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Fox Hill

Fox Hill, seen from above at true elevation

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.

About

The story

mountain in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Wikidata Q49030308, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
95 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.22649, -71.21617

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • 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
Nature reserves
Peaks
Beaches
  • 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
Gardens
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions
  • Foundation & Chimney: 3.3 mi
  • Martini Junction: 3.5 mi
  • Path Continues: 5.4 mi
  • Boston Marathon - Wellesley Scream Tunnel: 6.7 mi
  • 2: 6.7 mi
Artworks
Cliffs: 44
  • 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
Picnic sites: 40
  • 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
Rest areas: 8
  • 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
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 7.7 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 15.5 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 11.1 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 16.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.8 miles of Fox Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillE 101°193 m5.3 mi
Hancock HillE 95°155 m6.2 mi
Hemenway HillE 96°140 m6.0 mi
Snow HillW 268°137 m3.7 mi
Cedar HillWSW 255°134 m3.2 mi
Tucker HillE 98°133 m6.7 mi
Wolcott HillE 98°132 m5.6 mi
Houghton HillE 99°129 m6.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4320:25
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1115:3116:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303239506069747265534435
Precip in3.42.83.74.03.33.93.03.63.84.53.74.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norwood MEM AP, 3 mi away.

Sources

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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