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Oak Hill

Oak Hill, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates42.22621, -71.24533

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Beaches
  • 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
Parks
  • 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
Gardens
Attractions
  • Foundation & Chimney: 2.4 mi
  • Martini Junction: 3.1 mi
  • 2: 5.7 mi
  • 1: 5.7 mi
  • Boston Marathon - Wellesley Scream Tunnel: 5.8 mi
Museums
  • 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
Artworks
Cliffs: 51
  • 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
Picnic sites: 40
  • 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
Rest areas: 8
  • 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
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 9.2 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 16.2 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 12.6 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 17.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.9 miles of Oak Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillE 98°193 m6.8 mi
Snow HillW 267°137 m2.2 mi
Cedar HillWSW 243°134 m1.8 mi
Pegan HillWNW 300°125 m3.5 mi
Strawberry HillNW 322°114 m0.8 mi
Powissett PeakWNW 294°112 m0.5 mi
Mine HillWSW 241°111 m2.4 mi
Oak HillW 270°111 m2.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4320:26
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1115:3116:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303239506069747265534435
Precip in3.42.83.74.03.33.93.03.63.84.53.74.1

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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