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Green Hill

Green Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Green Hill rises to 181 m in Massachusetts. The nearest named place is Secret Garden Entrance, a park 0.7 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.

The story

Mountain in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49033441, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
181 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.25843, -71.68285

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Historic sites: 59
  • Shrewsbury War Veterans Memorial: 3.1 mi
  • Shrewsbury World War I Memorial: 3.1 mi
  • Shrewsbury Civil War Monument: 3.1 mi
  • Fire and Police Memorial: 3.1 mi
  • First Meeting House in Shrewsbury: 3.1 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • Secret Garden Entrance: 0.7 mi
  • Pratt Farm Playground: 1.0 mi
  • Hyder Park: 1.3 mi
  • Nelson Park: 1.4 mi
  • Nelson Memorial Park: 1.9 mi
Museums: 55
Gardens: 51
  • Jakubowitz-Chaifetz Garden: 7.1 mi
  • Berlin Community Garden: 7.2 mi
  • Shade Garden: 7.4 mi
  • Secret Garden: 7.4 mi
  • The Clearing: 7.4 mi
Attractions: 39
  • Old Black Oak: 3.4 mi
  • The Explorer Express Train: 4.3 mi
  • Mine Shaft: 4.7 mi
  • Worcester Wall: 5.9 mi
  • Ford on Rocks: 7.6 mi
Beaches: 32
Picnic sites: 13
  • Picnic Site 9: 23.4 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 23.5 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 23.5 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 23.5 mi
  • Picnic Site 6: 23.5 mi
Cliffs: 10
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 18.2 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Emerson Falls: 21.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.0 miles of Green Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Green HillWNW231 m5.5 mi
Millstone HillWNW229 m5.0 mi
Crown HillWNW229 m5.6 mi
Meeting House HallNNW225 m3.7 mi
Rawson HillNNW223 m4.5 mi
Chandler HillW222 m5.4 mi
Union HillWSW217 m5.4 mi
Fay MountainESE212 m3.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:1119:4520:27
September equinox06:3518:0918:46
December solstice07:1315:3316:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735465765716962514031
Precip in3.53.34.24.13.64.23.94.14.24.84.04.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Worcester, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 610865 — Green Hill, Worcester County, Massachusetts.

OpenStreetMap element node/358271836

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