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Barnstable Forest

Barnstable Forest from directly overhead

Barnstable Forest is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 44 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Shootflying Hill, a peak 0.3 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 0.6 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1978-12-27
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.68673, -70.34692
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Shootflying Hill: 0.3 mi
  • Clay Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Cobbs Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Scorton Hill: 3.4 mi
  • White Hill: 3.6 mi
Beaches
  • Wequaquet Lake Beach: 0.5 mi
  • Opeechee Heights Beach: 1.5 mi
  • Wequaquet Estates Beach: 1.8 mi
  • Millway Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Christian Camp Meeting Beach: 3.5 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Ellen A. McBarron Field: 1.9 mi
  • Anthony & Georgia Botsey Park: 2.1 mi
  • Mothers Park: 2.3 mi
  • Aaron S. Crosby Park: 2.5 mi
  • Discover Flying RC- Cape Cod Airfield: 2.8 mi
Museums: 57
Historic sites: 46
Attractions: 25
  • Cape Cod Airfield Biplane Rides: 3.1 mi
  • Wackenhammer's Clockwork Arcade and Carousel: 3.9 mi
  • Marstons Mills Herring Run: 4.3 mi
  • Putter's Paradise: 4.8 mi
  • Jump On Us!: 5.3 mi
Artworks: 17
Cliffs: 17
Gardens: 15
  • Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 7.5 mi
  • Mashpee Community Garden: 7.6 mi
  • McInnes Garden: 9.1 mi
  • Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 9.2 mi
Rest areas: 12
  • Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 3.0 mi
  • truck pull-off: 3.2 mi
  • truck pull-off: 3.5 mi
  • truck pull-off: 5.5 mi
  • truck pull-off: 7.9 mi
Lighthouses: 12
Picnic sites: 4
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 12.5 mi
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 13.1 mi
  • Picnick Area: 17.6 mi
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Barnstable Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillENE 73°165 m16.8 mi
Manomet HillNW 323°114 m20.8 mi
Pine HillsNW 324°95 m21.2 mi
Pine HillW 278°93 m11.4 mi
Telegraph HillWNW 294°85 m7.9 mi
Flatrock HillWNW 295°82 m10.9 mi
Avery HillWNW 286°80 m11.3 mi
Discovery HillWNW 293°77 m6.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:1718:54
June solstice05:0819:3820:20
September equinox06:2918:0418:41
December solstice07:0615:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313237465564717064544536
Precip in3.73.64.84.03.43.32.83.23.84.34.14.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hyannis, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29899990

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