The Great Green Whale
The Great Green Whale is an artwork in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Bay View Street Beach, a beach 0.1 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 3.6 miles off.
What the record says
- Material
- wood
How to reach it
- 3.6 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Bay View Street Beach: 0.1 mi
- Keyes Memorial Beach: 1.3 mi
- Keyes Beach: 1.4 mi
- Englewood Beach: 1.5 mi
- Hyannis Port Beach: 1.6 mi
- Bismore Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
- Michael K. Aselton Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
- John F. Kennedy Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
- Park Square: 0.5 mi
- Hyannis Village Green: 0.6 mi
- Lewis Bay: 0.5 mi
- Lewis Bay: 0.6 mi
- Conservation Land: 1.1 mi
- Smiths Point: 1.6 mi
- Pine Island: 1.7 mi
- Sunset Hill: 2.1 mi
- Prospect Hill: 3.2 mi
- Cobbs Hill: 3.8 mi
- Shootflying Hill: 4.4 mi
- German hill: 4.4 mi
- Cape Cod Maritime Museum: 0.4 mi
- Guyer Barn: 0.6 mi
- Zion Union Heritage Museum: 1.0 mi
- Whydah Pirate Museum: 2.5 mi
- Centerville Historical Museum: 3.8 mi
- John F Kennedy Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 0.5 mi
- American Legion Post 206: 0.6 mi
- Sachem Iyanough: 0.6 mi
- Baxter Grist Mill: 0.9 mi
- Wackenhammer's Clockwork Arcade and Carousel: 0.8 mi
- Putter's Paradise: 0.8 mi
- Jump On Us!: 1.1 mi
- Pirates Cove: 2.7 mi
- Marstons Mills Herring Run: 7.3 mi
- Salten Point: 4.7 mi
- Fullers Point: 8.3 mi
- bluff: 10.3 mi
- Top of Eroding Coastal Bank (Spring 2025): 16.2 mi
- Peaked Cliff: 17.7 mi
- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 1.8 mi
- Mashpee Community Garden: 10.9 mi
- Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 12.1 mi
- McInnes Garden: 13.7 mi
- Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 13.8 mi
- Saint John Paul: 0.6 mi
- James Otis Jr.: 4.1 mi
- Mercy Otis Warren: 4.1 mi
- Buddha: 12.7 mi
- Tree of Bike: 16.9 mi
- U.S. Coast Guard Station: 16.7 mi
- Oil House: 16.8 mi
- Chatham Light: 16.8 mi
- Oil House: 20.4 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 20.4 mi
- Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 2.8 mi
- truck pull-off: 3.1 mi
- truck pull-off: 5.1 mi
- rest area: 6.0 mi
- truck pull-off: 7.9 mi
- Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 14.4 mi
- Picnick Area: 15.2 mi
- Herring Run Recreational Area: 17.2 mi
- Bourne Recreation Area: 17.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.0 miles of The Great Green Whale. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park Hill | ENE 58° | 165 m | 14.4 mi |
| Pine Hill | WNW 286° | 93 m | 15.7 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | WNW 298° | 85 m | 12.5 mi |
| Flatrock Hill | WNW 298° | 82 m | 15.5 mi |
| Avery Hill | WNW 292° | 80 m | 15.8 mi |
| Discovery Hill | WNW 298° | 77 m | 11.4 mi |
| Deer Horn Hill | W 273° | 71 m | 16.3 mi |
| Discovery Hill | WNW 298° | 61 m | 16.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:17 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:38 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:04 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 15:30 | 16:14 |
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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/4711976601
Day trips start here
- Wareham · 24 mi
- Marion · 26 mi
- Mattapoisett · 28 mi
- Rochester · 29 mi
- SouthCoast · 29 mi
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