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Steep Rock Hill

Steep Rock Hill, a peak in Massachusetts
Steep Rock Hill, a peak in MassachusettsPi.1415926535 · CC BY-SA 3.0

Steep Rock Hill rises to 88 m in Massachusetts. Nobscot Hill stands 183 m to the northwest, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Albee E. Loker Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 9.1 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Wikidata Q49077947, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
88 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.29121, -71.34395

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Albee E. Loker Park: 0.2 mi
  • Navy Yard Playground: 0.5 mi
  • Natick Common: 0.6 mi
  • Coolidge Field: 0.8 mi
  • Murphy Playground: 0.8 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • LT. Paul K. Bremner memorial: 0.8 mi
  • Ordway Brothers Square: 0.9 mi
  • Henry Wilson Memorial Site: 2.0 mi
  • World War II Peace Memorial: 3.4 mi
  • Isaac Sprague Memorial Tower: 3.8 mi
Beaches
  • Morses Pond Beach: 1.4 mi
  • Memorial Beach: 1.5 mi
  • Learned Pond Beach: 3.8 mi
  • Shapiro Beach: 6.3 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 6.4 mi
Gardens
  • Community gardens of John J. Lane Park: 1.6 mi
  • Native Plant and Historic Daffodil Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Olmstead Italianate Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Teaching Herb Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Bressingham Garden: 2.2 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Boston Marathon - Wellesley Scream Tunnel: 1.9 mi
  • Fairy Rock: 2.2 mi
  • Elephant Rock: 2.5 mi
  • Foundation & Chimney: 4.6 mi
  • Martini Junction: 5.0 mi
Artworks
Cliffs: 42
  • Falling Rock Ridge: 6.5 mi
  • Lunch Wall: 8.7 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 8.8 mi
  • Temple Overhangs: 8.9 mi
  • The Alcove: 9.0 mi
Picnic sites: 42
  • Picnic Site 9: 7.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 7.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 7.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 7.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 12: 7.9 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Westwood Rest Area: 10.8 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 14.6 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 19.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 20.2 mi
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 24.2 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Pakomet Spring: 15.3 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 15.8 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 20.2 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 17.3 mi
  • Rock Falls: 18.6 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 23.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of Steep Rock Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Nobscot HillNW 305°183 m6.6 mi
Snow HillSSE 148°137 m5.4 mi
Juniper HillWNW 300°136 m6.5 mi
Cedar HillSSE 147°134 m6.3 mi
Pegan HillSE 144°125 m3.4 mi
Tippling RockNW 311°125 m6.7 mi
Reeves HillN 355°122 m3.8 mi
Brush HillSW 217°121 m3.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1019:4420:26
September equinox06:3318:0818:45
December solstice07:1215:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836475766727062514132
Precip in3.43.13.94.13.84.13.93.84.24.83.74.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Natick, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 606470 — Steep Rock Hill, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

OpenStreetMap element node/358268834

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