Peak · Massachusetts
Scotland Hill
Scotland Hill rises to 55 m in Massachusetts. Zion Hill stands 107 m to the southwest, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Long Woods Hills, a peak 0.1 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 7.0 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49071932, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 55 m
How to reach it
Coordinates42.51537, -71.11450
- 7.0 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 11.7 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 17.6 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
- 26.0 mi off the The Apple Way of Londonderry
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 12 mi
- Eagle Rock · 22 mi
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Washington Park: 0.5 mi
- Leach Park: 0.5 mi
- Sturges Park: 0.6 mi
- Elm Park: 0.7 mi
- Town Common: 0.9 mi
Museums
- Wakefield History Museum: 1.8 mi
- Woburn Municipal Waterworks Museum: 4.1 mi
- Burlington Public Museum: 4.2 mi
- Wilmington Town Museum: 4.7 mi
- Medford Historical Society: 6.6 mi
Historic sites
- Better Homes and Gardens 1950 Achievement Award: 2.0 mi
- Floral Way: 2.1 mi
- Paddy Heights Veterans Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Woburn Moose Memorial: 3.0 mi
- Woburn Honor Roll: 3.1 mi
Artworks
- Baldwin Green: 2.4 mi
- Rock spiral: 5.6 mi
- muster: 6.0 mi
- Orange Dinosaur: 6.3 mi
- My Boys: 7.2 mi
Beaches
- Pearce Lake Beach: 4.3 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 4.5 mi
- Baby Beach: 5.0 mi
- Revere Beach: 9.2 mi
- Middleton Town Beach: 9.7 mi
Peaks
- Long Woods Hills: 0.1 mi
- Dobbins Hill: 0.6 mi
- Bear Hill: 0.9 mi
- Cowdry Hill: 1.3 mi
- Farm Hill: 1.9 mi
Gardens: 55
- Sylvester Baxter Delta: 6.1 mi
- Malden Youth Community Garden: 6.6 mi
- Winthrop Street Community Garden: 6.7 mi
- Wildlife Habitat Garden: 7.2 mi
- Courtyard: 7.4 mi
Nature reserves
- Pinevale: 0.4 mi
- Longwood Conservation Area: 0.9 mi
- Thelin Bird Sanctuary: 0.9 mi
- Maillet Conservation Area: 1.0 mi
- Willow Street: 1.1 mi
Attractions: 53
- Stone Chimney: 4.4 mi
- Pickerel Rock: 4.7 mi
- 1899 MIT Observatory site: 5.3 mi
- Steel Tower: 6.5 mi
- Echo Rock: 6.7 mi
Cliffs: 48
- Lookout Cliff: 4.2 mi
- Crag 1: 5.6 mi
- Skull Cliff: 5.7 mi
- The Cellar: 6.7 mi
- Always Sunny Wall: 7.1 mi
Picnic sites: 21
- Pinetops Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
- Picnic Site 1: 10.8 mi
- Picnic Site 2: 11.2 mi
- Picnic Site 3: 11.2 mi
- Picnic Site 4: 11.2 mi
Lighthouses: 7
- Boathouse: 17.2 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 17.2 mi
- Oil Shed: 17.3 mi
- Rainshed: 17.3 mi
- Boston Light: 17.3 mi
Rest areas: 6
- Commissioners Landing: 11.0 mi
- Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 17.4 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 20.1 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 20.7 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 21.9 mi
Springs: 5
- Quarry Spring: 5.5 mi
- Mystery Spring: 15.7 mi
- Rail Spring: 20.9 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 21.3 mi
- Lion's Spring: 24.6 mi
Waterfalls: 4
- Cascade Falls: 5.2 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 12.2 mi
- Newbury Falls: 18.8 mi
- Rock Falls: 22.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Haywardville: 3.7 mi
- Dogtown: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.0 miles of Scotland Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zion Hill | SW 219° | 107 m | 5.3 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | SSW 208° | 105 m | 5.5 mi |
| Cairn Hill | SSE 163° | 92 m | 5.1 mi |
| Greenleaf Mountain | WSW 249° | 89 m | 4.4 mi |
| Whispering Hill | SW 232° | 88 m | 4.8 mi |
| Castle Rock | ESE 117° | 87 m | 4.0 mi |
| Horn Pond Mountain | SSW 210° | 86 m | 4.4 mi |
| Winthrop Hill | S 174° | 84 m | 3.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:29 | 16:15 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 37 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 53 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Reading, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 612813 — Scotland Hill, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
OpenStreetMap element node/358273057
Day trips start here
- Reading · 1 mi
- Wakefield · 2 mi
- Stoneham · 3 mi
- Woburn · 3 mi
- Wilmington · 4 mi
- North Reading · 5 mi
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