Falmouth Heights
Falmouth Heights is a cliff in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 7 m. Peaked Hill stands 95 m to the south-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is MBL Cedar Swamp, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 18 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 7 m
How to reach it
- 18.0 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- MBL Cedar Swamp: 0.3 mi
- Salt Pond Frontage: 1.5 mi
- Haley Cr: 1.6 mi
- Salt Pond Frontage: 1.6 mi
- Surf Drive Beach Frontage: 1.6 mi
- Nobska Hill: 0.5 mi
- The Knob: 1.5 mi
- Mount Sod: 2.2 mi
- Riddle Hill: 2.5 mi
- Swifts Hill: 3.2 mi
- Nobska Beach: 0.5 mi
- Trunk River Beach: 0.9 mi
- Trunk River Beach: 1.0 mi
- Quissett Beach: 1.1 mi
- Garbage Beach: 1.1 mi
- WHOI - Rose Garden: 0.7 mi
- Taft's Playground: 1.1 mi
- Woods Hole Waterfront Park: 1.1 mi
- Hotel Park: 2.7 mi
- Falmouth Town Green: 2.8 mi
- Nobska Lighthouse: 0.5 mi
- Woods Holl: 1.0 mi
- Katharine Lee Bates: 2.8 mi
- Falmouth Police Memorial: 3.4 mi
- Soldiers Memorial: 6.7 mi
- Woods Hole Historical Museum: 0.8 mi
- Falmouth Museums on the Green: 2.8 mi
- Old Schoolhouse Museum and Liberty Pole: 5.2 mi
- Martha's Vineyard Museum: 5.7 mi
- Saconesset Homestead and Museum: 5.9 mi
- Falmouth Road Race Starting Line: 1.0 mi
- The Liberté: 2.7 mi
- Falmouth Road Race Finish Line: 3.2 mi
- Flying Horses Carousel: 6.6 mi
- Polly Hill Arboretum: 8.8 mi
- Nobska Point: 2.4 mi
- Husselton Head: 4.6 mi
- Makonikey Head: 4.8 mi
- South Bluff: 5.4 mi
- North Head: 5.7 mi
- Garden of Our Lady: 1.0 mi
- Spohr Public Gardens: 1.5 mi
- Colonial Gardens: 2.8 mi
- Mashpee Community Garden: 12.3 mi
- Rotch- Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum: 16.1 mi
- Helen Keller: 1.0 mi
- Whale Tail: 1.1 mi
- Rachel Carson: 1.1 mi
- Buddha: 8.8 mi
- Tree of Bike: 9.7 mi
- Nobska Point Light: 0.5 mi
- West Chop Light: 3.9 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 3.9 mi
- Keeper's House: 3.9 mi
- Keeper's House: 3.9 mi
- truck pull-off: 18.0 mi
- Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 18.0 mi
- truck pull-off: 18.0 mi
- Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 21.9 mi
- truck pull-off: 24.1 mi
- Bourne Recreation Area: 15.8 mi
- Herring Run Recreational Area: 18.0 mi
- Crystal Spring: 14.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.0 miles of Falmouth Heights. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peaked Hill | SSW 202° | 94.8 m | 12.3 mi |
| Pine Hill | NNE 19° | 93 m | 13.6 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | NNE 30° | 85 m | 16.9 mi |
| Flatrock Hill | NNE 20° | 82 m | 17.1 mi |
| Avery Hill | NNE 18° | 80 m | 15.3 mi |
| Prospect Hill | SSW 205° | 78 m | 11.9 mi |
| Discovery Hill | NE 34° | 77 m | 16.9 mi |
| Deer Horn Hill | NNE 19° | 71 m | 10.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:39 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:05 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 15:32 | 16:16 |
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 | 37 | 47 | 56 | 65 | 72 | 72 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woods Hole Golf Club, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358269287
Day trips start here
- Mattapoisett · 13 mi
- SouthCoast · 13 mi
- Marion · 14 mi
- New Bedford · 17 mi
- Rochester · 17 mi
- Wareham · 17 mi
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