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Pierce Hill

Pierce Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Pierce Hill rises to 105 m in Massachusetts. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the northeast, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Chimney, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 1.3 miles off.

The story

mountain in Massachusetts, United States of America

Wikidata Q49061113, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
105 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.11337, -71.22551

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Old Chimney: 0.3 mi
  • Ruined Vehicle: 0.5 mi
  • Ruined Vehicle: 0.5 mi
  • Cistern: 0.7 mi
  • Morseville: 2.5 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.1 mi
  • Deborah Sampson Park: 2.0 mi
  • Gavin's Pond Soccer Complex: 2.1 mi
  • 1st Sgt James A. Keating Memorial Park: 2.4 mi
  • Memorial Pond Park Area: 2.5 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Tom Brady: 2.5 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Deborah Sampson: 2.6 mi
  • TOOTHY!!!: 5.4 mi
  • EARLY HISTORY OF STOUGHTON MURAL: 6.4 mi
Attractions
  • King Philip Rock: 3.3 mi
  • Ames Boulder: 4.8 mi
  • 2: 5.8 mi
  • 1: 5.8 mi
  • 13: 6.2 mi
Beaches
  • Turner Pond Beach: 3.4 mi
  • Sweatt Beach: 7.4 mi
  • South Beach: 8.2 mi
  • Shapiro Beach: 8.4 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 8.4 mi
Gardens
Cliffs: 45
  • King Philip Rock: 3.3 mi
  • King Philip Cave: 3.4 mi
  • Breakneck Ledge: 9.7 mi
  • The Shield: 12.6 mi
  • R Wall: 13.3 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Oak Grove: 4.7 mi
  • 35: 9.0 mi
  • 36: 9.0 mi
  • 16-34: 9.0 mi
  • 15: 9.0 mi
Rest areas: 11
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 7.7 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 8.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 8.4 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 16.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 16.5 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Pakomet Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Roger Williams Spring: 21.7 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 23.1 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Rock Falls: 12.9 mi
  • Cascade Brook Falls: 23.9 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 24.2 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Pierce Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillNE 40°193 m8.9 mi
Moose HillNE 40°163 m1.0 mi
Hancock HillNE 43°155 m9.8 mi
Hemenway HillNE 42°140 m9.7 mi
Bluff HillE 92°138 m0.5 mi
Snow HillNNW 337°137 m8.3 mi
Cedar HillNNW 340°134 m7.5 mi
Wolcott HillNE 41°132 m9.3 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 solstice07:1115:3216:17

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/358272874

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