Peak · Massachusetts
Carters Hill
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.
The story
mountain in Massachusetts, United States of America
Wikidata Q49018298, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 71 m
How to reach it
Coordinates42.48260, -71.08783
- 5.7 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 9.2 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 18.0 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
- 28.6 mi off the The Apple Way of Londonderry
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 9 mi
- Eagle Rock · 22 mi
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 23 mi
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
Nature reserves
- Town Conservation Land: 0.4 mi
- Town Conservation Land: 0.6 mi
- Ferdinand Woods: 0.9 mi
- Old Town Quarry: 0.9 mi
- West Hill Terrace: 1.0 mi
Peaks
- Greenwood Hill: 0.6 mi
- Farm Hill: 0.7 mi
- Boyntons Hill: 0.8 mi
- High Rock: 1.0 mi
- Harts Hill: 1.2 mi
Museums
- Wakefield History Museum: 1.6 mi
- Woburn Municipal Waterworks Museum: 3.6 mi
- Medford Historical Society: 4.5 mi
- Cyrus Dallin Art Museum: 5.7 mi
- Burlington Public Museum: 5.7 mi
Historic sites
- Better Homes and Gardens 1950 Achievement Award: 1.7 mi
- Virginia Wood: 1.7 mi
- Paddy Heights Veterans Memorial: 1.8 mi
- Floral Way: 1.8 mi
- Honor Roll of World War II, Korean and Vietnam Wars: 2.1 mi
Attractions
- 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
Beaches
- Pearce Lake Beach: 2.7 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 3.5 mi
- Revere Beach: 6.7 mi
- Revere Beach: 6.9 mi
- Baby Beach: 7.6 mi
Artworks
- 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
Gardens
- Sylvester Baxter Delta: 3.6 mi
- Malden Youth Community Garden: 4.0 mi
- Herb Garden: 4.1 mi
- Winthrop Street Community Garden: 4.7 mi
- Alex's Place: 5.5 mi
Cliffs: 48
- Lookout Cliff: 1.5 mi
- Crag 1: 3.0 mi
- Skull Cliff: 4.7 mi
- The Cellar: 5.2 mi
- Always Sunny Wall: 5.7 mi
Picnic sites: 24
- 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: 7
- Boathouse: 14.6 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 14.6 mi
- Oil Shed: 14.7 mi
- Rainshed: 14.7 mi
- Boston Light: 14.7 mi
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
- Haywardville: 1.3 mi
- Dogtown: 24.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 4.8 miles of Carters Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pisgah | WSW 237° | 105 m | 4.7 mi |
| Cairn Hill | S 178° | 92 m | 2.6 mi |
| Bear Hill | SW 221° | 91 m | 1.5 mi |
| Castle Rock | E 79° | 87.2 m | 2.3 mi |
| Horn Pond Mountain | WSW 247° | 86 m | 3.9 mi |
| Winthrop Hill | SSW 211° | 84 m | 1.8 mi |
| Boojum Rock | S 176° | 83 m | 3.0 mi |
| Crow Hill | ENE 79° | 82.9 m | 2.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:29 | 16:15 |
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 | 37 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 53 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Reading, 3 mi away.
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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