Waitt's Mount
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Waitt's Mount rises to 65 m in Massachusetts. Cairn Hill stands 92 m to the northwest, 1.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Waitt's Mount Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 4.4 miles off.
The story
Waitts Mountain is a summit in Malden, Middlesex County in the state of Massachusetts. It was named by the United States Geological Survey in 1894.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q7960653, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 65 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 4.4 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 5.8 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 19.8 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 6 mi
- Eagle Rock · 22 mi
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 26 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Waitt's Mount Park: 0.0 mi
- Coytemore Lea Park: 0.3 mi
- Pine Banks Park: 0.4 mi
- FitzGerald Park: 0.5 mi
- Patchell Playground: 0.6 mi
- Firefighter Memorial: 0.4 mi
- FIrst National Bank of Malden: 0.5 mi
- Nicholas L. Delano Memorial Fountain: 0.5 mi
- The First Church in Malden: 0.5 mi
- Operation Enduring Freedom Tennis Courts: 1.2 mi
- Rock spiral: 2.2 mi
- Mystic Musical Fence: 2.5 mi
- Orange Dinosaur: 2.5 mi
- Torus: 2.7 mi
- LEGO Giraffe: 2.7 mi
- Medford Historical Society: 2.5 mi
- Bellingham-Cary House: 3.1 mi
- Somerville Historical Museum: 3.8 mi
- The Battle of Bunker Hill Museum: 4.0 mi
- Boston Marine Society Museum: 4.1 mi
- Malden Youth Community Garden: 0.4 mi
- Sylvester Baxter Delta: 1.0 mi
- Winthrop Street Community Garden: 2.8 mi
- Anita's Garden: 2.9 mi
- Alex's Place: 3.3 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 4.2 mi
- Revere Beach: 4.2 mi
- Pearce Lake Beach: 4.3 mi
- Short Beach: 5.2 mi
- Corinha Beach: 6.1 mi
- Pine Banks: 0.7 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 0.7 mi
- Belmont Hill: 0.8 mi
- Black Rock: 0.8 mi
- Boojum Rock: 1.0 mi
- 1899 MIT Observatory site: 1.1 mi
- Hikmat home: 1.8 mi
- Stone Chimney: 1.9 mi
- Pickerel Rock: 2.1 mi
- Cycleboat Boston: 4.3 mi
- Crag 1: 0.8 mi
- Lookout Cliff: 2.1 mi
- The Cellar: 5.7 mi
- Grovers Cliff: 5.8 mi
- Skull Cliff: 6.1 mi
- Maple Terrace Open Space: 1.2 mi
- Swains Pond Conservation Area: 1.3 mi
- Swains Pond Avenue Open Space: 1.5 mi
- Florence Street Open Space: 1.5 mi
- Towners Pond Conservation Area: 1.5 mi
- Pinetops Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
- Pine Knoll: 8.9 mi
- Oak Lea: 9.0 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 9.1 mi
- Picnic Site 1: 9.8 mi
- Boathouse: 11.5 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 11.5 mi
- Oil Shed: 11.5 mi
- Rainshed: 11.5 mi
- Boston Light: 11.6 mi
- Cascade Falls: 1.0 mi
- Rock Falls: 16.5 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 17.9 mi
- Newbury Falls: 22.9 mi
- Quarry Spring: 2.0 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 15.5 mi
- Mystery Spring: 20.3 mi
- Rail Spring: 24.6 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 5.2 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 15.7 mi
- Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 23.6 mi
- Haywardville: 2.5 mi
- Dogtown: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 4.3 miles of Waitt's Mount. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cairn Hill | NW 308° | 92 m | 1.3 mi |
| Bear Hill | NW 317° | 91 m | 3.1 mi |
| Castle Rock | NNE 16° | 87 m | 4.0 mi |
| Winthrop Hill | NW 311° | 84 m | 2.8 mi |
| Boojum Rock | WNW 295° | 83 m | 1.0 mi |
| Crow Hill | NNE 17° | 83 m | 4.0 mi |
| Taylor Mountain | NW 311° | 81 m | 2.8 mi |
| Mount Hood | NE 53° | 79 m | 2.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:19 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:43 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:29 | 16:15 |
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 | 30 | 32 | 38 | 49 | 58 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boston, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 612837 — Waitts Mountain, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
OpenStreetMap element node/358273065
Day trips start here
- Malden · 1 mi
- Everett · 2 mi
- Medford · 2 mi
- Revere · 3 mi
- Boston/Charlestown · 4 mi
- Boston/East Boston · 4 mi
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