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Whites Hill

Whites Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Whites Hill rises to 53 m in Massachusetts. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the west, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Eldridge Field, a park 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 9.2 miles off.

The story

mountain in Massachusetts, United States of America

Wikidata Q49089627, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
53 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.21399, -70.97727

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Eldridge Field: 0.1 mi
  • Pond Meadow Park: 0.3 mi
  • Ervin Davis Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Jonas Perkins Park: 0.4 mi
  • Jonas Perkins Park: 0.4 mi
Peaks
  • Wyman Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Penns Hill: 1.8 mi
  • King Oak Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Pine Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Presidents Hill: 3.0 mi
Beaches
Nature reserves
Attractions
Artworks
Cliffs: 44
  • The Shield: 3.4 mi
  • S Wall: 3.6 mi
  • N Wall: 3.6 mi
  • Q Wall: 3.6 mi
  • R Wall: 3.6 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 3.2 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 3.2 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 4.3 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 8.4 mi
  • Oak Lea: 8.5 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 6
  • Westwood Rest Area: 9.3 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 11.1 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 12.0 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 12.0 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 21.0 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 1.6 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 16.8 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 4.6 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 16.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Whites Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Great Blue HillW 269°193 m7.0 mi
Chickatawbut HillW 278°156 m4.4 mi
Hancock HillW 273°155 m6.0 mi
Fenno PeakW 277°151 m4.3 mi
Buck HillW 271°151 m5.0 mi
Nahanton HillW 280°145 m4.1 mi
Hemenway HillW 272°140 m6.3 mi
Kitchamakin HillW 279°133 m4.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0819:4220:24
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1015:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238485867737265544435
Precip in4.54.05.44.63.84.03.63.83.95.24.45.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hingham, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 613451 — Whites Hill, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

OpenStreetMap element node/358273411

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