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Mount Misery

Mount Misery, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Misery rises to 84 m in Massachusetts. Snow Hill stands 137 m to the east-southeast, 3.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Farm Pond, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 8.4 miles off.

The story

mountain in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Wikidata Q49053645, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
84 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.23454, -71.35551

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Sherborn Center Historic District: 0.8 mi
  • Edwards Plain-Dowses Corner Historic District: 1.6 mi
  • Laurel Farm Baseball and Soccer Fields: 2.0 mi
  • McCarthy Park: 2.4 mi
  • Glen Street Park: 3.0 mi
Peaks
Beaches
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens
  • Community gardens of John J. Lane Park: 3.8 mi
  • Bressingham Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Olmstead Italianate Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Weezie's Garden for Children: 3.8 mi
  • Native Plant and Historic Daffodil Garden: 3.8 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • Foundation & Chimney: 4.9 mi
  • Boston Marathon - Wellesley Scream Tunnel: 4.9 mi
  • 16: 5.0 mi
  • 15: 5.1 mi
  • 14: 5.1 mi
Cliffs: 47
  • The Wall: 8.4 mi
  • Condo Rock: 8.6 mi
  • Falling Rock Ridge: 9.0 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 11.1 mi
  • Lunch Wall: 11.1 mi
Picnic sites: 42
  • Picnic Site 9: 11.4 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 11.5 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 11.5 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 11.5 mi
  • Picnic Site 12: 11.6 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Westwood Rest Area: 10.2 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 16.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 16.4 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 16.8 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 20.9 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Pakomet Spring: 14.9 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 18.9 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 24.0 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 18.2 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 20.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.4 miles of Mount Misery. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snow HillESE 102°137 m3.5 mi
Cedar HillESE 109°134 m4.3 mi
Bald HillWSW 253°132 m4.7 mi
Miller HillWSW 242°129 m5.8 mi
Pegan HillENE 67°125 m2.9 mi
Broad HillW 266°124 m5.2 mi
Brush HillNW 309°121 m1.9 mi
Strawberry HillE 89°114 m5.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1019:4320:26
September equinox06:3318:0818:45
December solstice07:1215:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836475766727062514132
Precip in3.43.13.94.13.84.13.93.84.24.83.74.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Natick, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358272530

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