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Poplar Hill

Poplar Hill, a peak in Massachusetts
Poplar Hill, a peak in MassachusettsNOAA Office for Coastal Management / The USDA-FSA Aerial Photography Field office (crediting while reuse is desired as Courtesy Attribution) · Public domain
Poplar Hill, a peak in Massachusetts
NOAA Office for Coastal Management / The USDA-FSA Aerial Photography Field office (crediting while reuse is desired as Courtesy Attribution) · Public domain
Poplar Hill, a peak in Massachusetts
Henry Shifrin (Massachusetts Governor’s Press Office) · Public domain
Poplar Hill, a peak in Massachusetts
John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0
Poplar Hill, a peak in Massachusetts
Todd Van Hoosear · CC BY-SA 2.0
Poplar Hill, a peak in Massachusetts
Brian Feathers · CC BY-SA 3.0

Poplar Hill rises to 63 m in Massachusetts. Rail Tree Hill stands 111 m to the north-northwest, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Manse, a attraction 0.2 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway runs past it.

About

The story

mountain in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Wikidata Q49063343, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
63 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.46871, -71.34617

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Old Manse: 0.2 mi
  • Egg Rock: 0.7 mi
  • Little Women House: 0.9 mi
  • Saw Mill Ruin: 1.4 mi
  • Lime Kiln Ruins: 1.6 mi
Historic sites
Parks
Artworks
  • Minute Man Statue: 0.3 mi
  • Dream World: 3.1 mi
  • Watershed: 3.1 mi
  • Little Red Riding Hood and Other Stories: 3.1 mi
  • Archadian Gyro: 3.1 mi
Gardens
Nature reserves
Museums
Peaks
Beaches
  • Stow Town Beach: 8.9 mi
  • Borggaard Beach: 10.4 mi
  • Baby Beach: 10.5 mi
  • Memorial Beach: 11.5 mi
  • Centennial Beach: 11.5 mi
Cliffs: 43
Picnic sites: 23
  • Picnic Site 1: 6.9 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 7.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 3: 7.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 7.1 mi
  • Valley Shelter: 7.3 mi
Rest areas: 5
Waterfalls: 4
  • Wamesit Falls: 11.3 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 13.9 mi
  • The Falls: 23.7 mi
  • Cascades: 23.9 mi
Springs: 3
  • Mystery Spring: 8.3 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 22.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.8 miles of Poplar Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rail Tree HillNNW 336°111 m5.4 mi
Nagog HillWNW 298°111 m5.6 mi
Annursnac HillWNW 284°110 m2.6 mi
Great HillW 270°109 m5.5 mi
Loring HillESE 110°109 m6.0 mi
Granny HillE 100°108 m6.5 mi
Pine HillSSE 158°106 m2.3 mi
Hemlock HillNNE 14°105 m5.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:0919:4420:27
September equinox06:3318:0818:45
December solstice07:1215:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F282937495968747264524233
Precip in2.92.73.83.83.43.73.53.53.54.23.73.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bedford Hanscom FLD, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358272465

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