Waban Hill
Waban Hill rises to 98 m in Massachusetts. Little Prospect stands 133 m to the northwest, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Heartbreak Hill Park at Waban Hill Reservoir, a park 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 4.0 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Massachusetts, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49087220, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 98 m
How to reach it
- 4.0 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 5.0 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 28.3 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 5 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 20 mi
- Lookout Point · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Heartbreak Hill Park at Waban Hill Reservoir: 0.1 mi
- Boyden Park: 0.4 mi
- Mod Quad: 0.4 mi
- Gallagher Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
- Pine Tree Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Saint Ignatius Loyola: 0.4 mi
- Hamony Unity: 2.0 mi
- Ringer Park Tribute: 2.0 mi
- The Greening of Griggs: 2.1 mi
- Famous Joes: 2.2 mi
- Mary Baker Eddy Historic House: 0.5 mi
- Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds: 0.6 mi
- McMullen Museum of Art: 0.6 mi
- Metropolitan Waterworks Museum: 1.1 mi
- Longyear Museum: 1.2 mi
- Crystal Lake Beach: 1.7 mi
- Tenean Beach: 7.4 mi
- Pleasure Bay Beach: 7.8 mi
- North Beach: 7.9 mi
- Morses Pond Beach: 7.9 mi
- Penniman Road Community Garden: 2.2 mi
- Lawton Park Community Garden: 2.5 mi
- School Garden: 2.6 mi
- Emma Hart Fessenden Garden: 2.7 mi
- Yvonne’s Garden: 3.1 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 0.9 mi
- Mount Ida: 1.2 mi
- Institution Hill: 1.3 mi
- Single Tree Hill: 1.6 mi
- Fisher Hill: 1.9 mi
- Soldiers Monument: 0.6 mi
- Rabbi Joseph Shalom Memorial: 1.1 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Watertown Founders Monument: 1.7 mi
- War Memorial: 1.8 mi
- Old Deer Park Conservation Area: 0.7 mi
- Awtrey Dell: 0.8 mi
- Elgin Street Conservation Area: 1.0 mi
- Charles Cohen Conservation Area: 1.1 mi
- Hunnewell Woods: 1.1 mi
- Heartbreak Hill (Top/End): 0.3 mi
- Heartbreak Hill (Bottom/Start): 0.7 mi
- Piccadilly Square Chair: 1.2 mi
- Jamaica Pond Bench: 3.3 mi
- Harvard Square: 3.7 mi
- Lunch Wall: 0.7 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 0.9 mi
- Temple Overhangs: 0.9 mi
- Lower Cliff: 1.1 mi
- Upper Cliff: 1.1 mi
- Pine Knoll: 4.9 mi
- Oak Lea: 4.9 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 5.0 mi
- Picnic Site 11: 5.1 mi
- Picnic Site 10: 5.2 mi
- Boathouse: 14.4 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 14.5 mi
- Oil Shed: 14.5 mi
- Rainshed: 14.5 mi
- Boston Light: 14.5 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 5.3 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 8.5 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 23.4 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 24.1 mi
- Quarry Spring: 7.5 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 10.6 mi
- Mystery Spring: 20.5 mi
- Cascade Falls: 8.8 mi
- Rock Falls: 13.0 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 21.0 mi
- Haywardville: 9.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.8 miles of Waban Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Prospect | NW 307° | 133 m | 5.2 mi |
| Doublet Hill | W 277° | 108 m | 5.2 mi |
| Maugus Hill | WSW 247° | 101 m | 5.3 mi |
| Single Tree Hill | SE 136° | 100 m | 1.6 mi |
| Bellevue Hill | SSE 161° | 94 m | 4.6 mi |
| Bird's Hill | SSW 209° | 92 m | 4.5 mi |
| Mount Walley | SE 139° | 91 m | 2.8 mi |
| Wellington Hill | NNW 349° | 91 m | 4.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:30 | 16:16 |
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 | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 53 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jamaica Plain, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358272803
Day trips start here
- Boston/Allston-Brighton · 2 mi
- Newton · 2 mi
- Watertown · 2 mi
- Brookline · 3 mi
- Boston/Fenway-Kenmore · 4 mi
- Boston/Jamaica Plain-Mission Hill · 4 mi
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