High Rock
High Rock rises to 127 m in Massachusetts. Beacon Pole Hill stands 162 m to the west-southwest, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Cocasset Brook Greenbelt, a nature reserve 1.3 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 0.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Massachusetts, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49036402, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 127 m
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 12.9 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
- 17.6 mi off the Veteran's Memorial Parkway
- 22.9 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Ledge · 1 mi
- Lookout Point · 4 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 17 mi
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Tom Brady: 2.4 mi
- Japanese Garden: 6.6 mi
- Deborah Sampson: 7.1 mi
- Cuddy Court Creatures: 8.0 mi
- "Inspire Thru Art" Mural: 8.1 mi
- The Patriots Hall of Fame: 2.4 mi
- Franklin Historical Museum: 6.0 mi
- Falls Fire Barn Museum: 6.4 mi
- Sharon Historical Society: 7.1 mi
- Kingsbury Grist Mill: 7.9 mi
- Global War on Terror Memorial: 1.8 mi
- Memorial Hall: 1.9 mi
- Centre Burial Ground: 1.9 mi
- William Herbert Sweatt Memorial Plaque: 2.2 mi
- Morseville: 2.2 mi
- Pinnacle Hill: 1.7 mi
- Pinnacle: 1.7 mi
- Tilting Rock: 1.8 mi
- Knuckup Hill: 2.3 mi
- Crackrock: 2.4 mi
- Julia's Garden: 4.5 mi
- West Common: 4.9 mi
- Big A Hedge: 8.1 mi
- Katie's Garden: 8.6 mi
- Nature's Play Area: 8.6 mi
- Sweatt Beach: 3.6 mi
- Whiting's Pond Beach: 5.3 mi
- Turner Pond Beach: 6.3 mi
- Barbara Road Beach: 6.7 mi
- Chilson Beach: 6.9 mi
- Cocasset River Park: 1.3 mi
- Foxborough Common: 1.8 mi
- Sweatt Park: 2.2 mi
- Lake Pearl Park: 3.1 mi
- Lowney Common: 4.0 mi
- King Philip Rock: 5.4 mi
- Ames Boulder: 6.3 mi
- Path Continues: 7.8 mi
- G's Place: 7.9 mi
- Trailers: 8.1 mi
- King Philip Cave: 5.2 mi
- King Philip Rock: 5.4 mi
- Fatboy Boulder: 13.2 mi
- The Wall: 13.2 mi
- Pond Cave: 13.3 mi
- Cocasset Brook Greenbelt: 1.3 mi
- Cocasset River Watershed: 1.9 mi
- Gilmore: 1.9 mi
- Foxboro Co: 2.0 mi
- Mirimichi Street: 2.0 mi
- 16-34: 4.5 mi
- Oak Grove: 6.2 mi
- Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 18.8 mi
- Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 18.8 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 19.5 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 3.6 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 4.1 mi
- Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 11.7 mi
- Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 11.7 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 12.6 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 15.1 mi
- Roger Williams Spring: 17.2 mi
- Rock Falls: 17.4 mi
- Cascade Brook Falls: 19.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of High Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beacon Pole Hill | WSW 241° | 162 m | 9.6 mi |
| Catamint Hill | WSW 243° | 152 m | 9.2 mi |
| Diamond Hill | WSW 237° | 144 m | 7.8 mi |
| Iron Rock Hill | WSW 244° | 140 m | 9.7 mi |
| Bluff Hill | NE 45° | 138 m | 5.1 mi |
| Oak Hill | WSW 258° | 138 m | 8.4 mi |
| Bucks Hill | WSW 252° | 137 m | 6.3 mi |
| Copper Mine Hill | WSW 237° | 137 m | 9.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:21 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:43 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:32 | 16:17 |
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 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 53 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Walpole 2, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 612079 — High Rock, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
OpenStreetMap element node/358272603
Day trips start here
- Foxborough · 2 mi
- Mansfield · 4 mi
- Bristol-Norfolk · 6 mi
- Franklin · 6 mi
- North Attleborough · 6 mi
- Walpole · 6 mi
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