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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

Parks
  • Secret Garden Entrance: 0.7 mi
  • Pratt Farm Playground: 1.0 mi
  • Pratt Farm Playground: 1.1 mi
  • Pratt Farm Playground: 1.2 mi
  • Hyder Park: 1.3 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • 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
Attractions
  • 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
Artworks
Museums: 55
Gardens: 55
  • 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
Beaches: 34
Picnic sites: 14
  • Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 9: 23.4 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 23.5 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 23.5 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 23.5 mi
Cliffs: 10
Waterfalls: 2
  • Cascades: 21.4 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 21.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 18.2 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.9 miles of Green Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Green HillWNW 292°231 m5.5 mi
Millstone HillWNW 289°229 m5.0 mi
Crown HillWNW 286°229 m5.6 mi
Meeting House HallNNW 335°225 m3.7 mi
Rawson HillNNW 342°223 m4.5 mi
Chandler HillW 279°222 m5.4 mi
Union HillWSW 257°217 m5.4 mi
Prospect HillW 281°215 m6.9 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 5080 °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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