Peak · Massachusetts
Wildcat Hill
Wildcat Hill rises to 132 m in Massachusetts. Nobscot Hill stands 183 m to the north-northeast, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Soccer Field, a park 0.4 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Massachusetts, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49089968, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 132 m
How to reach it
Coordinates42.27704, -71.48701
- 14.5 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 15.6 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 20.1 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 25.6 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Ledge · 18 mi
- Lookout Point · 21 mi
- Skywalk Observatory · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Artworks
- horseshoe sculpture: 2.9 mi
- George V. Brown Memorial: 3.6 mi
- Hoyt Statue: 3.6 mi
- Fireball: 5.4 mi
- Stegosaurus: 5.4 mi
Museums
- Danforth Art: 3.2 mi
- Framingham Historical Society: 3.2 mi
- Danforth Art Museum\School: 3.5 mi
- Knight Hall: 4.3 mi
- Redstone School: 5.7 mi
Historic sites: 58
- War veterans memorial: 1.6 mi
- Watkins Woods Plaque: 1.9 mi
- Blacksmith Minuteman Statue: 3.2 mi
- WW1 Memorial: 3.6 mi
- World War II Peace Memorial: 4.1 mi
Peaks
- Banner Hill: 0.9 mi
- Oak Hill: 1.2 mi
- Fish Hill: 1.2 mi
- Lamb Hill: 1.6 mi
- Ballard Hill: 1.8 mi
Gardens
- Community Garden Southborough: 1.7 mi
- Southborough Town Pound: 3.1 mi
- Community gardens of John J. Lane Park: 5.8 mi
- Cider Knoll Community Garden: 6.6 mi
- Berlin Community Garden: 8.6 mi
Attractions: 55
- Boston Marathon Starting Line: 3.6 mi
- “The Rock” in Marlborough: 7.4 mi
- Teetering Rock: 7.4 mi
- Chattering Rock: 7.5 mi
- Boston Marathon - Wellesley Scream Tunnel: 9.3 mi
Parks
- Soccer Field: 0.4 mi
- Gryncel Park: 1.0 mi
- The Corner Spot: 1.5 mi
- Nyanza Healing Garden: 1.6 mi
- Stone Park: 1.7 mi
Nature reserves
- Ashland Open Space Land1: 0.7 mi
- Town Forest: 1.0 mi
- Southboro Town Forest: 1.1 mi
- Turenne Wildlife Habitat: 1.2 mi
- Libery Conservation Area: 1.3 mi
Beaches: 38
- Hopkinton Main Beach: 1.8 mi
- Hopkinton Reservoir Beach: 2.0 mi
- Learned Pond Beach: 3.6 mi
- Lake Chauncy Public Beach: 6.3 mi
- Memorial Beach: 6.4 mi
Cliffs: 29
- Falling Rock Ridge: 5.2 mi
- Condo Rock: 7.2 mi
- The Wall: 7.3 mi
- Sawyer Bluff: 14.0 mi
- Scar Hill Bluffs: 14.4 mi
Picnic sites: 20
- Picnic Site 9: 13.9 mi
- Picnic Site 10: 13.9 mi
- Picnic Site 8: 13.9 mi
- Picnic Site 11: 13.9 mi
- Picnic Site 6: 14.0 mi
Rest areas: 7
- Westwood Rest Area: 17.3 mi
- Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 20.1 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 21.3 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 21.5 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 21.9 mi
Springs: 3
- Mystery Spring: 21.3 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 22.0 mi
- Quarry Spring: 22.4 mi
Waterfalls: 1
- Cascade Falls: 24.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Haywardville: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.8 miles of Wildcat Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nobscot Hill | NNE 22° | 183 m | 5.1 mi |
| Sligo Hill | NW 319° | 172 m | 6.4 mi |
| Bear Hill | SW 222° | 170 m | 6.7 mi |
| Newtons Hill | W 276° | 166 m | 4.8 mi |
| Pleasant Hill | NW 321° | 164 m | 5.7 mi |
| Jericho Hill | NW 312° | 161 m | 5.3 mi |
| Fairmount Hill | NW 323° | 161 m | 5.5 mi |
| Saddle Hill | SW 235° | 158 m | 3.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:21 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:44 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:08 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:32 | 16:17 |
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 | 26 | 28 | 36 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 51 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Natick, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 611602 — Wildcat Hill, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
OpenStreetMap element node/358272303
Day trips start here
- Ashland · 2 mi
- Framingham · 4 mi
- Boroughs · 5 mi
- Marlborough · 6 mi
- Natick · 7 mi
- MetroWest · 8 mi
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