Potash Hill
Potash Hill rises to 137 m in Massachusetts. Barnes Hill stands 195 m to the west-southwest, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Potash Hill Water Tank, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49063656, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 137 m
How to reach it
- 13.1 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 16.5 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 23.6 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 26 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Apsley Park: 1.0 mi
- Wood Park: 1.1 mi
- O"Donnell Field: 1.1 mi
- Riverside Park: 1.1 mi
- Hudson POW MIA Memorial: 1.2 mi
- “The Rock” in Marlborough: 2.4 mi
- Big Green Monster Hedge Maze: 4.2 mi
- Mini Monster Hedge Maze: 4.2 mi
- Petting Zoo: 4.3 mi
- Log Chair: 4.4 mi
- West School Museum: 4.3 mi
- American Heritage Museum: 4.4 mi
- The Icon Museum and Study Center: 4.8 mi
- Redstone School: 6.7 mi
- Harvard Historical Society: 6.8 mi
- Amadinda: 4.4 mi
- Chime Wall: 4.4 mi
- The Olympic Bell: 5.5 mi
- Old Frog Pond Farm & Studio: 5.5 mi
- horseshoe sculpture: 7.0 mi
- Potash Hill Water Tank: 0.2 mi
- Crystal Springs: 0.5 mi
- Buteau Land: 0.7 mi
- Danforth Creek Property: 1.1 mi
- Leduc Conservation Land: 1.2 mi
- Hudson Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Berlin Community Garden: 3.3 mi
- Cider Knoll Community Garden: 4.3 mi
- Morning Glory Farm: 4.4 mi
- Maybarton Community Garden: 4.9 mi
- Sawyer Hill: 0.5 mi
- Spectacle Hill: 0.7 mi
- Phillips Hill: 0.9 mi
- Pope Hill: 1.4 mi
- Wheeler Hill: 1.5 mi
- Hermit Cave: 2.6 mi
- Benjamin Sawyer's Grist Mill: 2.7 mi
- Bolton War Memorial: 2.8 mi
- Old Well: 2.8 mi
- PHILIP PHILLIPS CONSERVATION LAND: 3.3 mi
- Bolton Town Beach: 2.1 mi
- Centennial Beach: 3.3 mi
- Memorial Beach: 3.5 mi
- Stow Town Beach: 4.9 mi
- Thurston's Beach: 6.1 mi
- Sawyer Bluff: 6.8 mi
- Scar Hill Bluffs: 8.0 mi
- Falling Rock Ridge: 8.2 mi
- Farmers Cliff: 13.1 mi
- Condo Rock: 16.0 mi
- Picnic Site 8: 17.2 mi
- Picnic Site 9: 17.2 mi
- Picnic Site 6: 17.2 mi
- Picnic Site 2: 17.2 mi
- Picnic Site 3: 17.2 mi
- Emerson Falls: 16.7 mi
- Trap Falls: 21.4 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 22.1 mi
- Mystery Spring: 15.8 mi
- The Ashburnham Spring: 23.4 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 10.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.6 miles of Potash Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnes Hill | WSW 243° | 195 m | 4.5 mi |
| Ball Hill | SW 235° | 195 m | 5.2 mi |
| North Peak | NNW 346° | 192 m | 4.7 mi |
| Peach Hill | WNW 289° | 180 m | 2.6 mi |
| Larkin Hill | W 263° | 174 m | 4.8 mi |
| Wataquadock Hill | NNW 329° | 173 m | 3.5 mi |
| Sligo Hill | SSE 159° | 172 m | 3.5 mi |
| Pleasant Hill | SSE 153° | 164 m | 4.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:22 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:45 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:09 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:32 | 16:17 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 28 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maynard 2, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 611271 — Potash Hill, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
OpenStreetMap element node/358272076
Day trips start here
- Hudson · 1 mi
- Marlborough · 4 mi
- Clinton · 5 mi
- Boroughs · 6 mi
- Harvard · 7 mi
- Shrewsbury · 9 mi
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