Eastham Train Depot and Water Tower
Eastham Train Depot and Water Tower is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 6 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the south-southwest, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Cottontail Acres Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 3.8 miles off. 41 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Foundation pilings of former Eastham Train Depot building and water tower. At least 10 concrete foundation pilings remain. One contains metal spike as survey marker.
The story
Town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.
Dates from 1644.
Wikidata Q2303096, matched on coordinates and name (581 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 6 m
How to reach it
- 3.8 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Herring Pond Beach: 0.6 mi
- Wiley Park Beach: 0.8 mi
- Herring Brook Beach: 1.2 mi
- First Encounter Beach: 1.4 mi
- Thumpertown Beach: 1.5 mi
- Windmill Green: 0.3 mi
- Wiley Park: 0.7 mi
- Three Sisters of Nauset: 2.4 mi
- Windmill Park: 2.5 mi
- Mill Field: 3.2 mi
- Cottontail Acres Conservation Area: 0.3 mi
- Opel / Emerson Cr: 0.4 mi
- Nickerson Property: 0.7 mi
- Deacon Paine: 0.7 mi
- Habitat Restoration Project: 0.7 mi
- Skiff Hill: 1.1 mi
- Fort Hill: 1.3 mi
- Mill Hill: 3.9 mi
- Tawasentha Hill: 4.3 mi
- Grassy Nook: 5.6 mi
- Capped Foundation of Former Gunn Dairy Barn: 1.2 mi
- Jeremiah's Gutter: 2.3 mi
- Coast Guard Motor Life Boat CG36500: 2.5 mi
- Battle of Orleans Massachusetts 1814: 2.5 mi
- Brenton I Wixon Memorial Park: 7.9 mi
- Eastham 1869 Schoolhouse Museum: 0.7 mi
- French Cable Station Museum: 2.9 mi
- Cobb House Museum: 7.2 mi
- Wellfleet Historical Society Museum: 7.9 mi
- Cape Cod Museum of Natural History: 8.7 mi
- The Catch: 3.2 mi
- Chime: 3.7 mi
- They Also Faced the Sea: 18.3 mi
- Homage to the Fishermen (1989): 18.5 mi
- Bubbles the Humpback: 18.5 mi
- Penniman House: 1.1 mi
- Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat CG 36500: 2.5 mi
- Jonathan Young Windmill: 2.5 mi
- Brewster Historical Society Windmill Village: 9.0 mi
- Fish Pier Observation Deck: 9.9 mi
- Nauset Light: 2.5 mi
- U.S. Coast Guard Station: 11.1 mi
- Chatham Light: 11.1 mi
- Highland/Cape Cod Light: 15.0 mi
- Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 3.7 mi
- Suzanne's Garden: 18.6 mi
- PAAM Sculpture Garden: 18.7 mi
- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 21.4 mi
- Indian Neck: 6.0 mi
- Top of Eroding Coastal Bank (Spring 2025): 12.0 mi
- Salten Point: 18.7 mi
- Fullers Point: 22.0 mi
- Picnick Area: 5.0 mi
- Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 10.9 mi
- truck pull-off: 6.3 mi
- Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 18.7 mi
- Long Point: 16.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Eastham Train Depot and Water Tower. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park Hill | SSW 209° | 165 m | 5.7 mi |
| Signal Hill | WSW 238° | 60 m | 12.3 mi |
| Clay Hill | WSW 243° | 58 m | 21.8 mi |
| Black Ball Hill | WSW 237° | 45 m | 12.8 mi |
| Mill Hill | SSW 195° | 41 m | 3.9 mi |
| The Highlands | NNW 344° | 41 m | 15.0 mi |
| Green Hill | NNW 347° | 38 m | 13.2 mi |
| Scorton Hill | WSW 251° | 35 m | 22.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 19:37 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:02 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 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 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 71 | 71 | 64 | 54 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chatham Muni AP, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/855665029
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