Great Dome
Great Dome rises to 64 m in Massachusetts. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the west-southwest, 3.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Dome, a peak 0.3 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 5.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Massachusetts, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49033350, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 64 m
How to reach it
- 5.2 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 12.7 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 29.8 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 8 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 17 mi
- Lookout Point · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Dome: 0.3 mi
- Fox Hill: 0.5 mi
- The Crags: 0.6 mi
- Wampatuck Hill: 0.7 mi
- Rattlesnake Hill: 0.8 mi
- Quarry Hills Complex: 0.7 mi
- Cunningham Park: 0.9 mi
- Saint Moritz Park: 1.0 mi
- Flaherty Park: 1.3 mi
- O"Rourke Playground: 1.4 mi
- Captain Robert Bennet Forbes House: 2.0 mi
- Quincy Historical Society Museum & Library: 2.6 mi
- Dorothy Quincy Homestead: 2.6 mi
- Josiah Quincy House: 3.0 mi
- Pierce House: 3.4 mi
- Constitution Common: 2.5 mi
- John Adams: 2.6 mi
- John Hancock: 2.6 mi
- Abigail Adams: 2.6 mi
- The Lone Sailor: 4.4 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 1.8 mi
- The Gazing Ball: 2.6 mi
- Abagail Adams Cairn: 2.8 mi
- Mark S. Charbonnier & Richard T. Dever Memorial: 2.8 mi
- Nike Missile Launch Site BO-55: 2.8 mi
- Wollaston Beach: 3.5 mi
- Norton Road Beach: 3.8 mi
- Tenean Beach: 3.8 mi
- Back Beach: 4.0 mi
- Fishermans Beach: 4.0 mi
- Lucerne-Balsam Streets Community Garden: 3.9 mi
- Braintree Community Garden: 4.0 mi
- Wheatland Avenue Community Garden: 4.0 mi
- Spencer Street Community Garden: 4.1 mi
- Fanny Lou Hamer Community Garden: 4.2 mi
- Flatley Property: 1.8 mi
- Neponset River Reservation: 2.1 mi
- Town Brook Flood Control: 2.1 mi
- Sandman Electric Gift: 2.4 mi
- Furnace Brook Parkway: 2.5 mi
- Pastoral Center: 1.8 mi
- John Quincy Adams Birthplace: 2.5 mi
- John Adams Birthplace: 2.5 mi
- United First Parish Church: 2.7 mi
- Path Continues: 3.5 mi
- Babcock Arboretum: 3.1 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 4.9 mi
- Oak Lea: 5.0 mi
- Pine Knoll: 5.1 mi
- Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 6.9 mi
- Boathouse: 10.3 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 10.3 mi
- Oil Shed: 10.3 mi
- Boston Light: 10.3 mi
- Rainshed: 10.3 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 5.6 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 8.4 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 19.6 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 20.3 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 2.1 mi
- Quarry Spring: 14.0 mi
- Rock Falls: 3.6 mi
- Cascade Falls: 14.4 mi
- Haywardville: 15.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.6 miles of Great Dome. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Blue Hill | WSW 241° | 193 m | 3.7 mi |
| Chickatawbut Hill | SSW 206° | 156 m | 1.2 mi |
| Hancock Hill | WSW 239° | 155 m | 2.6 mi |
| Fenno Peak | SSW 201° | 151 m | 1.2 mi |
| Buck Hill | SW 217° | 151 m | 2.0 mi |
| Nahanton Hill | SSW 196° | 145 m | 1.0 mi |
| Hemenway Hill | WSW 241° | 140 m | 2.8 mi |
| Kitchamakin Hill | SSW 197° | 133 m | 1.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:42 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:30 | 16:16 |
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 | 27 | 28 | 36 | 47 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 5.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blue Hill Coop, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 612928 — Great Dome, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
OpenStreetMap element node/358273120
Day trips start here
- Milton · 1 mi
- Quincy · 3 mi
- Boston/Dorchester · 5 mi
- Eastern Massachusetts · 5 mi
- Boston/Jamaica Plain-Mission Hill · 6 mi
- Boston/Outer Neighborhoods · 6 mi
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