Golden Hill
Golden Hill rises to 196 m in Massachusetts. Stratton Hill stands 244 m to the west-northwest, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Keywood Manor, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 9.0 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49032221, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 196 m
How to reach it
- 9.0 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 21.5 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 23.9 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 25.9 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Ledge · 27 mi
- Lookout Point · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Shrewsbury War Veterans Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Shrewsbury Civil War Monument: 0.7 mi
- Shrewsbury World War I Memorial: 0.8 mi
- First Meeting House in Shrewsbury: 0.8 mi
- Fire and Police Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Uncle Beazley: 3.6 mi
- Siegfried: 3.6 mi
- Sundial: 3.7 mi
- Stone Griffins (Lion Gate): 4.5 mi
- Pan Statue: 5.1 mi
- Eaton Pond Park: 0.7 mi
- Shrewsbury Town Common: 0.8 mi
- Dean Park: 0.8 mi
- Spring Street Neighborhood Park: 1.0 mi
- Prospect Park: 1.1 mi
- Temple Hill: 0.7 mi
- Ward Hill: 0.9 mi
- Meeting House Hall: 1.3 mi
- Tomblin Hill: 1.4 mi
- Prospect Hill: 2.0 mi
- Shrewsbury Historical Society: 0.8 mi
- EcoTarium: 3.7 mi
- Willard House and Clock Museum: 3.8 mi
- Major Taylor Museum: 5.1 mi
- Salisbury Mansion: 5.2 mi
- Shade Garden: 5.0 mi
- Secret Garden: 5.0 mi
- The Clearing: 5.1 mi
- Lawn Garden: 5.1 mi
- Cottage & Vegetable Gardens: 5.1 mi
- Keywood Manor: 0.2 mi
- Carlstrom Memorial Forest: 1.4 mi
- East Slocum Meadow: 1.6 mi
- Slocum Meadow: 1.9 mi
- Rawson Hill: 2.0 mi
- Mine Shaft: 3.2 mi
- The Explorer Express Train: 3.6 mi
- Old Black Oak: 5.3 mi
- Worcester Wall: 5.4 mi
- North Worcester Business Association: 5.6 mi
- Point Rok Beach: 3.8 mi
- Lake Chauncy Public Beach: 4.8 mi
- Sterling Town Beach: 9.0 mi
- Hopkinton Reservoir Beach: 9.8 mi
- Hopkinton Main Beach: 10.1 mi
- Picnic Site 9: 23.7 mi
- Picnic Site 8: 23.8 mi
- Picnic Site 10: 23.8 mi
- Picnic Site 6: 23.8 mi
- Picnic Site 7: 23.8 mi
- Scar Hill Bluffs: 5.4 mi
- Sawyer Bluff: 6.2 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 8.4 mi
- Condo Rock: 13.0 mi
- The Wall: 13.3 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 16.0 mi
- Emerson Falls: 19.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.4 miles of Golden Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stratton Hill | WNW 296° | 244 m | 5.6 mi |
| Indian Hill | WNW 285° | 244 m | 5.7 mi |
| Laurel Mt. | WNW 293° | 241 m | 5.7 mi |
| Hancock Hill | W 268° | 233 m | 6.0 mi |
| Millstone Hill | W 262° | 229 m | 3.7 mi |
| Crown Hill | W 262° | 229 m | 4.3 mi |
| Meeting House Hall | NNW 338° | 225 m | 1.3 mi |
| Rawson Hill | N 351° | 223 m | 2.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:22 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:45 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:09 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:33 | 16:18 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 35 | 46 | 57 | 65 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Worcester, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 610863 — Golden Hill, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
OpenStreetMap element node/358271834
Day trips start here
- Shrewsbury · 1 mi
- Worcester · 5 mi
- Boroughs · 7 mi
- Millbury · 7 mi
- Blackstone Valley · 8 mi
- Central Massachusetts · 8 mi
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