Ruggles Hill
Ruggles Hill rises to 306 m in Massachusetts. Hawes Hill stands 383 m to the north-northeast, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Moose Brook Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 4.9 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Massachusetts, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49070329, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 306 m
How to reach it
- 4.9 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 15.0 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 24.3 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 20.3 mi off the Connecticut River Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Kiwanis Point · 17 mi
- Summit House · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Poverty Hill: 1.4 mi
- Mandell Hill: 1.7 mi
- Charity Hill: 1.9 mi
- Goat Hill: 2.7 mi
- Dougal Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Dana Common Memorial: 5.2 mi
- Dana Common Historical Rock: 5.2 mi
- Survey Disk- TT 12 GA 1942: 5.5 mi
- Grave's Landing: 6.7 mi
- Williams Homestead Ruins: 7.1 mi
- Goddard Park: 1.5 mi
- Deer Park: 1.8 mi
- Memorial Field: 3.5 mi
- Rocking Stone Park: 5.4 mi
- Felton Field: 5.4 mi
- Fisher Museum: 12.0 mi
- Pelham Historical Society: 12.1 mi
- Old Academy Building: 12.7 mi
- Belchertown Firefighter's Museum: 13.0 mi
- Stone House Museum: 13.1 mi
- Moose Brook Wildlife Management Area: 0.8 mi
- Mandell Hill Conservation Area: 1.0 mi
- Moose Brook Access: 1.0 mi
- Paige Farm: 1.6 mi
- Winimusset Wildlife Conservation Easement: 2.8 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 6.1 mi
- Phillipston Community Garden: 16.2 mi
- Fort River Elementary Gardens: 16.7 mi
- Wendell Community Garden: 17.4 mi
- Yushien Japanese Garden: 17.7 mi
- Guitar: 16.6 mi
- Robert Frost: 17.6 mi
- Quinnipiac: 18.2 mi
- Metawampe: 18.2 mi
- Minuteman Statue: 18.3 mi
- Indian Kitchen: 4.9 mi
- F-94 Starfire Crash Site: 5.1 mi
- Old Town Hall: 5.3 mi
- Old Schoolhouse: 5.3 mi
- Path Continues: 6.0 mi
- Indian Kitchen: 4.9 mi
- Ice Fall (in winter): 16.5 mi
- Ice Fall: 16.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Ledge: 17.3 mi
- Roaring Falls: 20.1 mi
- West Brookfield Town Beach: 8.4 mi
- Lashaway Park Town Beach: 10.6 mi
- Silver Lake Beach: 17.0 mi
- Streeter Beach: 17.3 mi
- Puffers Pond South Beach: 18.1 mi
- Bear's Den Falls: 14.9 mi
- Doane's Falls: 20.1 mi
- Spirit Falls: 21.5 mi
- Emerson Falls: 21.6 mi
- Royalston Falls: 24.9 mi
- The Ashburnham Spring: 23.8 mi
- Picnic: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Ruggles Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawes Hill | NNE 22° | 383 m | 7.4 mi |
| Babbitt Hill | NNE 20° | 376 m | 7.8 mi |
| Allen Hill | NNE 24° | 374 m | 6.0 mi |
| Sherman Hill | N 11° | 369 m | 7.4 mi |
| Ragged Hill | S 187° | 368 m | 4.9 mi |
| Colonels Mountain | SSW 200° | 362 m | 9.0 mi |
| Loring Hill | N 10° | 357 m | 6.8 mi |
| Coys Hill | SSW 193° | 356 m | 8.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:47 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:34 | 16:20 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 34 | 46 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 49 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Barre Falls DAM, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 609758 — Ruggles Hill, Worcester County, Massachusetts.
OpenStreetMap element node/358270962
Day trips start here
- Spencer · 12 mi
- Princeton · 16 mi
- Central Massachusetts · 17 mi
- Gardner · 17 mi
- Amherst · 18 mi
- Ashburnham · 19 mi
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