Grinding Rock Hill
Grinding Rock Hill rises to 64 m in Massachusetts. Whipple Hill stands 110 m to the west-southwest, 3.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Wanapanaquin Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 3.5 miles off.
The story
mountain in Massachusetts, United States of America
Wikidata Q49033921, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 64 m
How to reach it
- 3.5 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 8.1 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 20.3 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
- 29.2 mi off the The Apple Way of Londonderry
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 8 mi
- Eagle Rock · 24 mi
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 25 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Wanapanaquin Hill: 0.4 mi
- Winthrop Hill: 0.7 mi
- Taylor Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Bear Hill: 0.8 mi
- Gerry Hill: 1.0 mi
- Highland Park: 0.6 mi
- Leonard Field: 0.6 mi
- Davidson Park: 0.7 mi
- Chefalo Park: 0.8 mi
- Elliot Park: 1.0 mi
- Winchester World War I Memorial "Humanity and Justice": 1.0 mi
- Silver mine: 1.1 mi
- Woburn Moose Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Virginia Wood: 1.7 mi
- Brooks Estate Carriage House: 1.9 mi
- Conservation Land/Meadow Road: 1.2 mi
- Great Island: 1.3 mi
- Old Town Quarry: 1.4 mi
- Brooks Parkhurst Town Forest: 1.7 mi
- The Gables Cr: 1.9 mi
- Pickerel Rock: 1.3 mi
- Stone Chimney: 1.7 mi
- 1899 MIT Observatory site: 2.2 mi
- Central Street Historical District: 3.5 mi
- Arlington Center Historic District: 3.6 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 1.3 mi
- Pearce Lake Beach: 4.9 mi
- Revere Beach: 7.4 mi
- Revere Beach: 7.5 mi
- Baby Beach: 8.0 mi
- Woburn Municipal Waterworks Museum: 1.8 mi
- Medford Historical Society: 2.9 mi
- Cyrus Dallin Art Museum: 3.5 mi
- Jason Russell House: 3.6 mi
- Smith Museum Archives: 3.6 mi
- Rock spiral: 1.9 mi
- Baldwin Green: 3.5 mi
- My Boys: 3.5 mi
- Robbins Memorial Flagstaff: 3.6 mi
- Jumbo Statue: 3.6 mi
- Sylvester Baxter Delta: 2.7 mi
- Winthrop Street Community Garden: 2.9 mi
- Malden Youth Community Garden: 3.6 mi
- Alex's Place: 3.7 mi
- Tufts Community Garden: 3.9 mi
- Lookout Cliff: 2.5 mi
- Crag 1: 2.6 mi
- Skull Cliff: 6.8 mi
- The Cellar: 7.1 mi
- Bloody Bluff: 7.4 mi
- Pinetops Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
- Picnic Site 1: 8.0 mi
- Picnic Site 2: 8.4 mi
- Picnic Site 3: 8.4 mi
- Picnic Site 4: 8.4 mi
- Boathouse: 14.8 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 14.8 mi
- Oil Shed: 14.9 mi
- Rainshed: 14.9 mi
- Boston Light: 14.9 mi
- Quarry Spring: 1.8 mi
- Mystery Spring: 17.0 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 17.6 mi
- Rail Spring: 24.3 mi
- Cascade Falls: 2.5 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 14.8 mi
- Rock Falls: 19.0 mi
- Newbury Falls: 22.3 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 7.4 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 16.9 mi
- Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 21.0 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 23.9 mi
- Haywardville: 1.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 4.5 miles of Grinding Rock Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whipple Hill | WSW 249° | 110 m | 3.5 mi |
| Zion Hill | W 264° | 107 m | 3.0 mi |
| Turkey Hill | SW 235° | 107 m | 3.3 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | WSW 247° | 105 m | 2.5 mi |
| Mount Gilboa | SW 236° | 95 m | 3.9 mi |
| Cairn Hill | ESE 121° | 92 m | 2.0 mi |
| Bear Hill | ENE 58° | 91 m | 0.8 mi |
| Greenleaf Mountain | WNW 300° | 89 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:30 | 16:15 |
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 | 28 | 30 | 37 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 53 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Reading, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358275218
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