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Taylor Mountain

Taylor Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Taylor Mountain rises to 81 m in Massachusetts. Whipple Hill stands 110 m to the west-southwest, 4.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Winthrop Hill, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 3.9 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
81 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.46010, -71.10644

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites: 60
  • Virginia Wood: 1.0 mi
  • Silver mine: 1.0 mi
  • Winchester World War I Memorial "Humanity and Justice": 1.6 mi
  • Woburn Moose Memorial: 2.1 mi
  • Honor Roll of World War II, Korean and Vietnam Wars: 2.2 mi
Parks
  • Highland Park: 1.2 mi
  • Leonard Field: 1.2 mi
  • Davidson Park: 1.3 mi
  • Whip Hill Park: 1.3 mi
  • William F. Buckley Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
Artworks: 60
  • Rock spiral: 1.8 mi
  • Jumbo Statue: 3.7 mi
  • The Cannon: 3.7 mi
  • Baldwin Green: 3.9 mi
  • My Boys: 3.9 mi
Museums
Peaks
Beaches
  • Borggaard Beach: 1.9 mi
  • Pearce Lake Beach: 4.2 mi
  • Revere Beach: 6.8 mi
  • Short Beach: 7.9 mi
  • Baby Beach: 8.3 mi
Gardens: 58
  • Sylvester Baxter Delta: 2.3 mi
  • Winthrop Street Community Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Malden Youth Community Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Alex's Place: 3.8 mi
  • Tufts Community Garden: 4.0 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions: 51
Cliffs: 46
Picnic sites: 22
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 8.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 9.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 3: 9.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 9.0 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 4
  • Quarry Spring: 1.7 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 17.5 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 17.6 mi
  • Rail Spring: 23.9 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 1.8 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 15.2 mi
  • Rock Falls: 18.7 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 22.0 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Commissioners Landing: 7.2 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 17.0 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 21.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 23.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 4.5 miles of Taylor Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Whipple HillWSW110 m4.1 mi
Zion HillW107 m3.7 mi
Turkey HillWSW107 m3.9 mi
Mount PisgahWSW105 m3.2 mi
Mount GilboaWSW95 m4.5 mi
Cairn HillSE92 m1.5 mi
Bear HillN91 m0.4 mi
Whispering HillWNW88 m4.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0819:4320:26
September equinox06:3218:0718:44
December solstice07:1115:2916:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283037485867737264534334
Precip in3.93.64.94.33.84.24.03.53.94.84.05.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Reading, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 606447 — Taylor Mountain, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

OpenStreetMap element node/358268800

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