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Rocky Hill

Rocky Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Rocky Hill rises to 131 m in Massachusetts. Oak Hill stands 187 m to the south, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Rock Hill, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.

The story

Mountain in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America; geonames ID = 4948963.

Wikidata Q49069078, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
131 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.57787, -71.53423

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Mountain Lakes Club Field: 1.9 mi
  • VFW FIeld: 2.0 mi
  • Forge Beach: 2.2 mi
  • Koerper Field: 2.5 mi
  • Freedom Park: 2.5 mi
Museums
Peaks
Gardens
  • Katie's Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Ayer Community Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Westford Community Gardens: 4.2 mi
  • Yapp Conservation Land Community Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Colonial Herb Garden: 6.0 mi
Attractions: 59
  • Indian Grinding Stone: 5.9 mi
  • stone pile: 7.3 mi
  • Gathering Rocks: 7.6 mi
  • Wetlands Overlook Area: 7.6 mi
  • Wetlands Viewing Area: 7.7 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Harvey P Sargisson: 0.9 mi
  • Major Moses Poor Palmer: 1.0 mi
  • Sergeant William Woitowicz Memorial: 1.2 mi
  • Leon And Katherine Hurd Memorial: 1.8 mi
  • Bates Memorial: 2.3 mi
Beaches: 32
  • Harvard Town Beach: 6.4 mi
  • Thurston's Beach: 7.2 mi
  • Swimming Hole: 7.4 mi
  • Freeman Lake Beach: 8.5 mi
  • Wilder Beach: 10.5 mi
Picnic sites: 17
Cliffs: 11
Waterfalls: 7
  • Wamesit Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Trap Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 15.7 mi
  • Wildcat Falls: 19.3 mi
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 21.2 mi
Springs: 3
  • Mystery Spring: 6.3 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 19.5 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 24.0 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of Rocky Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oak HillS187 m4.3 mi
Chestnut HillNNW157 m3.2 mi
Dean's HillSSW157 m6.1 mi
Prospect HillNNW149 m1.7 mi
Mount LebanonNW149 m6.2 mi
Pin Hill SouthSSW148 m5.4 mi
Pin Hill NorthSSW147 m5.3 mi
Brown LoafNNW141 m2.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:0919:4520:28
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1415:3116:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735475867737164514031
Precip in3.63.24.34.13.84.43.94.03.95.03.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lowell, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358271994

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