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Carters Hill

Carters Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Carters Hill rises to 71 m in Massachusetts. Mount Pisgah stands 105 m to the west-southwest, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is East School Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 5.7 miles off.

About

The story

Mountain in Massachusetts, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49018298, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
71 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.48260, -71.08783

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • East School Park: 0.3 mi
  • Pomeworth Field: 0.4 mi
  • Recreation Park: 0.4 mi
  • Stoneham Common: 0.6 mi
  • William F. Buckley Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
Museums
Historic sites: 60
Artworks: 60
  • Rock spiral: 3.5 mi
  • Orange Dinosaur: 3.8 mi
  • Baldwin Green: 3.9 mi
  • Jumbo Statue: 5.4 mi
  • The Cannon: 5.5 mi
Peaks
Beaches
  • Pearce Lake Beach: 2.7 mi
  • Borggaard Beach: 3.5 mi
  • Revere Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Baby Beach: 7.6 mi
  • Lynn Beach: 8.0 mi
Gardens: 55
  • Sylvester Baxter Delta: 3.6 mi
  • Malden Youth Community Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Winthrop Street Community Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Alex's Place: 5.5 mi
  • Tufts Community Garden: 5.7 mi
Attractions: 51
  • Stone Chimney: 1.9 mi
  • Pickerel Rock: 2.4 mi
  • 1899 MIT Observatory site: 2.9 mi
  • Steel Tower: 4.9 mi
  • Lynn Woods Rose Garden: 5.1 mi
Nature reserves
Cliffs: 48
Picnic sites: 22
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 2.9 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 10.3 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 10.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 3: 10.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 10.7 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 5
  • Commissioners Landing: 8.6 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 18.7 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 20.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 22.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 23.9 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 14.7 mi
  • Rock Falls: 20.0 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 20.2 mi
Springs: 4
  • Quarry Spring: 3.3 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 17.8 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 18.9 mi
  • Rail Spring: 22.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 4.9 miles of Carters Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount PisgahWSW105 m4.7 mi
Cairn HillS92 m2.6 mi
Bear HillSW91 m1.5 mi
Castle RockE87 m2.3 mi
Horn Pond MountainWSW86 m3.9 mi
Winthrop HillSSW84 m1.8 mi
Boojum RockS83 m3.0 mi
Crow HillENE83 m2.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0819:4320:26
September equinox06:3218:0618:44
December solstice07:1115:2916:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283037485867737264534334
Precip in3.93.64.94.33.84.24.03.53.94.84.05.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Reading, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 606312 — Carters Hill, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

OpenStreetMap element node/358268738

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