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Train Hill

Train Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Train Hill rises to 87 m in Massachusetts. Snow Hill stands 137 m to the south-southeast, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Broad Hill Reservoir, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 8.2 miles off.

The story

mountain in Massachusetts, United States of America

Wikidata Q49084608, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
87 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.28815, -71.32672

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Beaches
  • Morses Pond Beach: 0.7 mi
  • Memorial Beach: 2.1 mi
  • Learned Pond Beach: 4.6 mi
  • Shapiro Beach: 5.5 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 5.6 mi
Parks
  • Coolidge Field: 0.9 mi
  • Alumnae Valley: 0.9 mi
  • Severance Green: 1.0 mi
  • Natick Common: 1.1 mi
  • Hunnewell Estates Historic District: 1.1 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Boston Marathon - Wellesley Scream Tunnel: 1.1 mi
  • Fairy Rock: 1.9 mi
  • Elephant Rock: 2.1 mi
  • Foundation & Chimney: 3.8 mi
  • Martini Junction: 4.1 mi
Gardens
  • Native Plant and Historic Daffodil Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Olmstead Italianate Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Teaching Herb Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Rhododendron Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Bressingham Garden: 1.4 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Cliffs: 43
  • Falling Rock Ridge: 7.4 mi
  • Lunch Wall: 8.0 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 8.1 mi
  • Temple Overhangs: 8.1 mi
  • The Alcove: 8.2 mi
Picnic sites: 42
  • Picnic Site 9: 7.5 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 7.5 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 7.5 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 7.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 12: 7.6 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Westwood Rest Area: 9.9 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 13.8 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 19.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 19.9 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 24.8 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Pakomet Spring: 14.4 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 15.2 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 20.6 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 16.8 mi
  • Rock Falls: 17.7 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 23.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snow HillSSE 156°137 m4.8 mi
Cedar HillSSE 153°134 m5.7 mi
Pegan HillSSE 156°125 m2.8 mi
Reeves HillNNW 343°122 m4.1 mi
Brush HillSW 230°121 m3.9 mi
Strawberry HillSE 135°114 m5.2 mi
Powissett PeakSE 138°112 m5.5 mi
Oak HillSSE 157°111 m4.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1019:4320:26
September equinox06:3318:0818:44
December solstice07:1215:3116:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °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, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358272568

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