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Dolphin Fleet Whale Watch

Dolphin Fleet Whale Watch from directly overhead

Dolphin Fleet Whale Watch is an attraction in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of -5 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the south-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Homage to the Fishermen (1989), a artwork 0.1 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 20 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

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Dolphin Fleet

How to reach it

Coordinates42.05055, -70.18354

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
  • Ryder Street Beach: 0.2 mi
  • Town Beach: 0.8 mi
  • Town Beach: 1.0 mi
  • Boys Beach: 1.8 mi
  • Herring Cove Beach: 1.8 mi
Peaks: 42
  • High Pole Hill: 0.3 mi
  • Town Hill: 0.4 mi
  • Miller Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Telegraph Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Oak Head: 1.3 mi
Parks: 36
  • Town Hall Grounds: 0.2 mi
  • Bas Relief Park: 0.2 mi
  • Motta Field: 0.4 mi
  • Old Ann Page Park: 0.5 mi
  • Jerome Smith Field: 0.6 mi
Historic sites: 25
Artworks: 24
  • Homage to the Fishermen (1989): 0.1 mi
  • Bubbles the Humpback: 0.1 mi
  • Rainbow Crosswalk: 0.1 mi
  • They Also Faced the Sea: 0.2 mi
  • Sea Serpent (1978): 0.2 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 6
  • truck pull-off: 23.0 mi
  • truck pull-off: 24.0 mi
  • truck pull-off: 24.2 mi
  • truck pull-off: 24.3 mi
  • rest area: 24.7 mi
Attractions: 5
Cliffs: 5
Gardens: 3
Ghost towns: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnick Area: 21.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dolphin Fleet Whale Watch. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillSSE 159°165 m21.6 mi
Manomet HillWSW 248°114 m22.6 mi
Pine HillsWSW 249°95 m22.2 mi
Mountain HillSW 233°61 m24.1 mi
Signal HillS 180°60 m21.9 mi
Telegraph HillWSW 243°55 m23.3 mi
Hio HillSW 236°54 m23.3 mi
Bay HillSW 234°53 m24.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1618:53
June solstice05:0619:3820:21
September equinox06:2918:0318:40
December solstice07:0615:2816:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323338475766737264554537
Precip in3.93.24.33.93.43.12.73.33.84.34.14.7

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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/4440866247

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