Rattlesnake Hill – Summit in Norfolk, Massachusetts

Identifier

GNIS Feature ID 612522

Location

State Massachusetts

County Norfolk

Feature Class Summit

Coordinates

DMS

42°05'27"N 71°08'32"W

Decimal Degrees

42.0908144, -71.1422488

Elevation

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USGS 7.5′ Quad Map

Quad Name Mansfield

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Protected Areas

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Nearest Populated Place

Stoughton Junction

2.4 mi E

Also Known As

Rattle Snake Hill

Hydrography

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Description

2.8 mi SE of Sharon; Town of Sharon.

History

"So named from the venomous reptile which infests it" (Nason 1874).

Nearby Features

Briggs Pond Reservoir · 0.9 mi S
Dry Pond Lake · 1.2 mi NNE
Puds Pond Lake · 1.4 mi S
Ames Long Pond Lake · 1.5 mi ESE
Sucker Brook Stream · 1.5 mi WNW
Muddy Pond Lake · 1.7 mi NNE
Flyaway Pond Lake · 1.8 mi SE
Leach Pond Lake · 1.9 mi SSW
Massapoag Lake Lake · 2.0 mi WNW
Cow Hill Summit · 2.2 mi WSW

Data Sources & Attribution

Feature data: U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) – U.S. Geological Survey.
Elevation: USGS Elevation Point Query Service (EPQS).
Topographic basemap: USGS National Map.
Quad map thumbnails: USGS US Topo.
Watershed boundaries: USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD).
Protected areas: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US) – Gap Analysis Project.
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