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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
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
Beaches
  • Wollaston Beach: 1.7 mi
  • Norton Road Beach: 2.2 mi
  • Back Beach: 2.5 mi
  • Shea Beach: 2.5 mi
  • Heron Beach: 2.5 mi
Gardens: 56
  • 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
  • Lucerne-Balsam Streets Community Garden: 3.7 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions: 51
Cliffs: 47
Picnic sites: 22
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • Westwood Rest Area: 7.2 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 7.4 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 21.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 22.1 mi
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 HillSW193 m5.4 mi
Chickatawbut HillSW156 m3.0 mi
Hancock HillSW155 m4.4 mi
Fenno PeakSW151 m2.9 mi
Buck HillSW151 m3.8 mi
Nahanton HillSSW145 m2.7 mi
Hemenway HillSW140 m4.6 mi
Kitchamakin HillSSW133 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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