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Dead Horse Hill

Dead Horse Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Dead Horse Hill rises to 253 m in Massachusetts. Asnebumskit Hill stands 421 m to the north-northwest, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Dorothy Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 4.3 miles off.

The story

Mountain in Massachusetts, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49023854, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
253 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.22232, -71.86396

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • New Balance Fields: 0.9 mi
  • Ty Cobb Park: 1.0 mi
  • Kettle Brook Conservation Area GWLT: 1.1 mi
  • Prospect Parkway Field: 1.2 mi
  • Apricot Street Playground: 1.4 mi
Historic sites
  • Goddard Memorial: 1.4 mi
  • War Memorial: 1.8 mi
  • Grand Army of the Republic Memorial: 2.0 mi
  • Coombs Memorial (Worcester Firemen's Monument): 2.1 mi
  • Canadian Cross: 2.1 mi
Peaks
  • Dorothy Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Denny Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Crowl Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Rocky Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Leicester Hill: 2.7 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks: 33
  • Orthodox Altar: 1.8 mi
  • Goddard Rocket: 1.9 mi
  • Orson the Polar Bear: 2.4 mi
  • Sigmund Freud: 2.9 mi
  • The Hand of Christ: 3.0 mi
Attractions
  • Path Continues: 1.6 mi
  • deer stand: 3.9 mi
  • Worcester Wall: 4.1 mi
  • Thinking Rock: 4.5 mi
  • Dead End: 4.6 mi
Beaches: 25
Gardens: 24
  • Hadwen Community Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Jakubowitz-Chaifetz Garden: 3.0 mi
  • IUI Garden for the Ages: 3.5 mi
  • Secret Garden: 11.8 mi
  • Lawn Garden: 11.9 mi
Museums: 24
Cliffs: 10
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Cargill Falls: 21.3 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 22.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic: 18.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 22.3 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.8 miles of Dead Horse Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Asnebumskit HillNNW421 m5.7 mi
Little Asnebumskit HillNNW399 m6.4 mi
Elliott HillNW359 m5.0 mi
Cooper HillNNW358 m5.5 mi
Howe HillNNW352 m5.0 mi
Moose HillNW331 m6.2 mi
Stonehouse HillN330 m6.2 mi
Long HillWSW328 m5.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1219:4520:28
September equinox06:3518:1018:47
December solstice07:1415:3416:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735465765716962514031
Precip in3.53.34.24.13.64.23.94.14.24.84.04.3

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358271663

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