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Summer Hill

Summer Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Summer Hill rises to 106 m in Massachusetts. Oak Hill stands 187 m to the northwest, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Summer Hill Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 6.2 miles off.

The story

Summer Hill (also known as Pompasitticut or Pomciticut) is a 351-foot (107 m) hill overlooking the Assabet River in Maynard, Massachusetts "with a gradual slope to the north and west". Today the hill is largely conservation land with 24 acres of public hiking trails, and the summit of the hill also contains a radio tower and the town's steel and concrete water tanks. It is the highest point in Maynard.

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Wikidata Q49079897, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
106 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.43373, -71.47100

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Bent Ice House: 0.5 mi
  • Henry Gardner house site: 0.7 mi
  • Captain Sargent Homestead Foundation: 1.1 mi
  • Stow War Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • Old Foundation: 2.4 mi
Parks
  • Carbone Park: 0.7 mi
  • John T. Tobin Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
  • Kenneth Olsen Plaza: 0.8 mi
  • Maplebrook Park: 0.9 mi
  • Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
Peaks
Gardens
Attractions
  • Rice Tavern Foundation: 2.0 mi
  • Petting Zoo: 2.7 mi
  • Mini Monster Hedge Maze: 2.7 mi
  • Big Green Monster Hedge Maze: 2.7 mi
  • Diamond Crossing: 4.3 mi
Museums
Artworks
Beaches: 40
Picnic sites: 22
  • Picnic Site 2: 11.3 mi
  • Picnic Site 3: 11.4 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 11.4 mi
  • Picnic Site 6: 11.4 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 11.4 mi
Cliffs: 21
Waterfalls: 6
  • Wamesit Falls: 16.1 mi
  • Cascades: 18.8 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 20.1 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 20.6 mi
  • Trap Falls: 22.7 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 13.2 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 21.0 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 21.9 mi
Springs: 2
  • Mystery Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 18.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.8 miles of Summer Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oak HillNW 318°187 m6.6 mi
Nobscot HillS 170°183 m6.2 mi
Powder House HillW 273°162 m6.7 mi
Doeskin HillS 173°152 m6.1 mi
Pine HillW 261°149 m6.7 mi
Spoon HillSSW 210°146 m5.4 mi
Rattlesnake HillW 276°145 m5.3 mi
Barretts HillWSW 256°140 m5.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1019:4420:27
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1315:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °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, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358272250

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