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Snow Hill

Snow Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Snow Hill rises to 305 m in Massachusetts. Mount Wachusett stands 609 m to the south-southwest, 3.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Crow Hills, a peak 0.5 miles away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Wikidata Q49075086, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
305 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.54052, -71.86039

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Crow Hills: 0.5 mi
  • Crow Hills: 1.0 mi
  • Palmer Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Ball Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Oak Hill: 2.0 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • West Fitchburg Steamline Trail: 1.9 mi
  • Crocker Playground: 1.9 mi
  • Forrester: 1.9 mi
  • Crocker Pond Recreation Area: 2.2 mi
  • Westminster Town Common: 2.3 mi
Historic sites
  • Westminster Soldiers' Monument: 2.6 mi
  • Steam Turbine Monument: 4.2 mi
  • Rollstone Hill Rock Walk: 4.2 mi
  • Fitchburg Policemans Memorial: 4.4 mi
  • Frankie K9 Memorial: 4.4 mi
Attractions
  • Giant Shopping Cart: 2.7 mi
  • Moses' Rock: 3.3 mi
  • Coggshall Rock Ledges & Cliffs: 3.3 mi
  • Whale Rock: 3.4 mi
  • Observation Tower: 3.8 mi
Artworks
  • "Johnny Ro": 6.9 mi
  • Schoolboy of 1850: 7.2 mi
  • Wo Peen, The Dreamer: 12.9 mi
  • Pumunangwet, He Who Soots the Stars: 12.9 mi
  • Clyde II: 13.8 mi
Museums: 40
Gardens: 36
  • Sundial Community Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Prichard Street Community Garden: 4.4 mi
  • St. Paul's Community Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Maybarton Community Garden: 12.3 mi
  • Morning Glory Farm: 12.5 mi
Beaches: 28
  • Crocker Pond Beach: 2.2 mi
  • The Beach at Arrive: 6.4 mi
  • Wilder Beach: 6.5 mi
  • Lunenburg Town Beach: 6.5 mi
  • Sterling Town Beach: 10.5 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • Emerson Falls: 1.3 mi
  • Cascades: 3.3 mi
  • Trap Falls: 10.1 mi
  • The Falls: 18.6 mi
  • Doane's Falls: 18.9 mi
Cliffs: 9
Springs: 3
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 7.4 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 23.0 mi
  • Falcon Spring: 24.7 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 8.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Snow Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WachusettSSW 201°609 m3.8 mi
Little WachusettSSW 196°476 m5.5 mi
Pine HillS 190°440 m3.8 mi
Jewell HillN 359°429 m6.9 mi
Brown HillSSW 202°401 m5.9 mi
Church RockWSW 237°398 m3.1 mi
Brown HillNNW 344°397 m7.3 mi
Reservoir HillWNW 295°389 m6.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1119:4620:29
September equinox06:3518:1018:47
December solstice07:1515:3216:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735475867727163514031
Precip in2.62.83.83.83.64.13.53.44.04.53.63.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fitchburg Muni AP, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358271554

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