Peak · Massachusetts
Merriam Hill
Merriam Hill rises to 99 m in Massachusetts. Nobscot Hill stands 183 m to the north, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Ballard Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Massachusetts, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49049258, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 99 m
How to reach it
Coordinates42.27926, -71.44673
- 13.4 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 13.8 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 22.1 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 25.7 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Ledge · 17 mi
- Skywalk Observatory · 19 mi
- Lookout Point · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Museums
- Danforth Art Museum\School: 1.5 mi
- Danforth Art: 1.7 mi
- Framingham Historical Society: 1.7 mi
- Knight Hall: 2.4 mi
- Redstone School: 5.6 mi
Artworks
- Fireball: 4.4 mi
- Stegosaurus: 4.4 mi
- Hidden Valley: 4.5 mi
- horseshoe sculpture: 4.5 mi
- Hoyt Statue: 5.0 mi
Historic sites: 58
- Blacksmith Minuteman Statue: 1.5 mi
- War veterans memorial: 1.6 mi
- World War II Peace Memorial: 2.2 mi
- Henry Wilson Memorial Site: 3.4 mi
- Watkins Woods Plaque: 3.9 mi
Peaks
- Ballard Hill: 0.4 mi
- Mount Wayte: 0.9 mi
- Fish Hill: 1.1 mi
- Bare Hill: 1.5 mi
- Banner Hill: 1.7 mi
Parks
- Cushing Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
- Roosevelt Park: 0.8 mi
- Farm Pond Park: 0.8 mi
- Long Athletic Field Complex: 0.9 mi
- Mason Park: 1.3 mi
Gardens
- Community Garden Southborough: 3.6 mi
- Community gardens of John J. Lane Park: 3.7 mi
- Southborough Town Pound: 4.8 mi
- Cider Knoll Community Garden: 7.2 mi
- Olmstead Italianate Garden: 7.2 mi
Attractions: 55
- Boston Marathon Starting Line: 5.0 mi
- Boston Marathon - Wellesley Scream Tunnel: 7.2 mi
- Fairy Rock: 7.3 mi
- Elephant Rock: 7.5 mi
- Chattering Rock: 7.9 mi
Nature reserves
- Abandoned Well: 1.2 mi
- Cedar Swamp: 1.2 mi
- Sudbury River Park 2: 1.5 mi
- Abandoned Pumping Station: 1.6 mi
- Rocco Parcel: 1.7 mi
Beaches: 46
- Learned Pond Beach: 1.6 mi
- Hopkinton Main Beach: 3.6 mi
- Hopkinton Reservoir Beach: 3.8 mi
- Memorial Beach: 4.3 mi
- Pleasure Point: 6.2 mi
Cliffs: 32
- Falling Rock Ridge: 4.6 mi
- Condo Rock: 7.8 mi
- The Wall: 7.8 mi
- Lunch Wall: 14.0 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 14.1 mi
Picnic sites: 20
- Picnic Site 9: 12.1 mi
- Picnic Site 10: 12.1 mi
- Picnic Site 8: 12.1 mi
- Picnic Site 11: 12.1 mi
- Picnic Site 7: 12.2 mi
Rest areas: 7
- Westwood Rest Area: 15.4 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 19.8 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 20.5 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 20.8 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 21.2 mi
Springs: 3
- Pakomet Spring: 20.0 mi
- Quarry Spring: 20.5 mi
- Mystery Spring: 20.8 mi
Waterfalls: 2
- Cascade Falls: 22.1 mi
- Rock Falls: 23.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Haywardville: 22.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.4 miles of Merriam Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nobscot Hill | N 358° | 183 m | 4.6 mi |
| Saddle Hill | WSW 247° | 158 m | 5.1 mi |
| Mount Nebo | W 279° | 157 m | 6.2 mi |
| Gibbs Mountain | NNW 333° | 153 m | 4.1 mi |
| Doeskin Hill | N 354° | 152 m | 4.6 mi |
| Fairview Hill | W 276° | 140 m | 4.8 mi |
| Farm Hill | NW 317° | 139 m | 6.1 mi |
| Juniper Hill | N 354° | 136 m | 4.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:21 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:44 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 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 | 26 | 28 | 36 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 51 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Natick, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 611557 — Merriam Hill, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
OpenStreetMap element node/358272282
Day trips start here
- Ashland · 2 mi
- Framingham · 2 mi
- Natick · 5 mi
- Boroughs · 6 mi
- MetroWest · 6 mi
- Marlborough · 7 mi
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