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Cow Hill

Cow Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Cow Hill rises to 92 m in Massachusetts. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the north-northeast, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Condor Rd Site, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 4.0 miles off.

The story

mountain in Massachusetts, United States of America

Wikidata Q49022455, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
92 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.08315, -71.18422

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Collapsed house: 0.3 mi
  • Old Well: 0.3 mi
  • Ruined Vehicle: 2.5 mi
  • Ruined Vehicle: 2.5 mi
  • Cistern: 2.7 mi
Attractions
  • King Philip Rock: 0.4 mi
  • Ames Boulder: 1.9 mi
  • Old Shed: 7.3 mi
  • Old Shed: 7.3 mi
  • Path Continues: 8.0 mi
Parks
  • Frank I. Sullivan Recreational Area: 0.9 mi
  • Gavin's Pond Soccer Complex: 1.4 mi
  • Deborah Sampson Park: 1.9 mi
  • Beech Tree Park: 2.0 mi
  • Dr. Walter A. Griffin Playground: 2.2 mi
Peaks
Artworks
  • Japanese Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Deborah Sampson: 3.0 mi
  • Oliver Ames: 4.2 mi
  • Tom Brady: 4.2 mi
  • TOOTHY!!!: 4.6 mi
Museums
Beaches
  • Turner Pond Beach: 6.3 mi
  • Fishermans Beach: 8.6 mi
  • Sweatt Beach: 8.9 mi
  • Whiting's Pond Beach: 9.9 mi
  • South Beach: 10.7 mi
Gardens
Cliffs: 45
  • King Philip Rock: 0.4 mi
  • King Philip Cave: 0.7 mi
  • Breakneck Ledge: 10.3 mi
  • The Shield: 12.7 mi
  • S Wall: 13.5 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Oak Grove: 1.8 mi
  • 35: 8.8 mi
  • 15: 8.8 mi
  • 12: 8.8 mi
  • 36: 8.8 mi
Rest areas: 11
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 7.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 7.8 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 9.4 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 16.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 16.7 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Pakomet Spring: 10.6 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 21.0 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 24.7 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 24.2 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Cow Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillNNE 22°193 m9.6 mi
Moose HillNNW 332°163 m3.2 mi
Hancock HillNNE 26°155 m10.4 mi
Buck HillNNE 32°151 m10.7 mi
Hemenway HillNNE 25°140 m10.2 mi
Bluff HillNW 322°138 m2.6 mi
Cedar HillNNW 333°134 m10.2 mi
Tucker HillNNE 29°133 m10.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:1019:4220:25
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1015:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968737264534334
Precip in3.93.44.84.43.64.23.64.03.75.04.15.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Walpole 2, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358272826

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