Long Point
Long Point is a ghost town in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the south-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Pilgrim's First Landing Memorial, a historic site 1.4 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 19 miles off. 47 named summits stand within 25 miles.
village in the United States
What the record says
- Founded
- 1818
How to reach it
- 18.7 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Town Beach: 1.5 mi
- Ryder Street Beach: 1.8 mi
- Boys Beach: 2.2 mi
- Herring Cove Beach: 2.6 mi
- Great Hollow Beach: 4.0 mi
- Telegraph Hill: 1.6 mi
- High Pole Hill: 1.9 mi
- Town Hill: 2.1 mi
- Miller Hill: 2.3 mi
- Mount Gilboa: 2.7 mi
- Downey Parcel: 1.6 mi
- B Street Garden Conservation Restriction: 2.0 mi
- Adams Land: 2.1 mi
- Heibert Parcel: 2.1 mi
- Shank Painter Pond Wildlife Sanctuary: 2.2 mi
- Pilgrim's First Landing Park: 1.4 mi
- Town Hall Grounds: 1.9 mi
- Bas Relief Park: 1.9 mi
- Motta Field: 2.1 mi
- Old Ann Page Park: 2.3 mi
- Pilgrim's First Landing Memorial: 1.4 mi
- Rose's Wharf: 1.7 mi
- Sons of Provincetown WW1 Memorial: 1.8 mi
- AIDS Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 1.9 mi
- They Also Faced the Sea: 1.6 mi
- Homage to the Fishermen (1989): 1.8 mi
- ART: 1.8 mi
- Bubbles the Humpback: 1.8 mi
- Sea Serpent (1978): 1.8 mi
- Atlantic White Shark Conservancy: 1.7 mi
- Provincetown Museum: 2.0 mi
- Provincetown Art Association & Museum;Provincetown Art Association and Museum: 2.1 mi
- Old Harbor Life Saving Museum: 4.3 mi
- Highland House Museum: 5.6 mi
- Dolphin Fleet Whale Watch: 1.7 mi
- Dolphin Fleet · Whale Watch: 1.8 mi
- Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat CG 36500: 17.8 mi
- Penniman House: 17.9 mi
- Jonathan Young Windmill: 18.8 mi
- Indian Neck: 11.1 mi
- Salten Point: 22.9 mi
- Lookout Point: 23.0 mi
- Fullers Point: 23.2 mi
- Peaked Cliff: 24.1 mi
- PAAM Sculpture Garden: 2.1 mi
- Suzanne's Garden: 2.3 mi
- Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 13.5 mi
- Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 24.7 mi
- Highland/Cape Cod Light: 5.7 mi
- Nauset Light: 16.1 mi
- Pumphouse: 22.1 mi
- Plymouth Light: 22.1 mi
- truck pull-off: 21.3 mi
- Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 24.3 mi
- Picnick Area: 19.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Long Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park Hill | SSE 159° | 165 m | 19.9 mi |
| Manomet Hill | WSW 252° | 114 m | 22.6 mi |
| Pine Hills | WSW 254° | 95 m | 22.3 mi |
| Mountain Hill | WSW 237° | 61 m | 23.6 mi |
| Signal Hill | S 182° | 60 m | 20.2 mi |
| Hio Hill | WSW 240° | 54 m | 22.9 mi |
| Bay Hill | WSW 238° | 53 m | 24.3 mi |
| Indian Hill | WSW 242° | 49 m | 21.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 19:38 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:03 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 15:28 | 16:13 |
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, 25 mi away.
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