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Benjamin Bodfish Memorial

Benjamin Bodfish Memorial from directly overhead

Benjamin Bodfish Memorial is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Sandy Neck Beach, a beach 0.1 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 1.2 miles off.

About

The story

park in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Wikidata Q49475170, joined on its GNIS feature id.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
0 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.73894, -70.38083
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • White Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Scorton Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Clay Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Spring Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Shootflying Hill: 4.3 mi
Museums
Parks
  • Discover Flying RC- Cape Cod Airfield: 3.7 mi
  • Rolling Ridge Park: 4.0 mi
  • Ellen A. McBarron Field: 4.7 mi
  • Sunset Lane Beach Access: 4.9 mi
  • Burgess Park: 5.3 mi
Historic sites: 57
Artworks: 36
Attractions: 27
  • Cape Cod Airfield Biplane Rides: 4.0 mi
  • The Green Briar Nature Center: 4.5 mi
  • Green Briar Jam Kitchen: 4.6 mi
  • Marstons Mills Herring Run: 6.3 mi
  • Wackenhammer's Clockwork Arcade and Carousel: 7.8 mi
Gardens: 17
  • Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 4.5 mi
  • McInnes Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 6.5 mi
  • Herb Garden: 6.5 mi
  • North American Hydrangea Test Garden: 6.5 mi
Cliffs: 16
Lighthouses: 14
Rest areas: 12
  • truck pull-off: 2.5 mi
  • truck pull-off: 2.6 mi
  • Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 6.0 mi
  • truck pull-off: 8.1 mi
  • truck pull-off: 10.2 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 9.6 mi
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 10.7 mi
  • Picnick Area: 18.6 mi
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 20.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.9 miles of Benjamin Bodfish Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillE 86°165 m17.9 mi
Manomet HillNW 320°114 m16.9 mi
Pine HillsNW 322°95 m17.2 mi
Pine HillWSW 258°93 m9.8 mi
Telegraph HillW 266°85 m5.4 mi
Flatrock HillW 278°82 m8.2 mi
Avery HillW 267°80 m9.1 mi
Discovery HillWSW 258°77 m4.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:1718:54
June solstice05:0819:3820:20
September equinox06:3018:0418:41
December solstice07:0615:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293136465664706962524336
Precip in4.94.05.34.63.94.13.83.03.95.34.75.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Sandwich, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358265495

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