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Flagstaff Hill

Flagstaff Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Flagstaff Hill rises to 87 m in Massachusetts. Nobscot Hill stands 183 m to the south-southwest, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Sky Rock, Ledge Hill Conservation Restriction, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 4.6 miles off.

The story

mountain in Massachusetts, United States of America

Wikidata Q49029273, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
87 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.41954, -71.42117

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Attractions
  • Rice Tavern Foundation: 1.6 mi
  • Ayshire Horse Farm: 2.5 mi
  • Captain Miles House: 2.5 mi
  • Diamond Crossing: 3.0 mi
  • Colonel Barrett House: 4.2 mi
Parks
  • Memorial Park: 1.9 mi
  • Kenneth Olsen Plaza: 1.9 mi
  • Maplebrook Park: 1.9 mi
  • John T. Tobin Memorial Park: 2.0 mi
  • Carbone Park: 2.1 mi
Historic sites
  • Bent Ice House: 2.4 mi
  • Haynes Garrison Site: 3.2 mi
  • Barn Foundation: 3.3 mi
  • Henry Gardner house site: 3.4 mi
  • Captain Sargent Homestead Foundation: 3.6 mi
Artworks
Gardens
Beaches: 53
  • Stow Town Beach: 4.1 mi
  • Memorial Beach: 6.4 mi
  • Centennial Beach: 6.5 mi
  • Bolton Town Beach: 8.4 mi
  • Learned Pond Beach: 9.1 mi
Cliffs: 37
Picnic sites: 22
  • Picnic Site 2: 8.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 3: 8.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 8.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 6: 8.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 8.7 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Wamesit Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 17.7 mi
  • Cascades: 21.5 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 23.3 mi
  • The Falls: 24.7 mi
Springs: 3
  • Mystery Spring: 11.1 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 16.2 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 23.2 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 15.9 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 18.3 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 19.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of Flagstaff Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Nobscot HillSSW 196°183 m5.3 mi
Doeskin HillSSW 200°152 m5.4 mi
Spoon HillSW 234°146 m6.4 mi
Flagg HillNW 308°139 m5.1 mi
Juniper HillSSW 197°136 m5.9 mi
Marble HillWNW 288°126 m5.2 mi
Tippling RockSSW 194°125 m4.5 mi
Spindle HillW 279°123 m5.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:0919:4420:27
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1315:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836485968747264524132
Precip in3.63.34.64.43.74.24.04.43.95.13.84.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maynard 2, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 606481 — Flagstaff Hill, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

OpenStreetMap element node/358268846

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