Whitney Hill
Whitney Hill rises to 51 m in Massachusetts. Prospect Hill stands 135 m to the west-northwest, 3.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Whitney Hill Park, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 3.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Massachusetts, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49089695, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 51 m
How to reach it
- 3.2 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 5.9 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 27.0 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 6 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 22 mi
- Lookout Point · 26 mi
- Eagle Rock · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Armenian Museum of America: 0.4 mi
- Edmund Fowle House: 0.4 mi
- The Plumbing Museum: 0.7 mi
- Jackson Homestead and Museum: 1.3 mi
- Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds: 1.9 mi
- Turtle: 1.9 mi
- Jesus on Cross: 2.1 mi
- Evo: 2.5 mi
- Boston: 2.6 mi
- Saint Ignatius Loyola: 2.8 mi
- Whitney Hill Park: 0.1 mi
- Hunnewell Woods: 1.4 mi
- Awtrey Dell: 1.8 mi
- Forest Street Park: 2.2 mi
- Alewife Brook Parkway: 2.7 mi
- Meetinghouse Hill: 0.7 mi
- Mount Ida: 1.5 mi
- Owl Hill: 1.5 mi
- Cedar Hill: 2.0 mi
- Wellington Hill: 2.1 mi
- Emma Hart Fessenden Garden: 2.0 mi
- Penniman Road Community Garden: 2.8 mi
- Shawn Megan Memorial Garden: 2.9 mi
- Wallach Garden: 3.2 mi
- Lawton Park Community Garden: 3.4 mi
- Crystal Lake Beach: 3.4 mi
- Borggaard Beach: 6.0 mi
- Morses Pond Beach: 8.6 mi
- Pleasure Bay Beach: 8.8 mi
- Tenean Beach: 9.2 mi
- Victory Field: 0.2 mi
- Watertown Linear Park: 0.3 mi
- Saltonstall Park: 0.3 mi
- Moxley Park: 0.3 mi
- Lowell Playground: 0.4 mi
- Columbus Delta Monument: 0.5 mi
- Watertown Founders Monument: 0.6 mi
- War Memorial: 1.6 mi
- World War I Honor Roll: 1.7 mi
- Mount Auburn Veterans Memorial: 1.8 mi
- Heartbreak Hill (Bottom/Start): 2.5 mi
- Heartbreak Hill (Top/End): 2.6 mi
- Piccadilly Square Chair: 3.0 mi
- Arlington Center Historic District: 3.3 mi
- Harvard Square: 3.4 mi
- Lunch Wall: 2.9 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 3.2 mi
- Temple Overhangs: 3.3 mi
- Lower Cliff: 3.4 mi
- Upper Cliff: 3.5 mi
- Picnic Site 11: 3.6 mi
- Picnic Site 12: 3.6 mi
- Valley Shelter: 3.6 mi
- Picnic Site 10: 3.6 mi
- Picnic Site 5: 3.7 mi
- Boathouse: 15.4 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 15.4 mi
- Oil Shed: 15.4 mi
- Rainshed: 15.4 mi
- Boston Light: 15.4 mi
- Quarry Spring: 6.0 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 12.9 mi
- Mystery Spring: 18.3 mi
- Cascade Falls: 7.5 mi
- Rock Falls: 15.2 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 18.6 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 5.9 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 10.8 mi
- Haywardville: 7.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.7 miles of Whitney Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect Hill | WNW 288° | 135 m | 3.6 mi |
| Little Prospect | WNW 283° | 133 m | 3.6 mi |
| Whipple Hill | N 2° | 110 m | 4.8 mi |
| Loring Hill | NNW 331° | 109 m | 5.2 mi |
| Doublet Hill | WSW 250° | 108 m | 4.8 mi |
| Turkey Hill | N 9° | 107 m | 4.2 mi |
| Zion Hill | N 3° | 107 m | 5.7 mi |
| Fullers Hill | NW 314° | 105 m | 4.8 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 | 20:26 |
| 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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358272808
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