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Cedar Island

Cedar Island from directly overhead

Cedar Island is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Manomet Hill stands 114 m to the north-northeast, 15 miles off. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 12 miles off.

The story

island in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Wikidata Q49634771, joined on its GNIS feature id.

What the record says

Elevation
0 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.73596, -70.72837

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Beaches
Parks
  • Point Road Park: 1.5 mi
  • Mary Besse Park and Pier: 1.6 mi
  • Mary Besse Park: 2.2 mi
  • Wing Park: 2.2 mi
  • Charles E Washburn Memorial Park: 2.5 mi
Peaks
  • Great Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Wankinco Neck: 2.1 mi
  • Brandy Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Lincoln Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Tempes Knob: 3.5 mi
Historic sites
Museums: 59
Attractions: 35
Cliffs: 19
Artworks: 18
  • Merchant Marine Memorial: 5.4 mi
  • Tree of Bike: 8.6 mi
  • Whale Tail: 14.9 mi
  • Rachel Carson: 14.9 mi
  • Helen Keller: 14.9 mi
Gardens: 18
  • Donald Marvin Daylily Garden: 11.4 mi
  • Cape Cod Hydrangea Society Display Garden: 11.5 mi
  • Hart Family Maze Garden: 11.5 mi
  • North American Hydrangea Test Garden: 11.5 mi
  • Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 11.5 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 6.8 mi
  • Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 14.3 mi
  • truck pull-off: 16.6 mi
  • truck pull-off: 16.9 mi
  • Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 23.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 7.3 mi
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 9.0 mi
Springs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Cedar Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Manomet HillNNE 28°114 m15.0 mi
Pine HillESE 103°93 m8.6 mi
Telegraph HillE 91°85 m12.5 mi
Flatrock HillE 82°82 m9.9 mi
Avery HillE 92°80 m8.8 mi
Discovery HillE 93°77 m13.5 mi
Deer Horn HillSE 126°71 m8.9 mi
Flagg HillNNE 22°64 m11.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1818:55
June solstice05:0919:4020:22
September equinox06:3118:0518:42
December solstice07:0815:3116:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303137465766737164544436
Precip in4.23.75.64.63.83.73.13.64.55.04.55.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Wareham, 4 mi away.

Mean tidal range 3.97 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Great Hill, MA, 2 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/89268888

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