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Greenwood Hill

Greenwood Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Greenwood Hill rises to 69 m in Massachusetts. Cairn Hill stands 92 m to the south, 2.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Conservation Land, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 6.2 miles off.

The story

mountain in Massachusetts, United States of America

Wikidata Q49033791, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
69 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.48537, -71.07616

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • East School Park: 0.5 mi
  • Spring Street Park: 0.7 mi
  • J.J. Round Park: 0.7 mi
  • Joseph C. Cerrone Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
  • Mapleway Playground: 0.9 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Beaches
Attractions
  • Stone Chimney: 2.2 mi
  • Pickerel Rock: 2.8 mi
  • 1899 MIT Observatory site: 3.1 mi
  • Steel Tower: 4.3 mi
  • Echo Rock: 4.6 mi
Artworks
  • Orange Dinosaur: 3.5 mi
  • Rock spiral: 3.9 mi
  • Baldwin Green: 4.4 mi
  • Jumbo Statue: 5.8 mi
  • Mystic Musical Fence: 5.8 mi
Gardens
  • Herb Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Sylvester Baxter Delta: 3.8 mi
  • Malden Youth Community Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Winthrop Street Community Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Alex's Place: 5.9 mi
Cliffs: 49
Picnic sites: 24
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 2.3 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 10.9 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 11.2 mi
  • Picnic Site 3: 11.3 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 11.3 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 5
  • Commissioners Landing: 8.8 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 19.0 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 20.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 22.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 23.6 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 15.0 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 19.8 mi
  • Rock Falls: 20.1 mi
Springs: 4
  • Quarry Spring: 3.7 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 18.3 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 19.1 mi
  • Rail Spring: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 4.9 miles of Greenwood Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cairn HillS 190°92 m2.8 mi
Bear HillSW 230°91 m2.1 mi
Castle RockE 82°87.2 m1.6 mi
Burrill HillE 86°87 m4.6 mi
Horn Pond MountainWSW 247°86 m4.5 mi
Winthrop HillSW 221°84 m2.4 mi
Boojum RockS 187°83 m3.2 mi
Crow HillE 81°82.9 m1.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:1918:57
June solstice05:0819:4320:26
September equinox06:3218:0618:44
December solstice07:1115:2916:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283037485867737264534334
Precip in3.93.64.94.33.84.24.03.53.94.84.05.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Reading, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358273030

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