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Briant's Neck

Briant's Neck from directly overhead

Briant's Neck is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 13 m. Pine Hill stands 93 m to the northwest, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Santuit Pond Preserve, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 5.7 miles off.

About

The story

cape in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States of America

Wikidata Q49867283, matched on coordinates and name (106 m apart).

The record

What the record says

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Coordinates41.65230, -70.45667
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Park: 0.8 mi
  • Mashpee Community Park: 1.3 mi
  • Collins Lot: 1.3 mi
  • Attaquin Park: 1.5 mi
  • Hamblin Pond Beach: 2.5 mi
Beaches
  • Wakeby lake at Ryder Conservation Beach: 1.6 mi
  • Hamblini Pond Beach: 2.5 mi
  • Triangle Beach: 3.1 mi
  • Camp Burgess Waterfront: 3.2 mi
  • Loop Beach: 3.4 mi
Peaks
  • Discovery Hill: 5.0 mi
  • Clay Hill: 5.6 mi
  • Scorton Hill: 5.7 mi
  • Telegraph Hill: 5.8 mi
  • Shootflying Hill: 6.3 mi
Museums: 57
Historic sites: 50
  • Trout's Grave: 0.4 mi
  • Mashpee Veterans' War Monument: 1.3 mi
  • Location of Hotel Attaquin: 1.4 mi
  • HU-16 Albatross: 3.7 mi
  • HU-25 Falcon: 3.7 mi
Attractions: 26
  • Marstons Mills Herring Run: 2.2 mi
  • Cape Cod Airfield Biplane Rides: 3.4 mi
  • Green Briar Jam Kitchen: 6.5 mi
  • The Green Briar Nature Center: 6.5 mi
  • Wackenhammer's Clockwork Arcade and Carousel: 8.7 mi
Cliffs: 17
Gardens: 15
  • Mashpee Community Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 6.5 mi
  • Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 7.0 mi
  • McInnes Garden: 7.0 mi
  • Cape Cod Hydrangea Society Display Garden: 7.1 mi
Artworks: 15
Rest areas: 12
  • truck pull-off: 4.6 mi
  • truck pull-off: 4.6 mi
  • Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 9.0 mi
  • truck pull-off: 11.4 mi
  • Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 11.9 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Picnic sites: 4
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 9.4 mi
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 9.9 mi
  • Picnick Area: 23.7 mi
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 23.8 mi
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Briant's Neck. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine HillNW 305°93 m6.8 mi
Telegraph HillNNW 345°85 m5.8 mi
Flatrock HillNNW 329°82 m8.2 mi
Avery HillNW 317°80 m7.6 mi
Discovery HillN 353°77 m5.0 mi
Deer Horn HillW 275°71 m6.9 mi
Flagg HillNNW 330°64 m19.2 mi
Discovery HillNW 326°61 m9.2 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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/10908731734

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