Sea Serpent (1978)
Sea Serpent (1978) is an artwork in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the south-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Sons of Provincetown WW1 Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 20 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.
His Majesty the Sea Serpent sighted by Capt Hawkins Wheeler aboard his sloop Concord of Fairfield, Cn. on June 6, 1819 off of the Race Point, Provincetown
How to reach it
- 20.5 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Ryder Street Beach: 0.1 mi
- Town Beach: 0.7 mi
- Town Beach: 1.1 mi
- Herring Cove Beach: 1.6 mi
- Boys Beach: 1.7 mi
- B Street Garden Conservation Restriction: 0.5 mi
- Adams Land: 0.6 mi
- Roderick Parcel: 0.6 mi
- Hawthorne Wildlife Sanctuary: 0.6 mi
- Delores Roderick Land: 0.7 mi
- High Pole Hill: 0.1 mi
- Town Hill: 0.3 mi
- Telegraph Hill: 0.8 mi
- Miller Hill: 0.8 mi
- Oak Head: 1.3 mi
- Town Hall Grounds: 0.0 mi
- Bas Relief Park: 0.1 mi
- Motta Field: 0.2 mi
- Old Ann Page Park: 0.4 mi
- Jerome Smith Field: 0.5 mi
- Sons of Provincetown WW1 Memorial: 0.0 mi
- AIDS Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Rose Dorothea: 0.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Mayflower Compact Memorial: 0.1 mi
- ART: 0.1 mi
- Rainbow Crosswalk: 0.1 mi
- Bubbles the Humpback: 0.1 mi
- Homage to the Fishermen (1989): 0.1 mi
- Mosaic (1997): 0.1 mi
- Provincetown Museum: 0.2 mi
- Atlantic White Shark Conservancy: 0.2 mi
- Provincetown Art Association & Museum;Provincetown Art Association and Museum: 0.5 mi
- Old Harbor Life Saving Museum: 2.5 mi
- Highland House Museum: 6.3 mi
- Dolphin Fleet · Whale Watch: 0.1 mi
- Dolphin Fleet Whale Watch: 0.2 mi
- Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat CG 36500: 19.6 mi
- Penniman House: 19.7 mi
- Jonathan Young Windmill: 20.6 mi
- Highland/Cape Cod Light: 6.4 mi
- Keeper's House: 17.8 mi
- Oil House: 17.8 mi
- Nauset Light: 17.8 mi
- Pumphouse: 21.5 mi
- truck pull-off: 23.1 mi
- truck pull-off: 24.1 mi
- truck pull-off: 24.2 mi
- truck pull-off: 24.4 mi
- rest area: 24.7 mi
- Indian Neck: 12.8 mi
- Lookout Point: 23.4 mi
- Salten Point: 24.3 mi
- Fullers Point: 24.4 mi
- Peaked Cliff: 24.6 mi
- PAAM Sculpture Garden: 0.5 mi
- Suzanne's Garden: 1.1 mi
- Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 15.2 mi
- Long Point: 1.8 mi
- Picnick Area: 21.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sea Serpent (1978). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park Hill | SSE 159° | 165 m | 21.7 mi |
| Manomet Hill | WSW 248° | 114 m | 22.4 mi |
| Pine Hills | WSW 249° | 95 m | 22.1 mi |
| Mountain Hill | SW 232° | 61 m | 24.0 mi |
| Signal Hill | S 180° | 60 m | 21.9 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | WSW 243° | 55 m | 23.2 mi |
| Hio Hill | SW 236° | 54 m | 23.2 mi |
| Bay Hill | SW 234° | 53 m | 24.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 19:38 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:03 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 15:28 | 16:13 |
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 | 32 | 33 | 38 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hyannis Barnstable Muni AP, 27 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/5691786471
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