 9.3 mi
- Cascade Falls: 10.3 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 24.4 mi
- Haywardville: 11.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.1 miles of Bussey Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hancock Hill | SSE 166° | 155 m | 5.9 mi |
| Hemenway Hill | SSE 168° | 140 m | 5.8 mi |
| Wolcott Hill | S 172° | 132 m | 6.0 mi |
| Single Tree Hill | NW 316° | 100 m | 2.2 mi |
| Waban Hill | NW 316° | 98 m | 3.7 mi |
| Fox Hill | SE 143° | 95 m | 6.1 mi |
| Bellevue Hill | SSW 213° | 94 m | 2.0 mi |
| Bird's Hill | WSW 255° | 92 m | 4.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:43 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:30 | 16:16 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 53 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jamaica Plain, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358273104
Day trips start here
- Boston/Jamaica Plain-Mission Hill · 1 mi
- Eastern Massachusetts · 1 mi
- Boston/Outer Neighborhoods · 2 mi
- Boston/Roxbury · 2 mi
- Brookline · 2 mi
- Boston/Fenway-Kenmore · 3 mi
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