High Rock
High Rock rises to 73 m in Massachusetts. Cairn Hill stands 92 m to the south-southwest, 2.0 miles off. The nearest named place is West Hill Terrace, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 5.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49036401, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 73 m
How to reach it
- 5.6 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 8.5 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 18.0 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
- 29.6 mi off the The Apple Way of Londonderry
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 9 mi
- Eagle Rock · 21 mi
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Warren Street Park: 0.2 mi
- Spring Street Park: 0.3 mi
- Dunton Park: 0.6 mi
- Whip Hill Park: 0.6 mi
- East School Park: 0.8 mi
- Honor Roll of World War II, Korean and Vietnam Wars: 1.1 mi
- Virginia Wood: 1.2 mi
- Paddy Heights Veterans Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Better Homes and Gardens 1950 Achievement Award: 2.3 mi
- Firefighter Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Wakefield History Museum: 2.4 mi
- Medford Historical Society: 4.1 mi
- Woburn Municipal Waterworks Museum: 4.2 mi
- Bellingham-Cary House: 5.6 mi
- Cyrus Dallin Art Museum: 5.6 mi
- Orange Dinosaur: 2.8 mi
- Rock spiral: 3.2 mi
- Baldwin Green: 4.8 mi
- Mystic Musical Fence: 4.9 mi
- Jumbo Statue: 5.1 mi
- Candle Hill: 0.5 mi
- Boyntons Hill: 0.6 mi
- Round Hill: 0.9 mi
- Whip Hill: 0.9 mi
- Greenwood Hill: 0.9 mi
- Pearce Lake Beach: 2.4 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 3.8 mi
- Revere Beach: 5.6 mi
- Nahant Beach: 7.1 mi
- Lynn Beach: 7.1 mi
- Sylvester Baxter Delta: 2.9 mi
- Malden Youth Community Garden: 3.1 mi
- Winthrop Street Community Garden: 4.3 mi
- Alex's Place: 5.1 mi
- Tufts Community Garden: 5.3 mi
- Stone Chimney: 1.4 mi
- Pickerel Rock: 2.1 mi
- 1899 MIT Observatory site: 2.2 mi
- Steel Tower: 4.3 mi
- Lynn Woods Rose Garden: 4.4 mi
- West Hill Terrace: 0.1 mi
- Woodland Avenue Open Space: 0.1 mi
- Greenwood Street Open Space: 0.2 mi
- Ferdinand Woods: 0.2 mi
- Town Conservation Land: 0.4 mi
- Lookout Cliff: 0.6 mi
- Crag 1: 2.3 mi
- Skull Cliff: 4.4 mi
- The Cellar: 4.6 mi
- Always Sunny Wall: 5.1 mi
- Pinetops Picnic Area: 2.5 mi
- Picnic Site 1: 10.5 mi
- Picnic Site 2: 10.9 mi
- Picnic Site 3: 10.9 mi
- Picnic Site 4: 10.9 mi
- Boathouse: 13.6 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 13.6 mi
- Oil Shed: 13.6 mi
- Rainshed: 13.6 mi
- Boston Light: 13.7 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 7.9 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 18.1 mi
- Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 21.0 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 22.9 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 24.5 mi
- Cascade Falls: 1.9 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 15.8 mi
- Rock Falls: 19.1 mi
- Newbury Falls: 20.6 mi
- Quarry Spring: 3.0 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 18.2 mi
- Mystery Spring: 18.7 mi
- Rail Spring: 22.4 mi
- Haywardville: 1.1 mi
- Dogtown: 23.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 4.8 miles of High Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cairn Hill | SSW 199° | 92 m | 2.0 mi |
| Bear Hill | WSW 256° | 91 m | 1.8 mi |
| Castle Rock | NE 52° | 87 m | 1.9 mi |
| Burrill Hill | ENE 74° | 87 m | 4.6 mi |
| Horn Pond Mountain | W 259° | 86 m | 4.4 mi |
| Winthrop Hill | WSW 244° | 84 m | 1.9 mi |
| Boojum Rock | SSW 193° | 83 m | 2.3 mi |
| Crow Hill | NE 53° | 83 m | 2.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:19 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:29 | 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358273035
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