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Bay Road Conservation Area

Bay Road Conservation Area from directly overhead

Bay Road Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 17 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the north-northwest, 3.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Lady Slipper Lane Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 4.4 miles off. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Harwich

How to reach it

Coordinates41.71136, -70.00889

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Beaches
  • Fisherman's Landing: 1.1 mi
  • Forest Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Strong Island Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Red River Beach: 3.5 mi
  • Hardings Beach: 3.6 mi
Parks
  • Former Camp Wono: 3.0 mi
  • Veterans' Park: 3.0 mi
  • Nickerson Park: 3.1 mi
  • Kate Gould Park: 3.5 mi
  • Brooks Park: 3.6 mi
Peaks: 37
  • Cannon Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Grassy Nook: 3.1 mi
  • Deer Park Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Watch Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Nauset Beach Dunes: 4.0 mi
Historic sites: 31
Museums: 30
Attractions: 15
Rest areas: 10
  • truck pull-off: 1.8 mi
  • truck pull-off: 2.1 mi
  • truck pull-off: 3.0 mi
  • truck pull-off: 6.7 mi
  • rest area: 8.6 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Artworks: 7
Cliffs: 5
Gardens: 4
  • Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 11.8 mi
  • Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 16.0 mi
  • Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 23.8 mi
  • Mashpee Community Garden: 24.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 2.8 mi
  • Picnick Area: 3.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bay Road Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillNNW 337°165 m3.5 mi
Telegraph HillW 274°85 m24.7 mi
Discovery HillW 272°77 m23.7 mi
Signal HillW 280°60 m9.1 mi
Clay HillW 264°58 m18.1 mi
Black Ball HillW 278°45 m9.4 mi
Mill HillN 5°41 m4.5 mi
The HighlandsN 353°41 m22.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4418:1618:52
June solstice05:0619:3720:19
September equinox06:2818:0318:39
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, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1295118575

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