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Rag Rock Hill

Rag Rock Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Rag Rock Hill rises to 74 m in Massachusetts. Whipple Hill stands 110 m to the south-southwest, 2.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Rag Rock Conservation Area, a nature reserve less than a tenth of a mile away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 3.9 miles off.

The story

mountain in Massachusetts, United States of America

Wikidata Q49066350, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
74 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.48121, -71.16228

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Game Time Park: 0.3 mi
  • Library Park: 0.3 mi
  • Hurld Park (Under Construction): 0.4 mi
  • Woburn Common: 0.5 mi
  • Woburn Center Pocket Park: 0.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Woburn Honor Roll: 0.5 mi
  • Woburn Moose Memorial: 1.1 mi
  • Battle Road Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • Winchester World War I Memorial "Humanity and Justice": 2.5 mi
  • old homesite: 3.2 mi
Peaks
Museums
Artworks
Beaches
Attractions
Gardens
  • Wildlife Habitat Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Winthrop Street Community Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Courtyard: 5.1 mi
  • Sylvester Baxter Delta: 5.3 mi
  • Idylwilde Community Garden: 5.6 mi
Cliffs: 45
  • Lookout Cliff: 4.7 mi
  • Crag 1: 5.2 mi
  • Bloody Bluff: 5.7 mi
  • Skull Cliff: 8.3 mi
  • The Cellar: 9.0 mi
Picnic sites: 24
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 7.4 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 7.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 3: 7.9 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 7.9 mi
Rest areas: 6
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 4
  • Quarry Spring: 4.3 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 14.4 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 19.4 mi
  • Rail Spring: 24.2 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Rock Falls: 21.1 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 22.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.2 miles of Rag Rock Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Whipple HillSSW 202°110 m2.9 mi
Loring HillSW 232°109 m4.8 mi
Granny HillSW 236°108 m3.6 mi
Zion HillSSW 206°107 m2.0 mi
Turkey HillS 189°107 m3.4 mi
Mount PisgahS 183°105 m2.5 mi
Robinson HillWSW 245°102 m4.4 mi
Mount IndependenceSW 216°101 m4.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0819:4320:26
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1215:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283037485867737264534334
Precip in3.93.64.94.33.84.24.03.53.94.84.05.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Reading, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 612231 — Rag Rock Hill, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

OpenStreetMap element node/358272695

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