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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

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
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
Gardens
Historic sites: 53
  • 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
Beaches: 37
Cliffs: 21
Picnic sites: 19
  • 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
Waterfalls: 4
  • Wamesit Falls: 16.1 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 HillNW187 m6.6 mi
Nobscot HillS183 m6.2 mi
Powder House HillW162 m6.7 mi
Doeskin HillS152 m6.1 mi
Pine HillW149 m6.7 mi
Spoon HillSSW146 m5.4 mi
Rattlesnake HillW145 m5.3 mi
Barretts HillWSW140 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 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, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358272250

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