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Wheeler Hill

Wheeler Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Wheeler Hill rises to 116 m in Massachusetts. Barnes Hill stands 195 m to the west, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Flagg Swamp Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.

The story

mountain in Massachusetts, United States of America

Wikidata Q49088915, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
116 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.36492, -71.58393

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Flagg Swamp Wildlife Management Area: 0.2 mi
  • Lower Pleasant Street Conservation Area: 0.4 mi
  • West Hill Road Conservation Area: 0.4 mi
  • Rivers Edge Estate Former Driving Range: 0.6 mi
  • Bigelow Street Conservation Land: 0.7 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • Boutwell Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
  • Riverside Park: 1.1 mi
  • Korean War Vet Park: 1.2 mi
  • O"Donnell Field: 1.3 mi
  • Apsley Park: 1.4 mi
Historic sites
  • Hermit Cave: 1.1 mi
  • Marlborough Minute Man Statue: 2.1 mi
  • John Brown Bell: 2.3 mi
  • WW2?: 4.2 mi
  • Old Well: 4.2 mi
Attractions
  • “The Rock” in Marlborough: 1.1 mi
  • Mini Monster Hedge Maze: 4.8 mi
  • Big Green Monster Hedge Maze: 4.8 mi
  • Petting Zoo: 4.8 mi
  • Log Chair: 5.5 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • horseshoe sculpture: 5.0 mi
  • Amadinda: 5.2 mi
  • Chime Wall: 5.2 mi
  • Pan Statue: 7.2 mi
  • The Olympic Bell: 7.2 mi
Beaches: 33
Cliffs: 17
Picnic sites: 17
  • Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 9: 16.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 16.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 6: 16.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 7: 16.8 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascades: 17.2 mi
  • Emerson Falls: 18.5 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 23.3 mi
  • Trap Falls: 23.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 12.4 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 24.0 mi
Springs: 2
  • Mystery Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 24.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.3 miles of Wheeler Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Barnes HillW 270°195 m4.5 mi
Ball HillW 259°195 m4.9 mi
Peach HillNW 314°180 m4.2 mi
Sligo HillSSE 149°172 m1.4 mi
Rattlesnake HillWNW 289°167 m4.8 mi
Pleasant HillSE 141°164 m2.1 mi
Powder House HillN 350°162 m5.2 mi
Fairmount HillSE 135°161 m2.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2218:59
June solstice05:1019:4520:27
September equinox06:3418:0918:46
December solstice07:1315:3216:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836485968747264524132
Precip in3.63.34.64.43.74.24.04.43.95.13.84.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maynard 2, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 611412 — Wheeler Hill, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

OpenStreetMap element node/358272171

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