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Abraham Blish

Abraham Blish from directly overhead

Abraham Blish is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 17 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is US Coast Guard Heritage Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) runs past it.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
Original Settler with the Barnstable Colony in 1640. Selected Grand Juror, Hayward, Constable, and Highway Surveyor. Served with Militia of the Colony of New Plymouth. In 1658, he built and operated one of the First Grist Mills in America...
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Coordinates41.70033, -70.29874
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Cobbs Hill: 0.2 mi
  • Shootflying Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Clay Hill: 3.2 mi
  • White Hill: 4.5 mi
Beaches
  • Millway Beach: 0.6 mi
  • Wequaquet Lake Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Wequaquet Estates Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Opeechee Heights Beach: 3.5 mi
  • Grays Beach: 3.7 mi
Parks
  • Sunset Lane Beach Access: 0.7 mi
  • Anthony & Georgia Botsey Park: 3.2 mi
  • Park Square: 3.3 mi
  • Hyannis Village Green: 3.4 mi
  • Michael K. Aselton Memorial Park: 3.5 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites: 52
Museums: 50
Artworks: 26
Attractions: 24
  • Wackenhammer's Clockwork Arcade and Carousel: 3.5 mi
  • Putter's Paradise: 3.5 mi
  • Jump On Us!: 3.9 mi
  • Pirates Cove: 5.3 mi
  • Cape Cod Airfield Biplane Rides: 5.7 mi
Gardens: 15
  • Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 4.7 mi
  • Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 9.3 mi
  • Mashpee Community Garden: 10.2 mi
  • McInnes Garden: 11.1 mi
  • Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 11.1 mi
Cliffs: 14
Rest areas: 12
  • Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 1.1 mi
  • truck pull-off: 3.2 mi
  • truck pull-off: 5.4 mi
  • truck pull-off: 5.4 mi
  • truck pull-off: 5.7 mi
Lighthouses: 12
Picnic sites: 4
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 14.4 mi
  • Picnick Area: 14.9 mi
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 15.3 mi
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.8 miles of Abraham Blish. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillENE 74°165 m14.2 mi
Manomet HillNW 316°114 m21.7 mi
Pine HillW 272°93 m13.8 mi
Telegraph HillWNW 283°85 m9.9 mi
Flatrock HillWNW 287°82 m12.9 mi
Avery HillW 279°80 m13.5 mi
Discovery HillW 281°77 m8.9 mi
Deer Horn HillW 260°71 m15.2 mi
Conditions

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 solstice07:0615:3016:14

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, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9405277387

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