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Great Blue Hill, Massachusetts
Prominence: 483 ft, 147 m
Elevation: 640+ feet, 195+ meters
True Isolation: 25.88 mi, 41.65 km
Elevation Info:
Elevation range: 195 - 198 m
(3-meter closed contour)
NAVD88 Elevation
: 639 ft / 195 m
(Range 195 - 198 m)
Peak Type
Hill
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)
42° 12' 43'' N, 71° 6' 51'' W
42.212004, -71.114246 (Dec Deg)
325482 E 4675479 N, Zone 19 (UTM)
Country
United States
State/Province
Massachusetts
County/Second Level Region
Norfolk (Highest Point)
City/Town
Canton
Milton
Links
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Great Blue Hill at SummitPost.org
Great Blue Hill at ListsOfJohn.com
Weather for Great Blue Hill at Mountain-Forecast.com
CoHP.org Trip Report for Norfolk, MA by Michael Schwartz
CoHP.org Trip Report for Norfolk, MA by Dave Covill
CoHP.org Trip Report for Norfolk, MA by John and Kathy Mitchler
CoHP.org Trip Report for Norfolk, MA by Ben Carl
Weather and Snow
National Weather Service Forecast
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Lists that contain Great Blue Hill:
New England Peaks with 25 Miles of Isolation
(Rank #24)
New England CoHPs
(Rank #54)
Northeast U.S. Peaks with 25 Miles of Isolation
(Rank #39)
Massachusetts County High Points
(Rank #7)
Massachusetts County Prominence Peaks
(Rank #6)
Northeastern USA CoHPs
(Rank #246)
High Points of Counties in 13 Original States
(Rank #381)
Presidential Birthplace CoHPs
(Rank #32)
Atlantic Coast CoHPs
(Rank #13)
Ascent Info
Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users:
551
Show all viewable ascents/attempts
(Total: 486)
Selected Trip Reports:
2008-04-19 by Heather Hasch
2010-03-27 by David Gendreau
2010-08-17 by Micah Schneider
2010-08-28 by Ryan Aschbrenner
2010-11-13 by Scott Surgent
2011-01-29 by David Darby (GPS Track)
2011-05-24 by Tom Layton
2012-03-22 by Joseph Oliveri
2013-03-24 by Matthew Paille
2013-08-17 by Evey Snyder
2015-06-20 by Jason Rossman
2015-06-27 by Neil Benson
2015-08-29 by Michael Schwartz
2015-10-04 by Spencer Corcoran
2015-10-17 by Salil Jha
2016-03-16 by Douglas Webber (GPS Track)
2016-12-02 by Alex Lennon
2017-03-23 by Arthur Caverly (GPS Track)
2017-05-03 by Andrew Karr (GPS Track)
2017-06-25 by Daniel Musto (GPS Track)
2017-09-04 by Joseph Crabtree
2017-12-01 by Bill Symonds
2018-03-18 by Aaron Leger
2018-07-04 by Lisa Barboza (GPS Track)
2018-07-26 by Zackary Michek (GPS Track)
2019-01-06 by Charles Marshall (GPS Track)
2019-06-27 by Stan Plewak
2020-07-03 by Eric Chu (GPS Track)
2020-07-18 by Terry DelliQuadri
2020-08-24 by Justin Ewing (GPS Track)
2021-03-07 by Timothy Hutchings (GPS Track)
2021-03-20 by Eric Chu (GPS Track)
2021-03-20 by charles tiedemann (GPS Track)
2021-05-29 by Gustav Sexauer
2021-06-20 by David Pais
2021-07-11 by Peter Chinigo
2021-08-31 by Steven Fishback (GPS Track)
2021-12-05 by charles tiedemann (GPS Track)
2022-02-13 by Scott Burns
2022-03-27 by Chris Higgins
2022-08-29 by Jamie Meyers
2022-09-26 by Marc Frigon
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Looking west to Great Blue Hill (2015-06-20). Photo by
Jason Rossman
.
Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence
Key Col Page
(Detailed prominence information)
Clean Prominence
: 483 ft/147 m
Optimistic Prominence
: 501 ft/153 m
Key Col
: 157 ft/48 m
Isolation
Isolation Page
(Detailed isolation information)
Distance: 25.88 mi/41.65 km
Isolation Limit Point
: 42.234977, -71.617764
Nearest Higher Neighbor
in the
PBC database
:
Fay Mountain
(W)
Ranges
Continent:
North America
Range2:
Appalachian Mountains
Range3:
Northern U.S. Appalachians
Range4:
New England Upland
Range5:
Southern New England Upland
Drainage Basins
Massachusetts Bay
Atlantic-Eastern USA
Atlantic Ocean
Topo Map
Norwood O42071b1 1:25,000
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Great Blue Hill
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Other Photos
View from the summit of Great Blue Hill (2015-10-17). Photo by
Salil Jha
.
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View of Boston from Great Blue Hill Eliot Tower (2020-06-21). Photo by
Patrick Browne
.
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View west from Great Blue Hill summit/weather observatory (2020-12-26). Photo by
Patrick Browne
.
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Looking west to Great Blue Hill from Hemenway Hill (2020-12-20). Photo by
Patrick Browne
.
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