Oak Hill
Oak Hill rises to 83 m in Massachusetts. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the east, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Nimrod's Rock, a peak 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 2.9 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America; geonames ID = 4946089.
Wikidata Q49057916, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 83 m
How to reach it
- 2.9 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 13.6 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 24.0 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
- 29.1 mi off the Veteran's Memorial Parkway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 12 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 12 mi
- Lookout Point · 16 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pheasant Hill Park: 1.2 mi
- Westwood Veterans' Park: 1.2 mi
- Deerfield School Park: 1.3 mi
- Buckmaster Pond: 1.5 mi
- Buckmaster Pond Park: 1.5 mi
- Protectors of the American Way: 3.2 mi
- Nike Missile Site B-63: 3.5 mi
- The Castle: 3.8 mi
- Needham's Fallen Brave Memorial: 4.2 mi
- Needham Armed Forces Memorial: 4.2 mi
- Peak House Museum: 3.6 mi
- Lowell Mason Museum and Music Center: 3.8 mi
- Needham History Center & Museum: 3.9 mi
- Medfield Historical Society Museum: 4.1 mi
- Fairbanks House: 4.1 mi
- Zullo Gallery: 4.1 mi
- Own Your Peace Sculpture: 4.2 mi
- Babson Globe: 5.0 mi
- Caterpillar: 6.9 mi
- Deborah Sampson: 7.8 mi
- Nimrod's Rock: 0.2 mi
- Powissett Peak: 0.5 mi
- High Rock: 0.8 mi
- Strawberry Hill: 0.8 mi
- Peaked Rock: 1.0 mi
- South Beach: 0.5 mi
- Shapiro Beach: 0.6 mi
- Powissett Beach: 0.6 mi
- North Beach: 0.8 mi
- Turner Pond Beach: 5.3 mi
- Martha Jones Butterfly Garden: 1.9 mi
- Trial Garden: 4.5 mi
- Shade Garden: 4.5 mi
- Weezie's Garden for Children: 4.6 mi
- Bressingham Garden: 4.6 mi
- Hale Reservation: 0.5 mi
- Powissett Farm: 0.6 mi
- Crouse Sisters: 0.7 mi
- Mill Brook Reservation: 0.7 mi
- Rock Meadow Brook Conservation Land: 0.9 mi
- Breakneck Ledge: 7.4 mi
- The Alcove: 7.6 mi
- Upper Cliff: 7.7 mi
- Lower Cliff: 7.7 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 7.7 mi
- Foundation & Chimney: 2.4 mi
- Martini Junction: 3.1 mi
- Boston Marathon - Wellesley Scream Tunnel: 5.8 mi
- Fairy Rock: 6.8 mi
- Path Continues: 6.9 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 9.6 mi
- Oak Lea: 9.6 mi
- Pine Knoll: 9.7 mi
- Picnic Site 9: 10.9 mi
- Picnic Site 10: 10.9 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 4.5 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 12.7 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 15.1 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 15.7 mi
- Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 22.3 mi
- Boathouse: 19.4 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 19.4 mi
- Oil Shed: 19.4 mi
- Boston Light: 19.5 mi
- Rainshed: 19.5 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 9.2 mi
- Quarry Spring: 16.2 mi
- Rock Falls: 12.6 mi
- Cascade Falls: 17.4 mi
- Haywardville: 18.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.1 miles of Oak Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Blue Hill | E 98° | 193 m | 6.8 mi |
| Snow Hill | W 267° | 137 m | 2.2 mi |
| Cedar Hill | WSW 243° | 134 m | 1.8 mi |
| Pegan Hill | WNW 300° | 125 m | 3.5 mi |
| Strawberry Hill | NW 322° | 114 m | 0.8 mi |
| Powissett Peak | WNW 294° | 112 m | 0.5 mi |
| Mine Hill | WSW 241° | 111 m | 2.4 mi |
| Noanet Peak | WNW 301° | 110 m | 1.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:31 | 16:16 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 39 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norwood MEM AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 612502 — Oak Hill, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
OpenStreetMap element node/358272870
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