Peak · Massachusetts
Walnut Hill
Walnut Hill rises to 63 m in Massachusetts. Maugus Hill stands 101 m to the west, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is D. Blakeley Hoar Sanctuary, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 1.9 miles off.
The story
mountain in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Wikidata Q49087462, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 63 m
How to reach it
Coordinates42.30478, -71.15586
- 1.9 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 7.2 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 29.6 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 5 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 18 mi
- Lookout Point · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- D. Blakeley Hoar Sanctuary: 0.3 mi
- Hancock Woods: 0.6 mi
- Kesseler Woods Conservation Area: 0.7 mi
- Kesseler Woods Conservation Area: 0.7 mi
- Baldpate Meadow Conservation Area: 0.8 mi
Parks
- West Roxbury Parkway: 0.3 mi
- West Roxbury Parkway: 0.5 mi
- Horace James Circle: 0.5 mi
- Brucewood St Park: 0.7 mi
- Hynes Field: 0.7 mi
Peaks
- Mount Walley: 1.0 mi
- Peaked Hill: 1.1 mi
- Bald Pate Hill: 1.2 mi
- Green Hill: 1.2 mi
- Single Tree Hill: 1.3 mi
Museums
- Larz Anderson Auto Museum: 1.1 mi
- Longyear Museum: 1.4 mi
- Bay State Model Railroad Museum: 1.8 mi
- Metropolitan Waterworks Museum: 1.9 mi
- Mary Baker Eddy Historic House: 2.1 mi
Historic sites
- Historic Springhouse: 1.3 mi
- Parkman Memorial: 1.8 mi
- Soldier's Monument: 2.1 mi
- Ghost Bike for Joseph Lee Alan Pielmeier: 2.1 mi
- Soldiers Monument: 2.4 mi
Gardens
- Bradley Rosaceous Collection: 1.9 mi
- Jamaica Pond Park Rain Garden: 2.1 mi
- Jamaica Pond Park Rain Garden: 2.1 mi
- Leland Street Cooperative Garden: 2.3 mi
- Leland Street Cooperative Garden: 2.3 mi
Attractions
- Jamaica Pond Bench: 2.1 mi
- Heartbreak Hill (Top/End): 2.5 mi
- Piccadilly Square Chair: 2.6 mi
- Heartbreak Hill (Bottom/Start): 2.7 mi
- Sam Adams Boston Brewery Tour: 2.8 mi
Artworks
- Saint Ignatius Loyola: 2.2 mi
- Drift by Mary Bonina: 2.5 mi
- Taino Mural: 2.6 mi
- Beauty Master Mural: 2.6 mi
- Pimentel Market Mural: 2.8 mi
Beaches
- Crystal Lake Beach: 2.7 mi
- Tenean Beach: 5.8 mi
- North Beach: 6.3 mi
- South Beach: 6.6 mi
- Powissett Beach: 6.7 mi
Cliffs: 46
- The Alcove: 1.6 mi
- Upper Cliff: 1.6 mi
- Lower Cliff: 1.6 mi
- Temple Overhangs: 1.8 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 1.9 mi
Picnic sites: 42
- Oak Lea: 3.4 mi
- Pine Knoll: 3.4 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 3.4 mi
- Picnic Site 11: 7.4 mi
- Picnic Site 10: 7.4 mi
Rest areas: 6
- Commissioners Landing: 5.6 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 6.0 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 21.4 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 22.0 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 23.1 mi
Lighthouses: 6
- Boathouse: 13.6 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 13.6 mi
- Oil Shed: 13.6 mi
- Boston Light: 13.7 mi
- Rainshed: 13.7 mi
Springs: 3
- Pakomet Spring: 8.0 mi
- Quarry Spring: 9.4 mi
- Mystery Spring: 23.0 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- Cascade Falls: 10.5 mi
- Rock Falls: 10.7 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 23.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Haywardville: 11.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.4 miles of Walnut Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maugus Hill | W 274° | 101 m | 5.8 mi |
| Single Tree Hill | N 8° | 100 m | 1.3 mi |
| Waban Hill | NNW 339° | 98 m | 2.6 mi |
| Fox Hill | SSW 210° | 95 m | 6.2 mi |
| Bellevue Hill | SSE 163° | 94 m | 2.0 mi |
| Bird's Hill | WSW 243° | 92 m | 3.5 mi |
| Mount Walley | ENE 75° | 91 m | 1.0 mi |
| Bald Pate Hill | W 269° | 90 m | 1.2 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 | 20:25 |
| 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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 612399 — Walnut Hill, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
OpenStreetMap element node/358272806
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- Boston/Jamaica Plain-Mission Hill · 2 mi
- Boston/Roxbury · 3 mi
- Brookline · 3 mi
- Eastern Massachusetts · 3 mi
- Boston/Allston-Brighton · 4 mi
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