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Peaked Rock

Peaked Rock, seen from above at true elevation

Peaked Rock rises to 87 m in Massachusetts. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the east, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Seavey Conservation Land, a nature reserve less than a tenth of a mile away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 2.4 miles off.

The story

Mountain in Massachusetts, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49060366, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
87 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.21260, -71.24255

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Pheasant Hill Park: 0.3 mi
  • Buckmaster Pond: 0.8 mi
  • Buckmaster Pond Park: 0.8 mi
  • Westwood Veterans' Park: 1.0 mi
  • Deerfield School Park: 1.5 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Artworks
Peaks
Gardens: 57
Nature reserves
Beaches
  • South Beach: 1.4 mi
  • Shapiro Beach: 1.5 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 1.5 mi
  • North Beach: 1.6 mi
  • Turner Pond Beach: 4.4 mi
Cliffs: 51
  • Breakneck Ledge: 7.2 mi
  • The Alcove: 8.4 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 8.4 mi
  • Lower Cliff: 8.5 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 8.5 mi
Attractions: 46
  • Foundation & Chimney: 3.3 mi
  • Martini Junction: 4.0 mi
  • Boston Marathon - Wellesley Scream Tunnel: 6.7 mi
  • Path Continues: 6.7 mi
  • Fairy Rock: 7.7 mi
Picnic sites: 22
  • Nature's Pavilion: 10.1 mi
  • Oak Lea: 10.1 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 10.1 mi
  • Oak Grove: 11.2 mi
  • Picnic Site 9: 11.8 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Westwood Rest Area: 4.3 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 13.3 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 14.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 14.7 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 21.5 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 9.0 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 17.0 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 18.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.0 miles of Peaked Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillE193 m6.6 mi
Moose HillSSE163 m6.3 mi
Bluff HillS138 m7.0 mi
Snow HillWNW137 m2.5 mi
Cedar HillW134 m1.7 mi
Wolcott HillE132 m6.9 mi
Pegan HillNW125 m4.1 mi
Strawberry HillNNW114 m1.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:1019:4320:26
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1115:3116:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968737264534334
Precip in3.93.44.84.43.64.23.64.03.75.04.15.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Walpole 2, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 612505 — Peaked Rock, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

OpenStreetMap element node/358272872

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