The Mountain
The Mountain rises to 61 m in Massachusetts. Nobscot Hill stands 183 m to the north-northeast, 3.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Lamb Hill, a peak 0.8 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Massachusetts, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49082706, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 61 m
How to reach it
- 12.7 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 15.7 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 20.6 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 27.4 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Ledge · 20 mi
- Skywalk Observatory · 20 mi
- Lookout Point · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Danforth Art: 2.1 mi
- Framingham Historical Society: 2.1 mi
- Danforth Art Museum\School: 3.4 mi
- Redstone School: 3.8 mi
- Knight Hall: 4.6 mi
- horseshoe sculpture: 2.5 mi
- Fireball: 3.7 mi
- Stegosaurus: 3.7 mi
- Hidden Valley: 3.7 mi
- Civil War Monument: 5.2 mi
- Lamb Hill: 0.8 mi
- Pine Hill: 1.6 mi
- Oak Hill: 1.7 mi
- Wildcat Hill: 1.9 mi
- Gibbs Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Blacksmith Minuteman Statue: 2.4 mi
- Watkins Woods Plaque: 2.9 mi
- War veterans memorial: 3.0 mi
- World War II Peace Memorial: 3.5 mi
- Marlborough Minute Man Statue: 4.8 mi
- Community Garden Southborough: 2.3 mi
- Southborough Town Pound: 2.8 mi
- Cider Knoll Community Garden: 5.0 mi
- Community gardens of John J. Lane Park: 5.4 mi
- Hudson Community Garden: 7.7 mi
- Boston Marathon Starting Line: 5.5 mi
- “The Rock” in Marlborough: 6.2 mi
- Rice Tavern Foundation: 7.5 mi
- Mini Monster Hedge Maze: 7.6 mi
- Petting Zoo: 7.7 mi
- Kallander Woods North: 1.1 mi
- Kallander Woods South: 1.3 mi
- Pike-Haven-Foster Environs: 1.7 mi
- Reservoir Drive Conservation Area: 1.7 mi
- Turenne Wildlife Habitat: 1.7 mi
- Temple Street Playground: 1.3 mi
- Kallander Field: 1.4 mi
- Soccer Field: 1.6 mi
- General Knox Historical District: 2.2 mi
- Victory Recreation Fields: 2.4 mi
- Learned Pond Beach: 3.3 mi
- Hopkinton Main Beach: 3.6 mi
- Hopkinton Reservoir Beach: 3.7 mi
- Memorial Beach: 5.6 mi
- Centennial Beach: 5.8 mi
- Falling Rock Ridge: 3.3 mi
- Condo Rock: 9.0 mi
- The Wall: 9.1 mi
- Sawyer Bluff: 13.6 mi
- Farmers Cliff: 13.6 mi
- Picnic Site 9: 12.6 mi
- Picnic Site 10: 12.6 mi
- Picnic Site 8: 12.6 mi
- Picnic Site 11: 12.6 mi
- Picnic Site 6: 12.7 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 17.4 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 18.9 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 21.0 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 22.7 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 22.9 mi
- Mystery Spring: 19.4 mi
- Quarry Spring: 21.1 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 22.0 mi
- Cascade Falls: 22.7 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 24.3 mi
- Haywardville: 22.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.6 miles of The Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nobscot Hill | NNE 26° | 183 m | 3.3 mi |
| Sligo Hill | WNW 303° | 172 m | 5.6 mi |
| Newtons Hill | WSW 256° | 166 m | 5.5 mi |
| Pleasant Hill | WNW 303° | 164 m | 4.9 mi |
| Fairmount Hill | NW 304° | 161 m | 4.5 mi |
| Jericho Hill | WNW 291° | 161 m | 4.7 mi |
| West Hill | NW 308° | 160 m | 6.0 mi |
| Saddle Hill | SW 221° | 158 m | 4.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:21 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:44 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:32 | 16:17 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 28 | 36 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 51 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Natick, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358272283
Day trips start here
- Ashland · 3 mi
- Framingham · 4 mi
- Boroughs · 5 mi
- Marlborough · 5 mi
- MetroWest · 7 mi
- Natick · 7 mi
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