French Cable Station Museum
French Cable Station Museum is a museum in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the southwest, 3.2 miles off. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 1.1 miles off. 43 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
historic telegraph station in Orleans, Massachusetts, United States
Dates from 1891.
Wikidata Q5501700, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Meadow On The Cove: 0.1 mi
- Window On The Cove: 0.2 mi
- Snows Home & Garden Cr: 0.3 mi
- Snows Home & Garden Cr: 0.3 mi
- Sea Call Farm: 0.4 mi
- Eldredge Park: 0.4 mi
- Windmill Park: 0.5 mi
- Town of Brewster vacant structure: 2.9 mi
- Cape Cod Sea Camps: 3.0 mi
- Windmill Green: 3.0 mi
- Rock Harbor Beach: 1.4 mi
- Skaket Beach: 1.6 mi
- First Encounter Beach: 2.2 mi
- Crosby Landing Beach: 2.4 mi
- Herring Pond Beach: 2.4 mi
- Mill Hill: 1.1 mi
- Tawasentha Hill: 2.4 mi
- Fort Hill: 2.5 mi
- Skiff Hill: 2.7 mi
- Grassy Nook: 2.9 mi
- Jeremiah's Gutter: 0.7 mi
- Coast Guard Motor Life Boat CG36500: 1.4 mi
- Battle of Orleans Massachusetts 1814: 1.4 mi
- Capped Foundation of Former Gunn Dairy Barn: 2.5 mi
- Eastham Train Depot and Water Tower: 2.9 mi
- French Cable Station Museum: 0.0 mi
- Eastham 1869 Schoolhouse Museum: 3.6 mi
- Cobb House Museum: 5.5 mi
- Chatham Marconi Maritime Center: 5.8 mi
- Chatham Shark Center: 6.4 mi
- The Catch: 0.3 mi
- Chime: 6.5 mi
- James Otis Jr.: 17.4 mi
- Mercy Otis Warren: 17.4 mi
- The Great Green Whale: 17.6 mi
- Jonathan Young Windmill: 0.5 mi
- Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat CG 36500: 1.4 mi
- Penniman House: 2.4 mi
- Stick'n Rudder Aero Tours: 6.8 mi
- Fish Pier Observation Deck: 7.1 mi
- truck pull-off: 3.5 mi
- truck pull-off: 5.5 mi
- truck pull-off: 6.7 mi
- truck pull-off: 9.8 mi
- rest area: 11.6 mi
- Nauset Light: 5.3 mi
- Keeper's House: 5.3 mi
- Oil House: 5.3 mi
- U.S. Coast Guard Station: 8.3 mi
- Oil House: 8.3 mi
- Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 6.5 mi
- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 19.4 mi
- PAAM Sculpture Garden: 21.0 mi
- Suzanne's Garden: 21.0 mi
- Indian Neck: 8.7 mi
- Top of Eroding Coastal Bank (Spring 2025): 9.2 mi
- Salten Point: 17.4 mi
- Fullers Point: 20.9 mi
- Picnick Area: 2.4 mi
- Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
- Long Point: 19.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of French Cable Station Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park Hill | SW 230° | 165 m | 3.2 mi |
| Signal Hill | WSW 250° | 60 m | 10.7 mi |
| Clay Hill | WSW 250° | 58 m | 20.4 mi |
| Black Ball Hill | WSW 249° | 45 m | 11.2 mi |
| Mill Hill | SW 221° | 41 m | 1.1 mi |
| The Highlands | NNW 348° | 41 m | 17.8 mi |
| Green Hill | N 350° | 38 m | 16.0 mi |
| Scorton Hill | WSW 258° | 35 m | 21.5 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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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