Prospect Hill
Prospect Hill rises to 135 m in Massachusetts. Little Prospect stands 133 m to the south-southwest, 0.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Picnic Site 4, a picnic site 0.1 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 3.7 miles off.
The story
Hill and park in near Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Wikidata Q22073881, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 135 m
How to reach it
- 3.7 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 9.3 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 28.6 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 9 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 23 mi
- Lookout Point · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ski Lift Operators Cabin: 0.2 mi
- Ski Lift Operators Cabin: 0.4 mi
- Old Camp 2 Foundation: 0.4 mi
- City of Waltham Centennial Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial Mall: 1.2 mi
- Little Prospect: 0.3 mi
- Bear Hill: 1.0 mi
- Cat Rock Hill: 1.5 mi
- Stearns Hill: 1.5 mi
- Winthrop Hill: 1.6 mi
- Pond End Tot Lot: 0.6 mi
- Drake Playground: 0.7 mi
- Leary Field: 0.8 mi
- Thompson Playground: 1.1 mi
- Lazazzero Playground: 1.2 mi
- Sanderson Heights: 0.7 mi
- Fredric Dumaine Ctr: 0.8 mi
- Mokema Conservation Land: 1.5 mi
- North Avenue Property: 1.5 mi
- Church Street Property: 1.8 mi
- Waltham Museum: 1.2 mi
- The Telephone Museum: 1.5 mi
- Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation: 1.5 mi
- Rose Art Museum: 1.7 mi
- The Plumbing Museum: 3.1 mi
- Tree: 1.5 mi
- Light Of Reason: 1.7 mi
- The Three Freedoms: 1.7 mi
- Jesus on Cross: 2.2 mi
- watering trough: 3.8 mi
- Emma Hart Fessenden Garden: 2.7 mi
- Idylwilde Community Garden: 3.4 mi
- People For Pollinators: 4.0 mi
- Wildlife Habitat Garden: 4.3 mi
- Bob's Island: 4.4 mi
- vernal pool: 3.7 mi
- Bowman Tavern: 3.8 mi
- Ponyhenge: 4.0 mi
- Paul Revere Capture Site: 4.4 mi
- Heartbreak Hill (Bottom/Start): 5.0 mi
- Crystal Lake Beach: 5.1 mi
- Morses Pond Beach: 7.2 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 7.2 mi
- Memorial Beach: 9.7 mi
- North Beach: 10.6 mi
- Bloody Bluff: 4.1 mi
- Lunch Wall: 5.4 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 5.8 mi
- Temple Overhangs: 5.8 mi
- Lower Cliff: 6.1 mi
- Picnic Site 4: 0.1 mi
- Valley Shelter: 0.1 mi
- Picnic Site 3: 0.2 mi
- Picnic Site 5: 0.2 mi
- Picnic Site 2: 0.2 mi
- Boathouse: 19.0 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 19.0 mi
- Oil Shed: 19.0 mi
- Rainshed: 19.0 mi
- Boston Light: 19.0 mi
- Quarry Spring: 8.2 mi
- Mystery Spring: 15.4 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 15.7 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 9.4 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 12.8 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 24.6 mi
- Cascade Falls: 9.9 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 16.7 mi
- Rock Falls: 18.3 mi
- Haywardville: 9.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.1 miles of Prospect Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Prospect | SSW 194° | 133 m | 0.3 mi |
| Reeves Hill | WSW 239° | 122 m | 5.8 mi |
| Whipple Hill | NE 44° | 110 m | 5.1 mi |
| Loring Hill | NNE 14° | 109 m | 3.6 mi |
| Doublet Hill | SSW 201° | 108 m | 3.0 mi |
| Granny Hill | NNE 21° | 108 m | 4.7 mi |
| Turkey Hill | NE 54° | 107 m | 5.1 mi |
| Zion Hill | NE 39° | 107 m | 5.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:30 | 16:16 |
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 | 28 | 29 | 37 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bedford Hanscom FLD, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358272473
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