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Tom Hill

Tom Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Tom Hill rises to 93 m in Massachusetts. Nobscot Hill stands 183 m to the northwest, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Drury Hill, a peak 0.3 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.

About

The story

Mountain in Massachusetts, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49084200, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
93 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.29510, -71.40145

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Frank Galvani Athletic Complex: 0.6 mi
  • Butterworth Park: 0.6 mi
  • Furber Park: 0.7 mi
  • Cole Recreation Center: 0.7 mi
  • Gallagher Park: 0.8 mi
Museums
Artworks
Historic sites: 58
  • World War II Peace Memorial: 0.4 mi
  • Henry Wilson Memorial Site: 1.3 mi
  • Blacksmith Minuteman Statue: 1.5 mi
  • LT. Paul K. Bremner memorial: 2.5 mi
  • Ordway Brothers Square: 2.5 mi
Peaks
Gardens
  • Community gardens of John J. Lane Park: 1.5 mi
  • Olmstead Italianate Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Native Plant and Historic Daffodil Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Bressingham Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Teaching Herb Garden: 5.1 mi
Beaches: 53
  • Learned Pond Beach: 1.0 mi
  • Memorial Beach: 2.5 mi
  • Morses Pond Beach: 4.3 mi
  • Hopkinton Main Beach: 6.2 mi
  • Hopkinton Reservoir Beach: 6.4 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions: 47
  • Boston Marathon - Wellesley Scream Tunnel: 4.8 mi
  • Fairy Rock: 4.8 mi
  • Elephant Rock: 5.0 mi
  • Foundation & Chimney: 7.4 mi
  • Boston Marathon Starting Line: 7.5 mi
Cliffs: 40
  • Falling Rock Ridge: 4.2 mi
  • The Wall: 9.8 mi
  • Condo Rock: 9.8 mi
  • Lunch Wall: 11.5 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 11.6 mi
Picnic sites: 23
  • Picnic Site 9: 9.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 9.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 9.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 9.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 7: 9.7 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • Westwood Rest Area: 13.5 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 17.3 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 20.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 21.0 mi
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 21.9 mi
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 18.0 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 18.1 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 19.7 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 19.6 mi
  • Rock Falls: 21.4 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 23.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Nobscot HillNW183 m4.3 mi
Gibbs MountainWNW153 m4.9 mi
Doeskin HillNW152 m4.5 mi
Juniper HillNW136 m4.0 mi
Wildcat HillWSW132 m4.5 mi
Bald HillSSW132 m6.0 mi
Clear HillWNW132 m6.4 mi
Oak HillW130 m5.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1019:4420:26
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
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, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 611589 — Tom Hill, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

OpenStreetMap element node/358272296

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