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Captain Small Road

Captain Small Road from directly overhead

Captain Small Road is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the east-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Hazelmoor Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 2.0 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates41.67827, -70.20324

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hazelmoor Park: 0.2 mi
  • Wings Grove Beach & Park: 0.8 mi
  • Wings Grove Beach & Park: 0.8 mi
  • Wings Grove Beach & Park: 0.8 mi
  • Peter Homer Park: 0.9 mi
Peaks
  • German hill: 0.9 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Black Ball Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Hokum Rock: 4.0 mi
  • Signal Hill: 4.0 mi
Beaches
Historic sites: 40
Museums: 39
Attractions: 20
  • Pirates Cove: 2.1 mi
  • Jump On Us!: 3.1 mi
  • Putter's Paradise: 3.4 mi
  • Wackenhammer's Clockwork Arcade and Carousel: 4.8 mi
  • Grand Slam Entertainment: 5.6 mi
Gardens: 14
  • Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 14.4 mi
  • Mashpee Community Garden: 14.7 mi
  • McInnes Garden: 16.2 mi
  • Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 16.3 mi
Rest areas: 11
  • truck pull-off: 1.0 mi
  • rest area: 1.9 mi
  • truck pull-off: 2.0 mi
  • truck pull-off: 3.7 mi
  • Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 4.4 mi
Lighthouses: 11
Cliffs: 10
Artworks: 9
Picnic sites: 4
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
  • Picnick Area: 11.1 mi
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 19.6 mi
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 20.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.5 miles of Captain Small Road. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillENE 57°165 m10.3 mi
Pine HillW 277°93 m18.8 mi
Telegraph HillWNW 285°85 m15.1 mi
Flatrock HillWNW 287°82 m18.1 mi
Avery HillWNW 282°80 m18.7 mi
Discovery HillWNW 283°77 m14.0 mi
Deer Horn HillW 267°71 m19.9 mi
Discovery HillWNW 288°61 m19.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1618:53
June solstice05:0719:3720:19
September equinox06:2918:0318:40
December solstice07:0515:2916:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323338475766737264554537
Precip in3.93.24.33.93.43.12.73.33.84.34.14.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hyannis Barnstable Muni AP, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29800180

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