Fox Hill
Fox Hill rises to 95 m in Massachusetts. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the east, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Deerfield School Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 1.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49030308, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 95 m
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 13.1 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 24.6 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
- 29.5 mi off the Veteran's Memorial Parkway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 11 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 12 mi
- Lookout Point · 16 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Deerfield School Park: 0.2 mi
- Westwood Veterans' Park: 0.7 mi
- Buckmaster Pond Park: 1.5 mi
- The School Street Playground: 1.5 mi
- Buckmaster Pond: 1.5 mi
- Fairbanks House: 2.7 mi
- Morse House: 3.8 mi
- Needham History Center & Museum: 4.3 mi
- Peak House Museum: 4.8 mi
- Blue Hills Trailside Museum: 5.0 mi
- Own Your Peace Sculpture: 4.2 mi
- Zullo Gallery: 5.3 mi
- Babson Globe: 5.5 mi
- Caterpillar: 6.9 mi
- Deborah Sampson: 7.2 mi
- Protectors of the American Way: 2.4 mi
- The Castle: 2.8 mi
- Oakdale war memorial: 3.3 mi
- Morse Hill Veterans Memorial Park: 3.9 mi
- Needham's Fallen Brave Memorial: 4.3 mi
- High Rock: 0.8 mi
- Twin Pine Hill: 1.1 mi
- Cat Rock: 1.2 mi
- Oak Hill: 1.5 mi
- Peaked Rock: 1.7 mi
- Martha Jones Butterfly Garden: 2.1 mi
- Formal Garden: 5.1 mi
- Wildflower Patch: 5.2 mi
- Kitchen Garden: 5.2 mi
- Trial Garden: 5.6 mi
- North Beach: 1.2 mi
- South Beach: 1.3 mi
- Powissett Beach: 1.6 mi
- Shapiro Beach: 1.7 mi
- Turner Pond Beach: 5.8 mi
- Rock Meadow Brook Conservation Land: 0.5 mi
- Haslam Pond: 0.6 mi
- Deviney: 0.7 mi
- Lowell Woods: 0.8 mi
- Perry Crouse Pond Conservation Land: 1.0 mi
- Foundation & Chimney: 3.3 mi
- Martini Junction: 3.5 mi
- Path Continues: 5.4 mi
- Boston Marathon - Wellesley Scream Tunnel: 6.7 mi
- Piccadilly Square Chair: 7.2 mi
- Breakneck Ledge: 5.9 mi
- The Alcove: 7.0 mi
- Upper Cliff: 7.1 mi
- Lower Cliff: 7.1 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 7.2 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 8.4 mi
- Oak Lea: 8.4 mi
- Pine Knoll: 8.5 mi
- Babcock Arboretum: 10.9 mi
- Picnic Site 11: 11.0 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 3.0 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 11.7 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 15.3 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 16.0 mi
- Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 23.0 mi
- Boathouse: 18.0 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 18.0 mi
- Oil Shed: 18.1 mi
- Boston Light: 18.1 mi
- Rainshed: 18.1 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 7.7 mi
- Quarry Spring: 15.5 mi
- Rock Falls: 11.1 mi
- Cascade Falls: 16.7 mi
- Haywardville: 17.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.9 miles of Fox Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Blue Hill | E 101° | 193 m | 5.3 mi |
| Hancock Hill | E 95° | 155 m | 6.2 mi |
| Hemenway Hill | E 96° | 140 m | 6.0 mi |
| Snow Hill | W 268° | 137 m | 3.7 mi |
| Cedar Hill | WSW 255° | 134 m | 3.2 mi |
| Tucker Hill | E 98° | 133 m | 6.7 mi |
| Wolcott Hill | E 98° | 132 m | 5.6 mi |
| Houghton Hill | E 99° | 129 m | 6.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:43 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:31 | 16:16 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 39 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norwood MEM AP, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 612453 — Fox Hill, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
OpenStreetMap element node/358272834
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