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Conservation Land

Conservation Land from directly overhead

Conservation Land is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the northeast, 7.2 miles off. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 5.1 miles off. 51 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates41.67340, -70.11725

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Parks
  • Belmont Park: 2.5 mi
  • Brooks Park: 2.6 mi
  • Larsen Park: 2.7 mi
  • Johnny Kelley Park: 2.9 mi
  • Bass River Park: 3.3 mi
Peaks: 51
Museums: 34
Historic sites: 33
  • Eagle Point: 3.9 mi
  • Carroll A. DeSilver: 4.6 mi
  • Brenton I Wixon Memorial Park: 5.2 mi
  • Baxter Grist Mill: 7.5 mi
  • Chatham Civil War Memorial: 8.2 mi
Attractions: 17
Gardens: 12
  • Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 9.9 mi
  • Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 15.7 mi
  • Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 18.8 mi
  • Mashpee Community Garden: 19.0 mi
  • McInnes Garden: 20.6 mi
Rest areas: 10
  • truck pull-off: 2.1 mi
  • rest area: 3.2 mi
  • truck pull-off: 3.7 mi
  • truck pull-off: 4.2 mi
  • truck pull-off: 5.1 mi
Artworks: 8
Cliffs: 7
Lighthouses: 6
Picnic sites: 4
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 6.2 mi
  • Picnick Area: 8.0 mi
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 23.9 mi
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillNE 36°165 m7.2 mi
Pine HillW 276°93 m23.3 mi
Telegraph HillWNW 282°85 m19.5 mi
Flatrock HillWNW 285°82 m22.4 mi
Avery HillW 280°80 m23.1 mi
Discovery HillW 281°77 m18.4 mi
Deer Horn HillW 268°71 m24.4 mi
Discovery HillWNW 285°61 m23.5 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 °F313137455564717164544537
Precip in3.83.74.34.13.53.32.83.43.94.74.04.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Harwich, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29800566

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