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Mount Gilboa

Mount Gilboa, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Gilboa rises to 95 m in Massachusetts. Prospect Hill stands 135 m to the southwest, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Mt. Gilboa, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 0.3 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Massachusetts, United States of America

Wikidata Q49052818, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
95 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.42815, -71.18311

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Wildlife Habitat Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Winthrop Street Community Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Tufts Community Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Alex's Place: 3.6 mi
  • Idylwilde Community Garden: 3.7 mi
Parks
  • Locke School Playground: 0.3 mi
  • McClennen Park: 0.3 mi
  • Francis M. Donnelly Memorial Square: 0.4 mi
  • Rindge Park: 0.5 mi
  • Hibbert Playground: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Peaks
Artworks
Attractions
Beaches
  • Borggaard Beach: 2.7 mi
  • Crystal Lake Beach: 7.2 mi
  • Pearce Lake Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Baby Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Revere Beach: 10.1 mi
Cliffs: 47
  • Bloody Bluff: 4.4 mi
  • Crag 1: 5.4 mi
  • Lookout Cliff: 6.2 mi
  • Lunch Wall: 6.7 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 7.0 mi
Picnic sites: 23
  • Picnic Site 1: 4.2 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 4.5 mi
  • Picnic Site 3: 4.5 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 4.5 mi
  • Valley Shelter: 4.6 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 4.0 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 15.6 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 16.3 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 15.0 mi
  • Rock Falls: 18.3 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 4.8 miles of Mount Gilboa. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillSW 233°135 m4.5 mi
Little ProspectSW 231°133 m4.7 mi
Whipple HillN 359°110 m1.0 mi
Loring HillWNW 285°109 m2.8 mi
Granny HillNW 311°108 m2.5 mi
Turkey HillENE 60°107 m0.6 mi
Zion HillN 6°107 m1.9 mi
Mount PisgahNE 37°105 m1.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0819:4320:26
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1215:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F282937495968747264524233
Precip in2.92.73.83.83.43.73.53.53.54.23.73.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bedford Hanscom FLD, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358272654

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