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Peters Hill

Peters Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Peters Hill rises to 84 m in Massachusetts. Snow Hill stands 137 m to the east-southeast, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Laurel Farm Baseball and Soccer Fields, a park 0.3 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 9.8 miles off.

The story

Mountain in Massachusetts, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49060823, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
84 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.26065, -71.37228

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Laurel Farm Baseball and Soccer Fields: 0.3 mi
  • Edwards Plain-Dowses Corner Historic District: 0.4 mi
  • Sherborn Center Historic District: 1.4 mi
  • West Hill Park: 1.5 mi
  • Merchant Road Fields: 1.5 mi
Artworks
Historic sites: 59
  • Henry Wilson Memorial Site: 1.6 mi
  • Ordway Brothers Square: 1.6 mi
  • LT. Paul K. Bremner memorial: 1.8 mi
  • World War II Peace Memorial: 3.0 mi
  • Blacksmith Minuteman Statue: 3.9 mi
Peaks
Gardens
  • Community gardens of John J. Lane Park: 1.8 mi
  • Olmstead Italianate Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Bressingham Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Native Plant and Historic Daffodil Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Weezie's Garden for Children: 3.6 mi
Beaches: 55
Nature reserves
Attractions: 46
  • Boston Marathon - Wellesley Scream Tunnel: 4.1 mi
  • Fairy Rock: 4.8 mi
  • Elephant Rock: 5.0 mi
  • Foundation & Chimney: 5.5 mi
  • Martini Junction: 6.3 mi
Cliffs: 41
  • Falling Rock Ridge: 7.0 mi
  • The Wall: 8.8 mi
  • Condo Rock: 9.0 mi
  • Lunch Wall: 10.9 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 10.9 mi
Picnic sites: 23
  • Picnic Site 9: 10.3 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 10.3 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 10.4 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 10.4 mi
  • Picnic Site 12: 10.4 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Westwood Rest Area: 11.3 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 16.7 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 18.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 18.4 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 22.5 mi
Springs: 3
  • Pakomet Spring: 16.0 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 18.2 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 22.1 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 19.4 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 19.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of Peters Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snow HillESE137 m5.0 mi
Cedar HillESE134 m5.9 mi
Bald HillSW132 m4.8 mi
Wildcat HillW132 m6.0 mi
Pegan HillE125 m3.5 mi
Magunco HillW124 m5.7 mi
Reeves HillN122 m6.0 mi
Brush HillSW121 m0.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1019:4420:26
September equinox06:3318:0818:45
December solstice07:1215:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836475766727062514132
Precip in3.43.13.94.13.84.13.93.84.24.83.74.4

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 611981 — Peters Hill, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

OpenStreetMap element node/358272547

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