Winchester Hill
Winchester Hill rises to 62 m in Massachusetts. Prospect Hill stands 135 m to the north-northwest, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Goddard-Christina Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 4.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Massachusetts, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49090381, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 62 m
How to reach it
- 4.1 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 7.4 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 7 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 18 mi
- Lookout Point · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Caterpillar: 1.7 mi
- Own Your Peace Sculpture: 2.1 mi
- Saint Ignatius Loyola: 2.5 mi
- Babson Globe: 3.1 mi
- Jesus on Cross: 3.9 mi
- Mary Baker Eddy Historic House: 2.2 mi
- Longyear Museum: 2.5 mi
- Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds: 2.8 mi
- Metropolitan Waterworks Museum: 3.0 mi
- McMullen Museum of Art: 3.0 mi
- Newton Highlands Playground: 0.6 mi
- Riverside Park: 0.6 mi
- Saco-Lowell Shops Housing Historic District: 0.7 mi
- Hyde Playground: 0.7 mi
- Nahanton Park: 0.8 mi
- Nonantum Hill: 0.9 mi
- Oak Hill: 1.1 mi
- Institution Hill: 1.3 mi
- Bald Pate Hill: 1.5 mi
- Bird's Hill: 2.0 mi
- Crystal Lake Beach: 1.1 mi
- North Beach: 5.4 mi
- Powissett Beach: 5.6 mi
- South Beach: 5.7 mi
- Shapiro Beach: 5.7 mi
- Yvonne’s Garden: 1.8 mi
- Bob's Island: 1.9 mi
- Wildflower Patch: 3.2 mi
- Emma Hart Fessenden Garden: 3.4 mi
- Bradley Rosaceous Collection: 4.5 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 1.7 mi
- War Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Needham 9/11 Tree of Life: 2.2 mi
- Thomas McGuiness Memorial: 2.2 mi
- Needham World War I Memorial: 2.2 mi
- Goddard-Christina Conservation Area: 0.4 mi
- Upper Charles River Reservation: 0.6 mi
- Frank Barney Conservation Area: 0.6 mi
- Martin Conservation Area: 0.7 mi
- Oakdale Woods Conservation Area: 0.8 mi
- Piccadilly Square Chair: 1.5 mi
- Heartbreak Hill (Bottom/Start): 2.0 mi
- Heartbreak Hill (Top/End): 2.3 mi
- Martini Junction: 3.6 mi
- Jamaica Pond Bench: 4.6 mi
- Pusherman Wall: 1.8 mi
- The Alcove: 1.8 mi
- Temple Overhangs: 1.9 mi
- Lunch Wall: 1.9 mi
- Upper Cliff: 1.9 mi
- Picnic Site 11: 5.6 mi
- Picnic Site 10: 5.6 mi
- Picnic Site 9: 5.7 mi
- Picnic Site 12: 5.7 mi
- Picnic Site 8: 5.7 mi
- Boathouse: 16.1 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 16.1 mi
- Oil Shed: 16.2 mi
- Rainshed: 16.2 mi
- Boston Light: 16.2 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 6.9 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 7.5 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 21.1 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 21.7 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 10.0 mi
- Quarry Spring: 10.1 mi
- Mystery Spring: 21.3 mi
- Cascade Falls: 11.4 mi
- Rock Falls: 12.9 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 22.5 mi
- Haywardville: 12.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.3 miles of Winchester Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect Hill | NNW 336° | 135 m | 5.9 mi |
| Little Prospect | NNW 334° | 133 m | 5.7 mi |
| Strawberry Hill | SSW 206° | 114 m | 5.8 mi |
| Powissett Peak | SSW 204° | 112 m | 6.1 mi |
| Noanet Peak | SSW 211° | 110 m | 6.0 mi |
| Doublet Hill | NW 307° | 108 m | 4.4 mi |
| Nimrod's Rock | SSW 201° | 105 m | 6.3 mi |
| Maugus Hill | W 270° | 101 m | 3.2 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 | 15:31 | 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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 606292 — Winchester Hill, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
OpenStreetMap element node/358268717
Day trips start here
- Needham · 2 mi
- Newton · 2 mi
- Boston/Allston-Brighton · 4 mi
- Boston/Outer Neighborhoods · 4 mi
- Watertown · 4 mi
- Boston/Jamaica Plain-Mission Hill · 5 mi
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