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Phillips Hill

Phillips Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Phillips Hill rises to 137 m in Massachusetts. Barnes Hill stands 195 m to the west-southwest, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Danforth Creek Property, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.

The story

mountain in Massachusetts, United States of America

Wikidata Q49060977, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
137 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.40398, -71.58090

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Moulton Field: 0.7 mi
  • Hudson POW MIA Memorial: 1.0 mi
  • Liberty Park: 1.0 mi
  • Persons Park: 1.2 mi
  • Hudson Skate Park: 1.2 mi
Peaks
  • Spectacle Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Potash Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Barretts Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Stratton Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Sawyer Hill: 1.3 mi
Gardens
Historic sites
Attractions
  • “The Rock” in Marlborough: 2.6 mi
  • Big Green Monster Hedge Maze: 3.4 mi
  • Mini Monster Hedge Maze: 3.5 mi
  • Petting Zoo: 3.5 mi
  • Clinton Tunnel - East Entrance: 5.0 mi
Artworks
Beaches: 34
Cliffs: 17
Picnic sites: 17
Waterfalls: 5
  • Cascades: 15.3 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 16.8 mi
  • Trap Falls: 21.1 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 21.2 mi
  • The Falls: 23.6 mi
Springs: 3
  • Mystery Spring: 14.9 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 23.4 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 24.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 10.2 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.7 miles of Phillips Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Barnes HillWSW 240°195 m5.3 mi
North PeakNNW 335°192 m4.3 mi
Peach HillW 274°180 m3.2 mi
Larkin HillWSW 257°174 m5.5 mi
Wataquadock HillNW 314°173 m3.4 mi
Sligo HillS 172°172 m4.0 mi
Rattlesnake HillWSW 256°167 m4.9 mi
Pleasant HillSSE 165°164 m4.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:1019:4520:28
September equinox06:3418:0818:46
December solstice07:1315:3216:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836485968747264524132
Precip in3.63.34.64.43.74.24.04.43.95.13.84.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maynard 2, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 611267 — Phillips Hill, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

OpenStreetMap element node/358272070

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