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Starr Hill

Starr Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Starr Hill rises to 120 m in Massachusetts. Oak Hill stands 187 m to the west-southwest, 3.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Prouty Woods Community Forest Memorial, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 7.7 miles off.

The story

mountain in Massachusetts, United States of America

Wikidata Q49077714, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
120 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.53120, -71.48201

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Prouty Woods Community Forest Memorial: 0.2 mi
  • Preserved Quarry Site: 3.0 mi
  • Shaker Spring Slate Marker: 3.4 mi
  • Forge Village Honor Roll: 3.4 mi
  • Sergeant William Woitowicz Memorial: 3.5 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Fay Park: 0.4 mi
  • Bumblebee Park: 0.5 mi
  • 300 King Street Park: 0.7 mi
  • Long Lake Beach: 0.8 mi
  • Holly Park Ext.: 0.9 mi
Gardens
  • Yapp Conservation Land Community Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Flerra Meadows Community Garden Boxborough: 3.4 mi
  • Colonial Herb Garden: 3.6 mi
  • ABRHS Community Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Westford Community Gardens: 4.1 mi
Attractions
Museums
Artworks
Beaches: 38
  • Harvard Town Beach: 6.0 mi
  • Thurston's Beach: 6.6 mi
  • Stow Town Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Freeman Lake Beach: 8.7 mi
  • Bolton Town Beach: 9.1 mi
Picnic sites: 20
Cliffs: 20
Waterfalls: 7
  • Wamesit Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Cascades: 16.2 mi
  • The Falls: 16.4 mi
  • Trap Falls: 17.9 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 18.4 mi
Rest areas: 4
Springs: 3
  • Mystery Spring: 4.9 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 20.3 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 23.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.6 miles of Starr Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oak HillWSW 253°187 m3.6 mi
Oak HillWSW 245°187 m4.3 mi
Dean's HillWSW 253°157 m6.3 mi
Prospect HillNW 323°149 m5.9 mi
Pin Hill SouthWSW 255°148 m5.5 mi
Pin Hill NorthWSW 255°147 m5.4 mi
Brown LoafNNW 329°141 m6.0 mi
Flagg HillS 191°139 m4.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:0919:4520:28
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1315:3116:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836485968747264524132
Precip in3.63.34.64.43.74.24.04.43.95.13.84.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maynard 2, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 611253 — Starr Hill, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

OpenStreetMap element node/358272058

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