Peak · Massachusetts
Dobbins Hill
Dobbins Hill rises to 67 m in Massachusetts. Whipple Hill stands 110 m to the south-southwest, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Longwood Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 6.8 miles off.
The story
mountain in Massachusetts, United States of America
Wikidata Q49025103, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 67 m
How to reach it
Coordinates42.51565, -71.12672
- 6.8 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 11.9 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 18.1 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
- 25.6 mi off the The Apple Way of Londonderry
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 12 mi
- Eagle Rock · 22 mi
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Longwood Conservation Area: 0.5 mi
- Thelin Bird Sanctuary: 0.9 mi
- Boyd Lot: 0.9 mi
- Willow Street: 1.0 mi
- Pinevale: 1.0 mi
Peaks
- Long Woods Hills: 0.5 mi
- Scotland Hill: 0.6 mi
- Bear Hill: 1.5 mi
- Cowdry Hill: 1.9 mi
- Farm Hill: 2.4 mi
Parks
- Sturges Park: 0.9 mi
- Washington Park: 1.0 mi
- Leach Park: 1.1 mi
- Elm Park: 1.2 mi
- Sisitzky Park: 1.3 mi
Artworks
- Baldwin Green: 1.9 mi
- muster: 5.6 mi
- Rock spiral: 5.7 mi
- Orange Dinosaur: 6.8 mi
- Peace, Love, Music: 7.0 mi
Museums
- Wakefield History Museum: 2.3 mi
- Burlington Public Museum: 3.6 mi
- Woburn Municipal Waterworks Museum: 3.8 mi
- Wilmington Town Museum: 4.5 mi
- Medford Historical Society: 6.7 mi
Historic sites
- Better Homes and Gardens 1950 Achievement Award: 2.6 mi
- Floral Way: 2.8 mi
- Baldwin Apple Monument: 2.8 mi
- Woburn Honor Roll: 2.8 mi
- Woburn Moose Memorial: 2.8 mi
Beaches
- Borggaard Beach: 4.3 mi
- Baby Beach: 4.6 mi
- Pearce Lake Beach: 4.9 mi
- Revere Beach: 9.6 mi
- Revere Beach: 9.9 mi
Attractions
- Stone Chimney: 4.6 mi
- Pickerel Rock: 4.8 mi
- 1899 MIT Observatory site: 5.6 mi
- Central Street Historical District: 7.0 mi
- Arlington Center Historic District: 7.1 mi
Gardens
- Sylvester Baxter Delta: 6.3 mi
- Winthrop Street Community Garden: 6.7 mi
- Courtyard: 6.8 mi
- Herb Garden: 6.8 mi
- Malden Youth Community Garden: 6.9 mi
Cliffs: 47
- Lookout Cliff: 4.5 mi
- Crag 1: 5.8 mi
- Skull Cliff: 6.3 mi
- The Cellar: 7.4 mi
- Always Sunny Wall: 7.8 mi
Picnic sites: 23
- Pinetops Picnic Area: 5.1 mi
- Picnic Area: 10.1 mi
- Picnic Site 1: 10.4 mi
- Picnic Table: 10.8 mi
- Picnic Site 2: 10.8 mi
Lighthouses: 8
- Boathouse: 17.7 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 17.7 mi
- Oil Shed: 17.7 mi
- Rainshed: 17.7 mi
- Boston Light: 17.7 mi
Rest areas: 6
- Commissioners Landing: 11.2 mi
- Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 17.2 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 20.2 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 20.7 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 22.0 mi
Springs: 5
- Quarry Spring: 5.6 mi
- Mystery Spring: 15.1 mi
- Rail Spring: 21.3 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 21.4 mi
- Lion's Spring: 24.8 mi
Waterfalls: 4
- Cascade Falls: 5.5 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 11.7 mi
- Newbury Falls: 19.1 mi
- Rock Falls: 22.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Haywardville: 4.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.0 miles of Dobbins Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whipple Hill | SSW 210° | 110 m | 5.9 mi |
| Zion Hill | SSW 213° | 107 m | 5.0 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | SSW 202° | 105 m | 5.2 mi |
| Cairn Hill | SSE 157° | 92 m | 5.3 mi |
| Bear Hill | SSE 164° | 91 m | 3.6 mi |
| Greenleaf Mountain | WSW 246° | 89 m | 3.9 mi |
| Whispering Hill | SW 227° | 88 m | 4.3 mi |
| Castle Rock | ESE 114° | 87.2 m | 4.6 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 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 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, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 612162 — Dobbins Hill, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
OpenStreetMap element node/358272648
Day trips start here
- Reading · 2 mi
- Stoneham · 3 mi
- Wakefield · 3 mi
- Wilmington · 3 mi
- Woburn · 3 mi
- North Reading · 5 mi
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