Orchard Hill
Orchard Hill rises to 93 m in Massachusetts. North Peak stands 192 m to the northwest, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Kane Land, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 9.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Massachusetts, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49058788, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 93 m
How to reach it
- 9.7 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 19.8 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 21.1 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 23 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Big Green Monster Hedge Maze: 0.8 mi
- Mini Monster Hedge Maze: 0.9 mi
- Petting Zoo: 0.9 mi
- “The Rock” in Marlborough: 3.1 mi
- Rice Tavern Foundation: 4.1 mi
- Boon Monument: 1.1 mi
- Cherry Street Field and Playground: 1.7 mi
- Moulton Field: 2.1 mi
- Cellucci Park: 2.2 mi
- Hudson Skate Park: 2.2 mi
- American Heritage Museum: 1.2 mi
- West School Museum: 2.5 mi
- Redstone School: 4.4 mi
- Discovery Museum: 5.5 mi
- Hosmer House Museum: 6.3 mi
- Amadinda: 1.3 mi
- Chime Wall: 1.3 mi
- The Olympic Bell: 4.3 mi
- Old Frog Pond Farm & Studio: 4.4 mi
- Revolutionary War Monument: 6.2 mi
- Kane Land: 0.4 mi
- Albertini/Meers Conservation Area: 0.5 mi
- Old North Road Conservation Land: 1.1 mi
- Forest Avenue Conservation Area: 1.2 mi
- Land Off Priest St.: 1.2 mi
- Lambert Hill: 0.4 mi
- Honeypot Hill: 0.7 mi
- Gospel Hill: 0.8 mi
- Boons Hill: 1.3 mi
- Birch Hill: 1.3 mi
- Cider Knoll Community Garden: 2.6 mi
- Hudson Community Garden: 2.8 mi
- Stow Community Garden: 3.8 mi
- Flerra Meadows Community Garden Boxborough: 5.8 mi
- Colonial Herb Garden: 5.9 mi
- Old Foundation: 1.4 mi
- Old Well: 1.5 mi
- Stow War Memorial: 2.5 mi
- Henry Gardner house site: 2.9 mi
- Benjamin Sawyer's Grist Mill: 3.1 mi
- Stow Town Beach: 1.5 mi
- Centennial Beach: 2.1 mi
- Memorial Beach: 2.2 mi
- Bolton Town Beach: 3.2 mi
- Thurston's Beach: 6.3 mi
- Falling Rock Ridge: 5.9 mi
- Farmers Cliff: 9.9 mi
- Sawyer Bluff: 10.1 mi
- Scar Hill Bluffs: 11.4 mi
- Bloody Bluff: 13.8 mi
- Picnic Site 2: 14.0 mi
- Picnic Site 3: 14.0 mi
- Picnic Site 8: 14.0 mi
- Picnic Site 6: 14.0 mi
- Picnic Site 9: 14.0 mi
- Emerson Falls: 18.9 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 19.4 mi
- Trap Falls: 22.3 mi
- Cascade Falls: 23.3 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 11.9 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 23.0 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 23.5 mi
- Mystery Spring: 13.4 mi
- Quarry Spring: 21.7 mi
- Haywardville: 22.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.8 miles of Orchard Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Peak | NW 311° | 192 m | 5.8 mi |
| Nobscot Hill | SE 135° | 183 m | 5.8 mi |
| Peach Hill | W 271° | 180 m | 5.8 mi |
| Wataquadock Hill | WNW 293° | 173 m | 5.5 mi |
| Sligo Hill | SSW 207° | 172 m | 4.5 mi |
| Pleasant Hill | SSW 198° | 164 m | 4.7 mi |
| Powder House Hill | WNW 302° | 162 m | 4.4 mi |
| Fairmount Hill | SSW 194° | 161 m | 4.7 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 | 19:45 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 611266 — Orchard Hill, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
OpenStreetMap element node/358272069
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