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Ruggles Hill

Ruggles Hill, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates42.35842, -72.17175

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • 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
Attractions
  • 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
Historic sites
  • 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
Museums: 44
Gardens: 40
  • Butterfly Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Community Garden: 12.8 mi
  • Phillipston Community Garden: 16.2 mi
  • Fort River Elementary Gardens: 16.7 mi
  • Wendell Community Garden: 17.4 mi
Artworks: 35
Cliffs: 24
Beaches: 17
  • 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
Waterfalls: 7
  • Bear's Den Falls: 14.9 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 20.1 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 20.1 mi
  • Spirit Falls: 21.5 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 1
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 23.8 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic: 24.0 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Ruggles Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hawes HillNNE 22°383 m7.4 mi
Babbitt HillNNE 20°376 m7.8 mi
Allen HillNNE 24°374 m6.0 mi
Sherman HillN 11°369 m7.4 mi
Ragged HillS 187°368 m4.9 mi
Colonels MountainSSW 200°362 m9.0 mi
Loring HillN 10°357 m6.8 mi
Coys HillSSW 193°356 m8.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2419:01
June solstice05:1319:4720:30
September equinox06:3718:1118:48
December solstice07:1515:3416:20

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465665706861493930
Precip in3.53.03.63.93.74.24.14.54.44.93.74.3

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

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