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Eastham Train Depot and Water Tower

Eastham Train Depot and Water Tower from directly overhead

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. 42 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.

About

The story

town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States

Dates from 1644.

Wikidata Q2303096, matched on coordinates and name (581 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Elevation
6 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.82999, -69.98146
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • 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
Beaches
  • 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
Peaks: 42
Historic sites: 37
Museums: 31
Artworks: 26
  • 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
Attractions: 14
Rest areas: 10
  • truck pull-off: 6.3 mi
  • truck pull-off: 8.2 mi
  • truck pull-off: 9.3 mi
  • truck pull-off: 12.1 mi
  • rest area: 13.6 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Gardens: 4
Cliffs: 4
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnick Area: 5.0 mi
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 10.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillSSW 209°165 m5.7 mi
Signal HillWSW 238°60 m12.3 mi
Clay HillWSW 243°58 m21.8 mi
Black Ball HillWSW 237°45 m12.8 mi
Mill HillSSW 195°41 m3.9 mi
The HighlandsNNW 344°41 m15.0 mi
Green HillNNW 347°38 m13.2 mi
Scorton HillWSW 251°35 m22.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4418:1518:52
June solstice05:0619:3720:19
September equinox06:2818:0218:39
December solstice07:0515:2816:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323338465564717164544537
Precip in3.83.64.44.03.32.92.83.03.64.24.55.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chatham Muni AP, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/855665029

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