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Wellington Hill

Wellington Hill, a peak in Massachusetts
Wellington Hill, a peak in MassachusettsPi.1415926535 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wellington Hill, a peak in Massachusetts
NOAA Office for Coastal Management / The USDA-FSA Aerial Photography Field office (crediting while reuse is desired as Courtesy Attribution) · Public domain
Wellington Hill, a peak in Massachusetts
NOAA Office for Coastal Management / The USDA-FSA Aerial Photography Field office (crediting while reuse is desired as Courtesy Attribution) · Public domain

Wellington Hill rises to 53 m in Massachusetts. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the south-southwest, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Walker Playground, a park 0.4 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 1.5 miles off.

About

The story

Mountain in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49088083, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
53 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.28232, -71.09505

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Sally Rock: 1.2 mi
  • Scarboro Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Mount Hope: 1.5 mi
  • Hemlock Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Mount Bowdoin: 1.7 mi
Museums
Parks
  • Walker Playground: 0.4 mi
  • Willowwood Rock: 0.5 mi
  • Almont Park: 0.5 mi
  • Mattahunt Woods: 0.8 mi
  • Thetford Street Playground: 0.9 mi
Artworks: 59
Gardens: 58
  • Lucerne-Balsam Streets Community Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Wheatland Avenue Community Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Spencer Street Community Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Leland Street Cooperative Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Bog Garden: 1.5 mi
Beaches
Nature reserves
Historic sites: 53
Attractions: 51
  • Goat: 1.5 mi
  • Wildebeest: 1.5 mi
  • Hartmann's Mountain Zebra: 1.5 mi
  • African Lion: 1.6 mi
  • Western Grey Kangaroo: 1.6 mi
Cliffs: 47
Picnic sites: 22
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • Commissioners Landing: 5.4 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 5.5 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 21.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 21.8 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 10.6 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 11.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.2 miles of Wellington Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillSSW193 m5.0 mi
Chickatawbut HillSSE156 m4.5 mi
Hancock HillS155 m4.4 mi
Fenno PeakSSE151 m4.6 mi
Buck HillSSE151 m4.8 mi
Nahanton HillSSE145 m4.5 mi
Hemenway HillS140 m4.5 mi
Kitchamakin HillSSE133 m4.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4320:25
September equinox06:3218:0718:44
December solstice07:1115:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968747365534334
Precip in3.93.64.54.33.64.23.53.74.05.04.05.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jamaica Plain, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 613027 — Wellington Hill, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.

OpenStreetMap element node/358273164

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