Great Hill
Great Hill rises to 109 m in Massachusetts. Oak Hill stands 187 m to the northwest, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Conant Hill, a peak 0.1 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 4.9 miles off.
The story
Great Hill is a 358-foot (109 m) hill in Acton, Massachusetts, the site of a 192-acre (78 ha) wooded conservation area containing hiking trails, wetlands, and recreational facilities. It is the largest single parcel of conservation land in the town. The hill has evidence of Native American use, including a stone mortar. There are also 18th-century farmers' stone walls criss-crossing the property, as well as picnic facilities near a small skating pond and athletic fields adjacent to the South Acton Fire Station. The hill abuts the Discovery Museum, which often uses Great Hill for educational programs.
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Wikidata Q49033362, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 109 m
How to reach it
- 4.9 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 20.8 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 25.2 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 25.3 mi off the The Apple Way of Londonderry
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 21 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Great Hill Recreation Area: 0.2 mi
- Jones Field: 0.7 mi
- Acton Arboretum: 1.3 mi
- Elm Street Fields: 1.4 mi
- Rockland Soccer Fields: 1.5 mi
- Discovery Museum: 0.3 mi
- Hosmer House Museum: 0.6 mi
- YV Art Museum: 3.9 mi
- West School Museum: 4.7 mi
- American Heritage Museum: 5.4 mi
- stone pile: 2.4 mi
- Diamond Crossing: 3.2 mi
- Old Stone Chamber: 3.5 mi
- Davies’ Pest House Foundation: 3.7 mi
- Colonel Barrett House: 3.8 mi
- Chime Wall: 4.5 mi
- Amadinda: 4.5 mi
- Old Frog Pond Farm & Studio: 4.8 mi
- The Olympic Bell: 4.9 mi
- Minute Man Statue: 5.2 mi
- Conant Hill: 0.1 mi
- Faulkner Hill: 0.8 mi
- Wright Hill: 1.4 mi
- Flagg Hill: 2.3 mi
- Summer Hill: 2.5 mi
- Great Hill Conservation Land: 0.3 mi
- Pacy Conservation Land: 0.5 mi
- Monsen Conservation Land: 0.6 mi
- Patriots Hill Conservation Land: 1.1 mi
- Steinman Conservation Land: 1.4 mi
- ABRHS Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Stow Community Garden: 2.0 mi
- Flerra Meadows Community Garden Boxborough: 3.5 mi
- Yapp Conservation Land Community Garden: 4.0 mi
- Colonial Herb Garden: 4.1 mi
- Isaac Davis Home Site: 1.0 mi
- Mead Stone: 1.2 mi
- Isaac Davis Monument: 1.6 mi
- Captain Sargent Homestead Foundation: 2.0 mi
- Preserved Quarry Site: 2.8 mi
- Stow Town Beach: 4.9 mi
- Harvard Town Beach: 7.1 mi
- Thurston's Beach: 7.2 mi
- Bolton Town Beach: 7.4 mi
- Memorial Beach: 7.6 mi
- Farmers Cliff: 4.6 mi
- Falling Rock Ridge: 8.5 mi
- Bloody Bluff: 9.7 mi
- Old Limestone Quarry: 12.5 mi
- Sawyer Bluff: 15.1 mi
- Family Friendly Area (Multi-use): 9.2 mi
- Picnic Site 2: 11.4 mi
- Picnic Site 3: 11.4 mi
- Picnic Site 1: 11.5 mi
- Picnic Site 4: 11.5 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 13.1 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 20.9 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 23.0 mi
- Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 23.1 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 13.6 mi
- Cascade Falls: 19.3 mi
- Emerson Falls: 20.6 mi
- Trap Falls: 21.6 mi
- Mystery Spring: 8.0 mi
- Quarry Spring: 17.9 mi
- Haywardville: 18.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.8 miles of Great Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Hill | NW 304° | 187 m | 5.8 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | WSW 253° | 145 m | 6.4 mi |
| Flagg Hill | W 264° | 139 m | 2.3 mi |
| Stevens Hill | SW 235° | 127 m | 6.4 mi |
| Marble Hill | WSW 241° | 126 m | 3.7 mi |
| Spindle Hill | SW 233° | 123 m | 4.2 mi |
| Birch Hill | SW 221° | 121 m | 4.5 mi |
| Stratton Hill | SW 235° | 121 m | 6.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:21 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:44 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:31 | 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 | 26 | 28 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maynard 2, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 611454 — Great Hill, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
OpenStreetMap element node/358272198
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