Prospect Hill (468')
Prospect Hill (468') rises to 135 m in Massachusetts. Prospect Hill stands 149 m to the west-northwest, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Prospect Hill Wildlife Sanctuary, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 8.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America; geonames ID = 4948043.
Wikidata Q49064189, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 135 m
How to reach it
- 8.5 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 17.8 mi off the The Apple Way of Londonderry
- 24.7 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 28.9 mi off the Amoskeag Millyard Scenic and Cultural Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Westford Museum: 0.3 mi
- YV Art Museum: 4.2 mi
- Hosmer House Museum: 6.9 mi
- Littlefield Library Museum: 7.0 mi
- American Textile History Museum: 7.8 mi
- Westford Town Common: 0.3 mi
- Stony Brook canoe access: 1.7 mi
- Freedom Park: 2.2 mi
- Forge Beach: 2.5 mi
- Jack Walsh Field: 2.6 mi
- Indian Grinding Stone: 1.7 mi
- Gathering Rocks: 3.0 mi
- Wetlands Overlook Area: 3.0 mi
- Wetlands Viewing Area: 3.0 mi
- Vernal Pool Viewing area: 3.1 mi
- Forest Bells: 5.3 mi
- Hydro: 7.8 mi
- Mill Girls Sculpture: 8.1 mi
- Kerouac Commemorative: 8.4 mi
- Minute Man Statue: 8.8 mi
- Westford Community Gardens: 0.9 mi
- Yapp Conservation Land Community Garden: 3.6 mi
- Chelmsford Public Garden: 4.8 mi
- Infinity garden: 5.8 mi
- Katie's Garden: 6.7 mi
- Blakes Hill: 0.6 mi
- Burns Hill 325': 0.8 mi
- Sparks Hill: 1.0 mi
- Sparks Hill 400': 1.0 mi
- Providence Hill: 1.1 mi
- Westford Knight: 0.8 mi
- Forge Village Honor Roll: 2.3 mi
- Basinas Square: 2.9 mi
- Sergeant William Woitowicz Memorial: 3.5 mi
- Prouty Woods Community Forest Memorial: 3.6 mi
- Prospect Hill Wildlife Sanctuary: 0.1 mi
- Conservation Land: 0.4 mi
- Burn’s Hill Conservation Area: 0.6 mi
- Kloppenburg Parcel: 0.6 mi
- Westford Land: 0.7 mi
- Freeman Lake Beach: 4.9 mi
- Pelham Town Beach: 9.4 mi
- Harvard Town Beach: 9.4 mi
- Thurston's Beach: 10.1 mi
- Willow St Beach: 11.5 mi
- Old Limestone Quarry: 7.5 mi
- Farmers Cliff: 7.6 mi
- Bloody Bluff: 12.7 mi
- Falling Rock Ridge: 16.0 mi
- Scenic Overlook / Sara's Resting Spot: 16.6 mi
- Family Friendly Area (Multi-use): 3.1 mi
- Picnic Site 1: 15.8 mi
- Picnic Site 2: 15.9 mi
- Picnic Site 3: 16.0 mi
- Picnic Site 4: 16.0 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 8.2 mi
- Trap Falls: 18.3 mi
- Wildcat Falls: 19.6 mi
- Emerson Falls: 20.4 mi
- Cascade Falls: 20.7 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 13.8 mi
- Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 16.7 mi
- Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 18.7 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 24.1 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 24.9 mi
- Mystery Spring: 1.6 mi
- Quarry Spring: 19.7 mi
- The Ashburnham Spring: 24.1 mi
- Haywardville: 19.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.5 miles of Prospect Hill (468'). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect Hill | WNW 286° | 149 m | 5.8 mi |
| Brown Loaf | WNW 292° | 141 m | 5.5 mi |
| Gibbet Hill | WNW 291° | 139 m | 6.4 mi |
| Pingry Hill | WSW 252° | 133 m | 5.4 mi |
| Baralock Hill | NW 307° | 132 m | 5.8 mi |
| Rocky Hill | W 271° | 131 m | 4.7 mi |
| Millstone Hill | NW 318° | 127 m | 3.7 mi |
| Snake Meadow Hill | NW 315° | 123 m | 2.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:21 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:45 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 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 | 25 | 27 | 35 | 47 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 51 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lowell, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 611273 — Prospect Hill, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
OpenStreetMap element node/358272079
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