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Rattlesnake Hill

Rattlesnake Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Rattlesnake Hill rises to 255 m in Massachusetts. Mount Watatic stands 555 m to the west-northwest, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away. The Apple Way of Londonderry passes 22 miles off.

The story

mountain in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Wikidata Q49066764, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
255 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.65295, -71.77955

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • TAYBS Craven Field: 2.4 mi
  • Saima Park: 3.3 mi
  • Northfield Rd Park: 3.5 mi
  • TAYBS Spaulding Fields: 3.5 mi
  • Upper Common: 3.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Fitchburg Creamery: 3.6 mi
  • World War 2 Memorial: 4.3 mi
  • Rollstone Hill Rock Walk: 4.8 mi
  • Fitchburg 911 Memorial: 4.9 mi
  • Steam Turbine Monument: 5.0 mi
Artworks
  • Schoolboy of 1850: 6.9 mi
  • CAVA: 7.4 mi
  • Observatory: 7.4 mi
  • Cell I: 7.4 mi
  • The Venuses Rest: 7.4 mi
Attractions: 54
  • Painted Rock: 5.1 mi
  • Coggshall Rock Ledges & Cliffs: 6.4 mi
  • Whale Rock: 6.4 mi
  • Moses' Rock: 6.5 mi
  • Nutting Ledges: 7.0 mi
Museums: 44
Gardens: 38
  • Sundial Community Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Prichard Street Community Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Maple Hill Gardens: 10.0 mi
  • Katie's Garden: 11.2 mi
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 11.8 mi
Beaches: 30
  • The Beach at Arrive: 5.5 mi
  • Lunenburg Town Beach: 5.6 mi
  • Wilder Beach: 6.1 mi
  • Swimming Hole: 6.3 mi
  • Crocker Pond Beach: 7.9 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Trap Falls: 1.4 mi
  • Cascades: 6.7 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 7.6 mi
  • The Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 14.8 mi
Cliffs: 10
Picnic sites: 4
Springs: 4
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 6.6 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 19.4 mi
  • Falcon Spring: 21.1 mi
  • River Road Spring: 23.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 9.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Rattlesnake Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WataticWNW 298°555 m6.5 mi
Nutting HillWNW 301°491 m7.1 mi
Little Watatic MountainWNW 285°478 m7.2 mi
Fisher HillWNW 287°468 m6.6 mi
Blood HillWNW 290°461 m4.1 mi
Emerson HillNW 306°460 m7.5 mi
Mount HungerW 271°439 m5.5 mi
Binney HillNW 309°435 m8.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:1019:4620:29
September equinox06:3518:0918:46
December solstice07:1515:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242534465766716962493930
Precip in3.53.34.44.23.74.33.74.34.25.33.94.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fitchburg Coop, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 610263 — Rattlesnake Hill, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

OpenStreetMap element node/358271443

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