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Mount Pisgah

Mount Pisgah, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Pisgah rises to 105 m in Massachusetts. Whipple Hill stands 110 m to the west-southwest, 1.0 miles off. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 1.6 miles off.

The story

mountain in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Wikidata Q49054060, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
105 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.44565, -71.16505

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • West Side Field: 0.5 mi
  • Mullen Field: 0.5 mi
  • Glen Green: 0.7 mi
  • McClennen Park: 1.2 mi
  • Francis M. Donnelly Memorial Square: 1.3 mi
Historic sites
Beaches
  • Borggaard Beach: 1.2 mi
  • Pearce Lake Beach: 7.3 mi
  • Baby Beach: 8.3 mi
  • Crystal Lake Beach: 8.5 mi
  • Revere Beach: 9.4 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Wildlife Habitat Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Winthrop Street Community Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Alex's Place: 3.6 mi
  • Tufts Community Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Bikeway Community Garden: 4.2 mi
Attractions
Artworks
Cliffs: 43
  • Crag 1: 4.5 mi
  • Lookout Cliff: 4.9 mi
  • Bloody Bluff: 5.1 mi
  • Lunch Wall: 8.0 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 8.3 mi
Picnic sites: 24
  • Picnic Site 1: 5.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 6.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 3: 6.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 6.0 mi
  • Valley Shelter: 6.1 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 14.3 mi
  • Rock Falls: 18.9 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 24.2 mi
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 3.1 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 15.6 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 17.1 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 4.9 miles of Mount Pisgah. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Whipple HillWSW 255°110 m1.0 mi
Loring HillW 263°109 m3.7 mi
Granny HillW 279°108 m2.9 mi
Zion HillNW 312°107 m1.0 mi
Turkey HillSSW 204°107 m1.0 mi
Fullers HillWSW 250°105 m4.8 mi
Robinson HillW 279°102 m3.9 mi
Mount IndependenceWSW 247°101 m2.7 mi

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 solstice07:1215:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283037485867737264534334
Precip in3.93.64.94.33.84.24.03.53.94.84.05.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Reading, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 612229 — Mount Pisgah, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

OpenStreetMap element node/358272692

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