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Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden

Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden from directly overhead

Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden is a garden in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Hyannis Port Beach, a beach 0.2 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 4.7 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes
Fee
No

How to reach it

Coordinates41.63221, -70.30120

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Peaks
  • Sunset Hill: 0.3 mi
  • Shootflying Hill: 4.1 mi
  • Clay Hill: 4.7 mi
  • Cobbs Hill: 4.7 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 4.9 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Stone Memorial Park: 1.2 mi
  • Kalmus Park Beach: 1.3 mi
  • John F. Kennedy Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
  • Bismore Memorial Park: 1.6 mi
  • Hyannis Village Green: 1.7 mi
Museums: 45
  • Zion Union Heritage Museum: 1.4 mi
  • Guyer Barn: 1.6 mi
  • Cape Cod Maritime Museum: 1.7 mi
  • Centerville Historical Museum: 2.5 mi
  • Whydah Pirate Museum: 4.1 mi
Historic sites: 44
  • Railroad Wharf: 0.6 mi
  • American Legion Post 206: 1.3 mi
  • Korean War Memorial: 1.3 mi
  • John F Kennedy Memorial: 1.3 mi
  • Sachem Iyanough: 1.7 mi
Attractions: 22
  • Wackenhammer's Clockwork Arcade and Carousel: 1.4 mi
  • Putter's Paradise: 2.6 mi
  • Jump On Us!: 2.9 mi
  • Pirates Cove: 4.3 mi
  • Marstons Mills Herring Run: 6.0 mi
Cliffs: 17
Gardens: 14
  • Mashpee Community Garden: 9.5 mi
  • Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 11.6 mi
  • McInnes Garden: 13.1 mi
  • Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 13.2 mi
  • North American Hydrangea Test Garden: 13.3 mi
Artworks: 13
Lighthouses: 12
Rest areas: 11
  • Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 3.8 mi
  • truck pull-off: 4.9 mi
  • truck pull-off: 6.9 mi
  • truck pull-off: 7.4 mi
  • truck pull-off: 7.7 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 16.6 mi
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 16.8 mi
  • Picnick Area: 17.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.0 miles of Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillENE 58°165 m16.2 mi
Pine HillWNW 291°93 m14.6 mi
Telegraph HillNW 306°85 m11.8 mi
Flatrock HillNW 305°82 m14.9 mi
Avery HillWNW 298°80 m14.9 mi
Discovery HillNW 307°77 m10.7 mi
Deer Horn HillW 278°71 m15.0 mi
Discovery HillNW 304°61 m16.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:1718:53
June solstice05:0819:3820:20
September equinox06:2918:0418:40
December solstice07:0515:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313237465564717064544536
Precip in3.73.64.84.03.43.32.83.23.84.34.14.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hyannis, 2 mi away.

  • Atlantic Horseshoe Crab147 obs
  • American Herring Gull81 obs
  • rugosa rose62 obs
  • Dead Man's Fingers61 obs
  • Osprey59 obs
  • Atlantic Bay Scallop51 obs
  • Common Atlantic Slippersnail48 obs
  • Canada Goose43 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1326257950

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