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Forbes Hill

Forbes Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Forbes Hill rises to 54 m in Massachusetts. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the southwest, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Forbes Hill Playground, a park 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 5.3 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Massachusetts, United States of America

Wikidata Q49029930, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
54 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.25704, -71.02783

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Forbes Hill Playground: 0.1 mi
  • O"Rourke Playground: 0.5 mi
  • Crane Park: 0.5 mi
  • Flaherty Park: 0.5 mi
  • Andrews Park: 0.5 mi
Peaks
  • Mount Wollaston: 0.4 mi
  • Presidents Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Babel Rock: 1.5 mi
  • Milton Hill: 1.6 mi
  • The Crags: 1.7 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Constitution Common: 1.0 mi
  • John Adams: 1.3 mi
  • Abigail Adams: 1.3 mi
  • John Hancock: 1.3 mi
  • The Lone Sailor: 2.9 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Attractions
Beaches
  • Wollaston Beach: 1.7 mi
  • Wollaston Beach: 1.8 mi
  • Norton Road Beach: 2.2 mi
  • Back Beach: 2.5 mi
  • Shea Beach: 2.5 mi
Gardens
  • Wheatland Avenue Community Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Fanny Lou Hamer Community Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Spencer Street Community Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Braintree Community Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Flower Garden: 3.7 mi
Cliffs: 47
Picnic sites: 39
Rest areas: 6
  • Westwood Rest Area: 7.2 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 7.4 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 15.9 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 15.9 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 21.4 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 3.9 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 13.0 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 13.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.5 miles of Forbes Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillSW 235°193 m5.4 mi
Chickatawbut HillSW 216°156 m3.0 mi
Hancock HillSW 232°155 m4.4 mi
Fenno PeakSW 214°151 m2.9 mi
Buck HillSW 220°151 m3.8 mi
Nahanton HillSSW 213°145 m2.7 mi
Hemenway HillSW 234°140 m4.6 mi
Kitchamakin HillSSW 213°133 m2.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0819:4220:25
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1015:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272836475867737164534233
Precip in4.54.05.54.83.84.63.53.94.15.54.35.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blue Hill Coop, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 612914 — Forbes Hill, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

OpenStreetMap element node/358273116

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