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Whip Hill

Whip Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Whip Hill rises to 79 m in Massachusetts. Mount Pisgah stands 105 m to the west-southwest, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Haywardville, a ghost town 0.3 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 4.7 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Massachusetts, United States of America

Wikidata Q49088988, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
79 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.46343, -71.08644

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Whip Hill Park: 0.3 mi
  • Warren Street Park: 0.7 mi
  • Bowden Park: 0.9 mi
  • Gooch Park: 0.9 mi
  • Spring Street Park: 0.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Virginia Wood: 0.4 mi
  • Honor Roll of World War II, Korean and Vietnam Wars: 1.2 mi
  • Silver mine: 1.7 mi
  • Firefighter Memorial: 2.1 mi
  • Nicholas L. Delano Memorial Fountain: 2.6 mi
Attractions
  • Stone Chimney: 0.6 mi
  • Pickerel Rock: 1.3 mi
  • 1899 MIT Observatory site: 1.5 mi
  • Hikmat home: 4.1 mi
  • Central Street Historical District: 4.8 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Sylvester Baxter Delta: 2.3 mi
  • Malden Youth Community Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Winthrop Street Community Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Herb Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Alex's Place: 4.3 mi
Artworks
  • Rock spiral: 2.3 mi
  • Orange Dinosaur: 3.3 mi
  • Jumbo Statue: 4.2 mi
  • The Cannon: 4.2 mi
  • Mystic Musical Fence: 4.3 mi
Museums
Beaches
Cliffs: 46
Picnic sites: 24
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 3.4 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 9.6 mi
  • Picnic Site 2: 10.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 3: 10.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 4: 10.0 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 1.4 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 15.7 mi
  • Rock Falls: 18.7 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 21.4 mi
Springs: 4
  • Quarry Spring: 2.1 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 17.6 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 18.4 mi
  • Rail Spring: 23.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Commissioners Landing: 7.3 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 17.4 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 21.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 23.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 4.7 miles of Whip Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount PisgahWSW 253°105 m4.2 mi
Cairn HillS 179°92 m1.3 mi
Bear HillW 279°91 m1.1 mi
Castle RockNE 51°87.2 m2.8 mi
Horn Pond MountainW 266°86 m3.7 mi
Winthrop HillWSW 256°84 m1.1 mi
Boojum RockS 175°83 m1.6 mi
Crow HillNE 51°82.9 m2.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0819:4320:26
September equinox06:3218:0618:44
December solstice07:1115:2916:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283037485867737264534334
Precip in3.93.64.94.33.84.24.03.53.94.84.05.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Reading, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358273083

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