Bellevue Hill, Boston

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Bellevue Hill is the highest natural point in the city of Boston and Suffolk County[1][2][3]. It rises to a height of 330 feet (101m) above sea level[4]. Located in the West Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, the closest major intersection is that of Washington Street and West Roxbury Parkway.

On it lies the Bellevue standpipe, which is on the Boston Register of Historic Places[5][6].


[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=6759
  2. ^ http://www.hubonwheels.org/default.asp?go=rides&m=3
  3. ^ http://www.boston-online.com/cityviews/
  4. ^ http://capecodhistory.us/Mass1890/Boston1890.htm
  5. ^ http://www.helloboston.com/HistoricPlaces.Cfm
  6. ^ http://www.citytowninfo.com/places/massachusetts/boston/travel