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Saconesset Homestead and Museum

Saconesset Homestead and Museum from directly overhead

Saconesset Homestead and Museum is a museum in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 10 m. Peaked Hill stands 95 m to the south-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Cornell Cr (Shapquit Bars Rd), a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 13 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
10 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.60711, -70.63310

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Cornell Cr (Shapquit Bars Rd): 0.3 mi
  • Moraine Tract: 0.3 mi
  • Nashawena And Lummis Cr: 0.3 mi
  • Cornell Cr (Shapquit Bars Rd): 0.3 mi
  • Keller Cr (Chase Rd): 0.3 mi
Parks
  • Swift Park: 0.5 mi
  • Cathedral Pines: 1.1 mi
  • John L. Neill Youth Baseball Complex: 2.9 mi
  • Trotting Park Skate Park: 2.9 mi
  • Nye Park: 3.1 mi
Peaks
Beaches
Museums: 56
Historic sites: 54
  • Katharine Lee Bates: 3.9 mi
  • Falmouth Police Memorial: 4.0 mi
  • Woods Holl: 6.0 mi
  • Nobska Lighthouse: 6.4 mi
  • HU-25 Falcon: 6.8 mi
Attractions: 30
  • The Liberté: 4.6 mi
  • Falmouth Road Race Finish Line: 4.7 mi
  • Falmouth Road Race Starting Line: 6.0 mi
  • Flying Horses Carousel: 11.1 mi
  • Marstons Mills Herring Run: 11.7 mi
Cliffs: 23
Gardens: 17
Artworks: 16
Rest areas: 8
  • Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 12.0 mi
  • truck pull-off: 13.5 mi
  • truck pull-off: 13.7 mi
  • Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 18.6 mi
  • truck pull-off: 21.0 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Picnic sites: 2
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 9.9 mi
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 12.1 mi
Springs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Saconesset Homestead and Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Peaked HillSSW 198°94.8 m18.1 mi
Pine HillNNE 26°93 m7.8 mi
Telegraph HillNE 41°85 m11.6 mi
Flatrock HillNNE 26°82 m11.3 mi
Avery HillNNE 24°80 m9.5 mi
Prospect HillSSW 200°78 m17.7 mi
Discovery HillNE 46°77 m11.8 mi
Deer Horn HillNNE 32°71 m4.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1818:55
June solstice05:0919:3920:21
September equinox06:3118:0518:42
December solstice07:0715:3116:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323337475665727266564638

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woods Hole Golf Club, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/367781436

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