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Pheasant Hill

Pheasant Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Pheasant Hill rises to 96 m in Massachusetts. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the east, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Pheasant Hill Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 2.5 miles off.

The story

mountain in Massachusetts, United States of America

Wikidata Q49060950, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
96 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.20593, -71.24644

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Pheasant Hill Park: 0.2 mi
  • Buckmaster Pond: 0.9 mi
  • Buckmaster Pond Park: 0.9 mi
  • Westwood Veterans' Park: 1.4 mi
  • Richard B Murphy Square: 1.9 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Gardens
Beaches
  • South Beach: 1.9 mi
  • Shapiro Beach: 1.9 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 2.0 mi
  • North Beach: 2.1 mi
  • Turner Pond Beach: 3.9 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Artworks
Attractions
  • Foundation & Chimney: 3.7 mi
  • Martini Junction: 4.5 mi
  • 2: 4.6 mi
  • 1: 4.7 mi
  • 13: 5.0 mi
Cliffs: 51
  • Breakneck Ledge: 7.5 mi
  • The Alcove: 8.9 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 9.0 mi
  • Lower Cliff: 9.0 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 9.0 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Nature's Pavilion: 10.5 mi
  • Oak Lea: 10.5 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 10.6 mi
  • Oak Grove: 10.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 9: 12.3 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • Westwood Rest Area: 4.6 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 13.7 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 13.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 14.3 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 21.0 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 9.2 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 17.5 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 18.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Pheasant Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillE 87°193 m6.8 mi
Moose HillSSE 163°163 m5.9 mi
Bluff HillSSE 166°138 m6.6 mi
Snow HillWNW 301°137 m2.5 mi
Cedar HillWNW 292°134 m1.6 mi
Wolcott HillE 85°132 m7.2 mi
Pegan HillNW 316°125 m4.3 mi
Strawberry HillNNW 348°114 m2.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:1019:4320:25
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1115:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °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, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358272873

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