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Chestnut Hill

Chestnut Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Chestnut Hill rises to 70 m in Massachusetts. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the north-northeast, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Apple Valley Conservation Restriction, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 2.5 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Wikidata Q49020042, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
70 m
Getting there

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Coordinates42.14010, -71.17616

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Artworks
  • Deborah Sampson: 1.0 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 2.0 mi
  • TOOTHY!!!: 2.8 mi
  • EARLY HISTORY OF STOUGHTON MURAL: 3.9 mi
  • Welcome to Camp Christina: 4.8 mi
Museums
Parks
  • Sharon Historic District: 1.1 mi
  • 1st Sgt James A. Keating Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
  • Doherty Field: 1.5 mi
  • Paul Revere Heritage Site: 1.7 mi
  • Dr. Walter A. Griffin Playground: 1.8 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • King Philip Rock: 4.3 mi
  • Ames Boulder: 5.5 mi
  • Path Continues: 6.0 mi
  • 2: 7.4 mi
  • 1: 7.4 mi
Beaches
  • Turner Pond Beach: 4.7 mi
  • Fishermans Beach: 5.4 mi
  • South Beach: 7.1 mi
  • North Beach: 7.3 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 7.4 mi
Gardens
Cliffs: 51
Picnic sites: 39
Rest areas: 8
  • Westwood Rest Area: 5.4 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 10.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 11.2 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 16.0 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 19.5 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Pakomet Spring: 7.3 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 20.8 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 24.5 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 21.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Chestnut Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillNNE 33°193 m5.9 mi
Moose HillWSW 240°163 m2.2 mi
Chickatawbut HillNE 46°156 m8.2 mi
Hancock HillNE 37°155 m6.8 mi
Buck HillNE 45°151 m7.3 mi
Fenno PeakNE 46°151 m8.2 mi
Hemenway HillNE 36°140 m6.6 mi
Bluff HillSW 228°138 m2.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4220:25
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1115:3116:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303239506069747265534435
Precip in3.42.83.74.03.33.93.03.63.84.53.74.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norwood MEM AP, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 617595 — Chestnut Hill, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

OpenStreetMap element node/358275465

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