Great Blue Hill

Great Blue Hill is a hill of 635 feet located within the in , and , , about 10 miles south of downtown Boston.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 600 feet
  • Description: mountain
  • Also known as: Big Blue Mountain”, “Blue Hill”, and “The Blue Hill

Places of Interest

Highlights include Blue Hills Ski Area and Eleanor Cabot Bradley Estate.

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is located on the western face of Great Blue Hill in . This land is part of the , a state park managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation.

Nature reserve
The is a nonprofit country house and garden ground museum in . It is operated by The Trustees of Reservations. The grounds are open every day, sunrise to sunset, without charge.

School
is an independent day school located in for toddlers through 8th graders. Thacher Montessori is accredited by the Association of Independent Schools of New England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Readville and Hyde Park.

Neighborhood
is part of the Hyde Park neighborhood of Boston. 's ZIP Code is 02136. It was called Dedham Low Plains from 1655 until it was renamed after James Read, the owner of the Dedham Manufacturing Company along , in 1847.

Suburb
Photo: Biruitorul, Public domain.
is the southernmost neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Situated 7.9 miles south of downtown Boston, it is home to a diverse range of people, housing types and social groups.

is a town in , United States. is an of . The population was 28,630 at the 2020 census.

Great Blue Hill

Latitude
42.21185° or 42° 12′ 43″ north
Longitude
-71.11416° or 71° 6′ 51″ west
Elevation
600 feet (183 metres)
Open location code
87JC6V6P+P8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 358273119
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
4938165
Wiki­data ID
Q1544232
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Uzbek—“Great Blue Hill” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: Great Blue Hill
  • Cebuano: Great Blue Hill
  • Chinese: 大藍山
  • Dutch: Great Blue Hill
  • Egyptian Arabic: جبل جريات بلو هيل
  • French: Great Blue Hill
  • German: Great Blue Hill
  • Japanese: グレート・ブルー・ヒル
  • Ladin: Great Blue Hill
  • Portuguese: Great blue hill
  • Portuguese: Great Blue Hill
  • Urdu: گریٹ بلیو ہل
  • Uzbek: Buyuk koʻk togʻ

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Ponkapoag and Brush Hill.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Eliot Tower and Path Continues.

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