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Monterey Hill

Monterey Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Monterey Hill rises to 71 m in Massachusetts. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the south, 4.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Monterey Hilltop Urban Wild, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 0.7 miles off.

The story

mountain in Massachusetts, United States of America

Wikidata Q49051074, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
71 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.27093, -71.12839

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Weider Park: 0.2 mi
  • McGann Playground: 0.5 mi
  • Hillside Street Play Area: 0.7 mi
  • Bellevue Hill Park: 0.9 mi
  • Ross Playground: 0.9 mi
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
Gardens
Artworks
  • Drift by Mary Bonina: 2.9 mi
  • Taino Mural: 3.6 mi
  • Beauty Master Mural: 3.7 mi
  • Pimentel Market Mural: 3.7 mi
  • Reach: 3.8 mi
Attractions
  • Goat: 3.0 mi
  • Western Grey Kangaroo: 3.1 mi
  • Emu: 3.1 mi
  • Andean Condor: 3.1 mi
  • Wildebeest: 3.1 mi
Beaches
Cliffs: 47
Picnic sites: 40
  • Nature's Pavilion: 3.0 mi
  • Oak Lea: 3.1 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 3.1 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 6.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 10.1 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Westwood Rest Area: 4.0 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 6.7 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 19.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 20.3 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 20.7 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 11.5 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 12.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.2 miles of Monterey Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillS 170°193 m4.1 mi
Chickatawbut HillSE 135°156 m4.8 mi
Hancock HillSSE 155°155 m4.0 mi
Buck HillSE 145°151 m4.8 mi
Fenno PeakSE 134°151 m4.9 mi
Nahanton HillSE 131°145 m4.9 mi
Hemenway HillSSE 159°140 m3.9 mi
Tucker HillSSE 152°133 m4.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4320:25
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1115:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968747365534334
Precip in3.93.64.54.33.64.23.53.74.05.04.05.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jamaica Plain, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 612339 — Monterey Hill, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.

OpenStreetMap element node/358272778

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