Zachary Hill
Zachary Hill rises to 109 m in Massachusetts. Peppercorn Hill stands 174 m to the southwest, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Ashland Pumping Station, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 14 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Massachusetts, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49091419, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 109 m
How to reach it
- 14.0 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 16.8 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 20.9 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
- 22.7 mi off the Great and Breakneck Hill Roads
Overlooks nearby
- Sunset Ledge · 16 mi
- Lookout Point · 18 mi
- Skywalk Observatory · 22 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hoyt Statue: 2.1 mi
- George V. Brown Memorial: 2.2 mi
- horseshoe sculpture: 5.5 mi
- Fireball: 7.7 mi
- Stegosaurus: 7.8 mi
- Knight Hall: 4.3 mi
- Danforth Art Museum\School: 4.4 mi
- Danforth Art: 5.1 mi
- Framingham Historical Society: 5.1 mi
- Niagara Hall: 7.6 mi
- War veterans memorial: 1.8 mi
- WW1 Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Watkins Woods Plaque: 3.9 mi
- Caffrey family house foundation (1790s): 4.5 mi
- Old Foundation: 4.6 mi
- Magunco Hill: 1.0 mi
- Broad Hill: 1.1 mi
- Long Hill: 1.9 mi
- Banner Hill: 2.2 mi
- Bald Hill: 2.3 mi
- Community Garden Southborough: 4.1 mi
- Southborough Town Pound: 5.7 mi
- Community gardens of John J. Lane Park: 6.3 mi
- Olmstead Italianate Garden: 9.1 mi
- Bressingham Garden: 9.1 mi
- Boston Marathon Starting Line: 2.2 mi
- Chattering Rock: 4.6 mi
- Teetering Rock: 4.7 mi
- Boston Marathon - Wellesley Scream Tunnel: 9.6 mi
- Fairy Rock: 10.0 mi
- Ashland Pumping Station: 0.3 mi
- Wiley Woods: 0.8 mi
- Franklin Woods: 0.8 mi
- Peloquin Woods: 0.8 mi
- Brook Hollow: 1.0 mi
- Nyanza Healing Garden: 1.3 mi
- Stone Park: 1.6 mi
- The Corner Spot: 1.9 mi
- Gryncel Park: 1.9 mi
- Hopkinton Town Common: 2.2 mi
- Hopkinton Main Beach: 2.3 mi
- Hopkinton Reservoir Beach: 2.6 mi
- Pleasure Point: 4.1 mi
- Stoddard Park: 4.4 mi
- Learned Pond Beach: 4.7 mi
- Condo Rock: 4.5 mi
- The Wall: 4.5 mi
- Falling Rock Ridge: 7.8 mi
- Sawyer Bluff: 16.0 mi
- Scar Hill Bluffs: 16.2 mi
- Picnic Site 9: 15.2 mi
- Picnic Site 10: 15.2 mi
- Picnic Site 11: 15.2 mi
- Picnic Site 8: 15.2 mi
- Picnic Site 12: 15.3 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 16.3 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 18.6 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 18.8 mi
- Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 20.5 mi
- Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 20.5 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 21.0 mi
- Quarry Spring: 23.5 mi
- Mystery Spring: 24.0 mi
- Rock Falls: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Zachary Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peppercorn Hill | SW 232° | 174 m | 5.4 mi |
| Magomiscock Hill | SSW 212° | 171 m | 6.6 mi |
| Bear Hill | WSW 248° | 170 m | 5.4 mi |
| Newtons Hill | WNW 302° | 166 m | 6.3 mi |
| Christian Hill | SW 231° | 160 m | 6.6 mi |
| Saddle Hill | WNW 287° | 158 m | 3.3 mi |
| Mount Nebo | NW 311° | 157 m | 6.1 mi |
| Gibbs Mountain | N 357° | 153 m | 6.6 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 | 27 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.3 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — West Medway, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 611752 — Zachary Hill, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
OpenStreetMap element node/358272399
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