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Wildcat Hill

Wildcat Hill, seen from above at true elevation

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

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

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
Peaks
Historic sites
  • War veterans memorial: 1.6 mi
  • Martha Templeman Plaque: 1.8 mi
  • Watkins Woods Plaque: 1.9 mi
  • Blacksmith Minuteman Statue: 3.2 mi
  • WW1 Memorial: 3.6 mi
Gardens
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
Attractions
  • 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
Beaches: 41
  • 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
Picnic sites: 39
  • 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
Cliffs: 29
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

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Nobscot HillNNE 22°183 m5.1 mi
Sligo HillNW 319°172 m6.4 mi
Bear HillSW 222°170 m6.7 mi
Newtons HillW 276°166 m4.8 mi
Pleasant HillNW 321°164 m5.7 mi
Jericho HillNW 312°161 m5.3 mi
Fairmount HillNW 323°161 m5.5 mi
Saddle HillSW 235°158 m3.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1019:4420:27
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1215:3216:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836475766727062514132
Precip in3.43.13.94.13.84.13.93.84.24.83.74.4

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

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