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Drake Hill

Drake Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Drake Hill rises to 96 m in Massachusetts. Birch Hill stands 247 m to the northwest, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Main Street Wildlife Refuge, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. The Apple Way of Londonderry passes 11 miles off.

The story

mountain in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Wikidata Q49025785, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
96 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.69564, -71.53701

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Yudicky Farm - Conservation Area: 1.4 mi
  • SkyVenture: 5.0 mi
  • Labyrinth: 5.4 mi
  • Indian Grinding Stone: 9.1 mi
  • Hudson Speedway: 10.4 mi
Parks
  • Southwest Park: 1.6 mi
  • Main Dunstable Soccer Fields: 2.1 mi
  • Comisky Field: 3.1 mi
  • Town Field: 3.3 mi
  • Kennedy Field: 3.3 mi
Museums
Artworks
Historic sites
Gardens: 51
Beaches: 29
  • Silver Lake Beach: 5.4 mi
  • Swimming Hole: 7.5 mi
  • Freeman Lake Beach: 8.6 mi
  • Pelham Town Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Willow St Beach: 10.9 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • The Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Wildcat Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Trap Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 14.0 mi
Cliffs: 9
Picnic sites: 7
Springs: 3
  • Mystery Spring: 10.3 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 19.2 mi
  • River Road Spring: 21.2 mi
Rest areas: 3

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.1 miles of Drake Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Birch HillNW 316°247 m7.5 mi
Potanipo HillWNW 288°187 m7.2 mi
Townsend HillW 262°180 m6.9 mi
Chestnut HillS 190°157 m5.2 mi
Coreys HillWNW 300°156 m6.3 mi
Hobart HillWNW 298°153 m6.5 mi
Nissitissit HillsW 269°149 m1.7 mi
Mount LebanonSW 228°149 m4.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:0919:4520:28
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1415:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242735475867737164514030
Precip in3.03.14.13.93.64.23.63.74.14.73.74.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nashua Cwsu, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358271970

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