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College Rock

College Rock, seen from above at true elevation

College Rock rises to 111 m in Massachusetts. Fay Mountain stands 212 m to the west-northwest, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is College Rock Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 14 miles off.

The story

mountain in Massachusetts, United States of America

Wikidata Q49021474, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
111 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.19454, -71.49951

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • College Rock Park: 0.0 mi
  • Teeter Totter: 0.6 mi
  • Collela"S Park: 1.3 mi
  • NEMBA Land: 1.8 mi
  • Carrigan Park: 2.6 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Attractions
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Hoyt Statue: 2.6 mi
  • George V. Brown Memorial: 2.6 mi
  • Statue: 4.0 mi
  • horseshoe sculpture: 7.8 mi
  • Zullo Gallery: 10.0 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Community Garden Southborough: 6.4 mi
  • Southborough Town Pound: 7.9 mi
  • Community gardens of John J. Lane Park: 9.0 mi
  • Janet Colby Memorial Garden: 10.0 mi
  • Eric J. Cook Memorial Garden: 10.0 mi
Beaches: 40
Picnic sites: 37
  • 36: 16.3 mi
  • 1: 16.4 mi
  • 35: 16.4 mi
  • 16-34: 16.4 mi
  • 15: 16.5 mi
Cliffs: 36
Rest areas: 8
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 17.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 17.1 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 17.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 17.8 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 17.8 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 22.1 mi
Springs: 1
  • Pakomet Spring: 22.2 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of College Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fay MountainWNW 295°212 m7.3 mi
George HillW 271°183 m7.2 mi
Pratt HillW 262°181 m6.0 mi
Misoe HillSW 222°180 m6.2 mi
Peppercorn HillW 261°174 m3.2 mi
Magomiscock HillSW 220°171 m3.6 mi
Bear HillWNW 281°170 m3.9 mi
Newtons HillNW 326°166 m7.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1119:4420:26
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1215:3216:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937485867737164524233
Precip in4.13.34.64.83.94.53.53.94.25.13.84.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — West Medway, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 611321 — College Rock, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

OpenStreetMap element node/358272114

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