Prospect Hill
Prospect Hill rises to 138 m in Massachusetts. Nobscot Hill stands 183 m to the east, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Stevens Street Land, a park 0.1 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49064186, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 138 m
How to reach it
- 12.3 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 17.9 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 20.0 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 23 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 24 mi
- Lookout Point · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- horseshoe sculpture: 3.3 mi
- Amadinda: 5.0 mi
- Chime Wall: 5.0 mi
- Stegosaurus: 5.9 mi
- Hidden Valley: 5.9 mi
- Redstone School: 3.7 mi
- American Heritage Museum: 3.8 mi
- West School Museum: 6.2 mi
- Framingham Historical Society: 6.4 mi
- Danforth Art: 6.4 mi
- Sheep Falls Brook Conservation Area: 0.9 mi
- Holts Grove Conservation Land: 0.9 mi
- The Grove Conservation Land: 1.5 mi
- Lake Williams: 1.6 mi
- Buteau Conservation Land: 1.7 mi
- Cider Knoll Community Garden: 1.8 mi
- Hudson Community Garden: 3.0 mi
- Southborough Town Pound: 3.2 mi
- Berlin Community Garden: 4.1 mi
- Community Garden Southborough: 4.7 mi
- Stevens Street Land: 0.1 mi
- Union Square: 0.3 mi
- John Street Park: 0.6 mi
- Kelleher Field: 0.7 mi
- Artemas Ward Park: 0.8 mi
- Fairmount Hill: 0.9 mi
- Farm Hill: 0.9 mi
- Pleasant Hill: 1.1 mi
- Addition Hill: 1.2 mi
- Spoon Hill: 1.3 mi
- “The Rock” in Marlborough: 1.5 mi
- Mini Monster Hedge Maze: 4.3 mi
- Petting Zoo: 4.4 mi
- Big Green Monster Hedge Maze: 4.4 mi
- Rice Tavern Foundation: 6.2 mi
- Marlborough Minute Man Statue: 0.6 mi
- Hermit Cave: 3.1 mi
- Old Well: 4.8 mi
- Old Foundation: 5.1 mi
- Watkins Woods Plaque: 5.1 mi
- Memorial Beach: 1.7 mi
- Centennial Beach: 1.7 mi
- Stow Town Beach: 4.3 mi
- Lake Chauncy Public Beach: 5.4 mi
- Bolton Town Beach: 5.4 mi
- Falling Rock Ridge: 4.9 mi
- Sawyer Bluff: 9.5 mi
- Scar Hill Bluffs: 10.3 mi
- Condo Rock: 12.5 mi
- The Wall: 12.6 mi
- Picnic Site 9: 14.8 mi
- Picnic Site 8: 14.8 mi
- Picnic Site 10: 14.8 mi
- Picnic Site 6: 14.8 mi
- Picnic Site 7: 14.8 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 14.2 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 21.7 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 24.0 mi
- Emerson Falls: 20.6 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 22.8 mi
- Cascade Falls: 24.6 mi
- Mystery Spring: 17.1 mi
- Quarry Spring: 23.1 mi
- Haywardville: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.8 miles of Prospect Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nobscot Hill | E 95° | 183 m | 4.8 mi |
| Sligo Hill | WSW 257° | 172 m | 1.4 mi |
| Newtons Hill | SSW 203° | 166 m | 5.1 mi |
| Pleasant Hill | SW 226° | 164 m | 1.1 mi |
| Fairmount Hill | SSW 208° | 161 m | 0.9 mi |
| Jericho Hill | SSW 213° | 161 m | 2.0 mi |
| West Hill | WNW 281° | 160 m | 1.5 mi |
| Sulphur Hill | W 270° | 159 m | 5.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:21 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:45 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:45 |
| 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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358268749
Day trips start here
- Marlborough · 1 mi
- Hudson · 3 mi
- Boroughs · 4 mi
- Ashland · 7 mi
- Framingham · 8 mi
- Clinton · 9 mi
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