Nobscot Hill
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Nobscot Hill rises to 183 m in Massachusetts. Sligo Hill stands 172 m to the west, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Falling Rock Ridge, a cliff 0.1 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 9.4 miles off.
The story
Nobscot Hill is a USGS name for a high point in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, with many public hiking trails, and it is located in Framingham and Sudbury. At the summit are various radio towers and a fire tower. Below the summit of Nobscot Hill is the Nobscot Scout Reservation (452 acres), which includes Tippling Rock, a popular viewing location. Surrounding the hill are other large parks and parcels of conservation land, including the Nobscot Conservation Land (118 acres), Callahan State Park (958 acres), the Sudbury Weisblatt Conservation Land, and Wittenborg Woods (83 acres), which are connected by various hiking trails, including the Bay Circuit Trail.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q7046092, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 183 m
How to reach it
- 9.4 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 15.5 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 22.4 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 19 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 22 mi
- Lookout Point · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Brimstone Estates: 0.3 mi
- Nobscot Spring: 0.5 mi
- Chickatawbut Road: 0.6 mi
- Nobscot Reservation: 0.6 mi
- Wittenborg Woods: 0.7 mi
- Doeskin Hill: 0.4 mi
- Juniper Hill: 0.6 mi
- Tippling Rock: 0.8 mi
- Gibbs Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Green Hill: 2.5 mi
- Stegosaurus: 1.1 mi
- Hidden Valley: 1.2 mi
- Fireball: 1.2 mi
- Civil War Monument: 2.1 mi
- Revolutionary War Monument: 3.2 mi
- The Wayside Inn: 1.4 mi
- Rock Pile: 1.4 mi
- Oakvale Park: 1.5 mi
- Frank G Feeley Park: 1.7 mi
- Feeley Field: 1.8 mi
- Redstone School: 1.4 mi
- Framingham Historical Society: 3.1 mi
- Danforth Art: 3.1 mi
- Danforth Art Museum\School: 4.7 mi
- American Heritage Museum: 4.8 mi
- Blacksmith Minuteman Statue: 3.5 mi
- Ludlow Griscom 1890-1959: 3.5 mi
- Barn Foundation: 3.7 mi
- Haynes Garrison Site: 3.8 mi
- World War II Peace Memorial: 4.1 mi
- Cider Knoll Community Garden: 3.8 mi
- Southborough Town Pound: 5.0 mi
- Community Garden Southborough: 5.4 mi
- Community gardens of John J. Lane Park: 5.6 mi
- Stow Community Garden: 7.1 mi
- Rice Tavern Foundation: 4.4 mi
- Mini Monster Hedge Maze: 5.5 mi
- Petting Zoo: 5.6 mi
- Big Green Monster Hedge Maze: 5.7 mi
- “The Rock” in Marlborough: 6.0 mi
- Learned Pond Beach: 4.3 mi
- Memorial Beach: 4.6 mi
- Centennial Beach: 4.8 mi
- Stow Town Beach: 4.9 mi
- Memorial Beach: 6.7 mi
- Picnic Site 9: 10.2 mi
- Picnic Site 8: 10.2 mi
- Picnic Site 10: 10.2 mi
- Picnic Site 6: 10.2 mi
- Picnic Site 7: 10.2 mi
- Falling Rock Ridge: 0.1 mi
- Farmers Cliff: 10.4 mi
- Bloody Bluff: 11.7 mi
- Condo Rock: 12.2 mi
- The Wall: 12.3 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 17.3 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 17.7 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 19.2 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 24.8 mi
- Cascade Falls: 20.2 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 21.0 mi
- Cascades: 23.0 mi
- Emerson Falls: 24.6 mi
- Mystery Spring: 16.3 mi
- Quarry Spring: 18.6 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 21.7 mi
- Haywardville: 20.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.6 miles of Nobscot Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sligo Hill | W 271° | 172 m | 6.1 mi |
| Pleasant Hill | W 267° | 164 m | 5.6 mi |
| Fairmount Hill | W 266° | 161 m | 5.2 mi |
| Jericho Hill | WSW 258° | 161 m | 6.0 mi |
| West Hill | W 277° | 160 m | 6.3 mi |
| Gibbs Mountain | WSW 240° | 153 m | 2.0 mi |
| Shoestring Hill | W 261° | 153 m | 5.5 mi |
| Doeskin Hill | W 270° | 152 m | 0.4 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 | 15:31 | 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 | 48 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maynard 2, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 611565 — Nobscot Hill, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
OpenStreetMap element node/358272286
Day trips start here
- Framingham · 5 mi
- Marlborough · 5 mi
- MetroWest · 5 mi
- Wayland · 5 mi
- Ashland · 6 mi
- Boroughs · 7 mi
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