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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: 48
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
Cliffs: 9
Waterfalls: 9
  • Wildcat Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Trap Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Middle Falls: 15.7 mi
Picnic sites: 4
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 8.2 miles of Drake Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Birch HillNW247 m7.5 mi
Potanipo HillWNW187 m7.2 mi
West HillW183 m8.2 mi
Townsend HillW180 m6.9 mi
Chestnut HillS157 m5.2 mi
Coreys HillWNW156 m6.3 mi
Nissitissit HillsW149 m1.7 mi
Mount LebanonSW149 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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