Prospect Hill
Prospect Hill rises to 78 m in Massachusetts. Peaked Hill stands 95 m to the southeast, 0.8 miles off. Paradise Ave and Other Roads passes 27 miles off. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
mountain in Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Wikidata Q49064176, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 78 m
How to reach it
- 27.3 mi off the Paradise Ave and Other Roads
Named places within 25 miles
- Prospect Hill: 0.0 mi
- Menemsha Hills: 0.3 mi
- Brickyard Reservation: 0.8 mi
- Bliss Pond Farm: 1.0 mi
- Englander: 1.3 mi
- Menemsha Hills Reservation Beach: 0.5 mi
- Menemsha Beach: 0.9 mi
- Lucy Vincent Beach: 2.2 mi
- Lobsterville Beach: 2.5 mi
- Stonewall Beach: 2.9 mi
- Aquinnah Circle Park: 4.7 mi
- Valley Park: 8.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 9.6 mi
- Boch Park: 9.8 mi
- Owen Park: 9.8 mi
- Peaked Hill: 0.8 mi
- Abel Hill: 2.1 mi
- Ridge Hill: 2.5 mi
- Whiting Hill: 3.6 mi
- Goat Rocks: 4.2 mi
- Bartholomew Gosnold Memorial Tower: 10.9 mi
- Nobska Lighthouse: 11.4 mi
- Woods Holl: 11.6 mi
- War Memorial: 11.7 mi
- Soldiers Memorial: 11.7 mi
- Aquinnah Wampanoag History Museum: 4.8 mi
- Martha's Vineyard Museum: 9.6 mi
- Old Schoolhouse Museum and Liberty Pole: 9.7 mi
- Cuttyhunk Historical Society Museum: 10.2 mi
- Cottage Museum: 11.4 mi
- Wequobsque Cliffs: 2.3 mi
- Nashaquitsa Cliffs: 3.2 mi
- Zacks Cliffs: 4.6 mi
- Gay Head Cliffs: 4.7 mi
- Cedar Tree Neck: 5.3 mi
- Polly Hill Arboretum: 4.2 mi
- Big Bridge: 10.9 mi
- Falmouth Road Race Starting Line: 11.6 mi
- Flying Horses Carousel: 11.7 mi
- The Liberté: 14.3 mi
- Garden of Our Lady: 11.8 mi
- Spohr Public Gardens: 13.4 mi
- Colonial Gardens: 14.7 mi
- Rotch- Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum: 20.5 mi
- Helfand Farm Community Gardens: 21.7 mi
- Keeper's House: 11.0 mi
- Keeper's House: 11.0 mi
- West Chop Light: 11.0 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 11.0 mi
- Oil House: 11.1 mi
- Rachel Carson: 11.6 mi
- Whale Tail: 11.6 mi
- Helen Keller: 11.7 mi
- Whale Tail: 12.4 mi
- Buddha: 19.0 mi
- Crystal Spring: 22.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Prospect Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peaked Hill | SE 144° | 94.8 m | 0.8 mi |
| Deer Horn Hill | NNE 22° | 71 m | 21.9 mi |
| Whiting Hill | NE 41° | 68 m | 3.6 mi |
| Nootas Hill | WNW 301° | 50 m | 22.8 mi |
| Sherman Hill | NW 306° | 49 m | 22.1 mi |
| Mount Surat | N 2° | 48 m | 8.9 mi |
| Ridge Hill | E 89° | 47 m | 2.5 mi |
| Tarkiln Hill | NNW 336° | 45 m | 24.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:39 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:06 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 15:33 | 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 | 31 | 32 | 37 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 63 | 53 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vineyard Haven Marthas Vineyar, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358274524
Day trips start here
- SouthCoast · 19 mi
- Dartmouth · 21 mi
- Mattapoisett · 21 mi
- New Bedford · 22 mi
- Marion · 23 mi
- Little Compton · 24 mi
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