Shoestring Hill
Shoestring Hill rises to 153 m in Massachusetts. Nobscot Hill stands 183 m to the east, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Jericho Hill, a park 0.3 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Massachusetts, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49073436, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 153 m
How to reach it
- 13.7 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 16.9 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 20.2 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Ledge · 23 mi
- Skywalk Observatory · 24 mi
- Lookout Point · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- horseshoe sculpture: 2.4 mi
- Amadinda: 6.4 mi
- Chime Wall: 6.4 mi
- Stegosaurus: 6.5 mi
- Hidden Valley: 6.6 mi
- Redstone School: 4.7 mi
- American Heritage Museum: 5.3 mi
- Framingham Historical Society: 6.5 mi
- Danforth Art: 6.5 mi
- West School Museum: 7.5 mi
- Jericho Hill: 0.5 mi
- Fairmount Hill: 0.6 mi
- Pleasant Hill: 0.6 mi
- Sligo Hill: 1.2 mi
- Wolfpen Hill: 1.3 mi
- Marlborough Minute Man Statue: 1.0 mi
- Hermit Cave: 2.9 mi
- Watkins Woods Plaque: 4.1 mi
- WW2?: 4.4 mi
- Civil War Memorial: 4.7 mi
- Southborough Town Pound: 2.2 mi
- Cider Knoll Community Garden: 3.2 mi
- Berlin Community Garden: 3.7 mi
- Community Garden Southborough: 3.8 mi
- Hudson Community Garden: 3.8 mi
- “The Rock” in Marlborough: 2.5 mi
- Mini Monster Hedge Maze: 5.7 mi
- Petting Zoo: 5.8 mi
- Big Green Monster Hedge Maze: 5.8 mi
- Boston Marathon Starting Line: 7.4 mi
- Lake Williams: 0.8 mi
- Barberry Farms Conservation Area: 0.8 mi
- Barn Hollow Conservation Area: 1.0 mi
- Sears Reserve: 1.0 mi
- Wolf Pen Pasture: 1.6 mi
- Jericho Hill: 0.3 mi
- Williams Street Field: 0.7 mi
- Artemas Ward Park: 0.7 mi
- Women Veterans Park: 0.7 mi
- John Street Park: 0.9 mi
- Memorial Beach: 3.1 mi
- Centennial Beach: 3.2 mi
- Lake Chauncy Public Beach: 4.0 mi
- Hopkinton Reservoir Beach: 5.5 mi
- Hopkinton Main Beach: 5.8 mi
- Falling Rock Ridge: 5.6 mi
- Sawyer Bluff: 9.2 mi
- Scar Hill Bluffs: 9.8 mi
- Condo Rock: 11.3 mi
- The Wall: 11.5 mi
- Picnic Site 9: 15.7 mi
- Picnic Site 8: 15.7 mi
- Picnic Site 10: 15.7 mi
- Picnic Site 6: 15.7 mi
- Picnic Site 7: 15.7 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 15.0 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 21.8 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 24.7 mi
- Mystery Spring: 18.6 mi
- Quarry Spring: 24.1 mi
- Emerson Falls: 21.1 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.8 miles of Shoestring Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nobscot Hill | E 81° | 183 m | 5.5 mi |
| Sligo Hill | NW 324° | 172 m | 1.2 mi |
| Newtons Hill | SSW 201° | 166 m | 3.6 mi |
| Pleasant Hill | NNW 348° | 164 m | 0.6 mi |
| Jericho Hill | SW 228° | 161 m | 0.5 mi |
| Fairmount Hill | NNE 25° | 161 m | 0.6 mi |
| West Hill | NNW 334° | 160 m | 1.8 mi |
| Mount Pisgah | WNW 289° | 160 m | 5.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:21 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:45 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:32 | 16:17 |
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 | 26 | 28 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maynard 2, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 611393 — Shoestring Hill, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
OpenStreetMap element node/358272157
Day trips start here
- Marlborough · 1 mi
- Boroughs · 2 mi
- Hudson · 4 mi
- Ashland · 7 mi
- Framingham · 8 mi
- Shrewsbury · 8 mi
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