Nature reserve · Massachusetts

Coonamessett Bogs

Coonamessett Bogs from directly overhead

Coonamessett Bogs is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Peaked Hill stands 95 m to the south-southwest, 18 miles off. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 12 miles off.

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What to expect

Access: Yes

Getting there

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Coordinates41.58970, -70.56533

11.8 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Coonamessett Bogs: 0.3 mi
Conservation Land: 0.9 mi
FCC Golf Course Woodland Conservation: 1.0 mi
Coonamessett Bogs: 1.1 mi
Hayway Road Woods: 1.2 mi

Parks

Coonamessett Greenway Heritage Trail: 0.5 mi
Sandwich Road Playing Fields: 1.4 mi
Fonseca Park: 1.6 mi
Childs River Access: 1.9 mi
Teaticket Park: 2.2 mi

Beaches

Menauhant Beach: 2.8 mi
Menahaunt Beach: 2.8 mi
Menahaunt Beach: 2.8 mi
Bristol Beach: 3.3 mi
South Cape Beach: 3.9 mi

Peaks

Telegraph Hill: 3.4 mi
Mt. Otis: 4.2 mi
Swifts Hill: 4.2 mi
Mt. Zig: 4.5 mi
Riddle Hill: 4.5 mi

Historic sites50

Falmouth Police Memorial: 3.1 mi
Katharine Lee Bates: 3.6 mi
HU-25 Falcon: 5.6 mi
HU-16 Albatross: 5.6 mi
Location of Hotel Attaquin: 5.8 mi

Museums43

Falmouth Museums on the Green: 3.7 mi
Saconesset Homestead and Museum: 3.7 mi
Cape Cod Children's Museum: 4.6 mi
Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Museum: 5.8 mi
Historical Society of Santuit and Cotuit: 6.8 mi

Attractions26

Falmouth Road Race Finish Line: 3.5 mi
The Liberté: 3.8 mi
Falmouth Road Race Starting Line: 7.1 mi
Marstons Mills Herring Run: 8.9 mi
Flying Horses Carousel: 9.2 mi

Cliffs22

Falmouth Cliffs: 4.6 mi
bluff: 5.3 mi
Falmouth Heights: 6.5 mi
Husselton Head: 8.5 mi
Nobska Point: 8.5 mi

Gardens17

Colonial Gardens: 3.7 mi
Spohr Public Gardens: 5.1 mi
Mashpee Community Garden: 5.8 mi
Garden of Our Lady: 6.9 mi
Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 11.2 mi

Artworks12

Buddha: 4.3 mi
Tree of Bike: 5.0 mi
Helen Keller: 7.1 mi
Whale Tail: 7.1 mi
Rachel Carson: 7.1 mi

Rest areas9

truck pull-off: 11.5 mi
truck pull-off: 11.6 mi
Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 13.4 mi
Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 15.8 mi
truck pull-off: 18.1 mi

Lighthouses7

Picnic sites2

Bourne Recreation Area: 10.9 mi
Herring Run Recreational Area: 12.7 mi

Springs1

Crystal Spring: 15.3 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.2 miles of Coonamessett Bogs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Peaked Hill	SSW 209°	94.8 m	18.4 mi
Pine Hill	N 360°	93 m	8.2 mi
Telegraph Hill	NNE 22°	85 m	10.7 mi
Flatrock Hill	N 7°	82 m	11.5 mi
Avery Hill	N 2°	80 m	9.8 mi
Prospect Hill	SSW 211°	78 m	18.1 mi
Discovery Hill	NNE 28°	77 m	10.6 mi
Deer Horn Hill	NNW 346°	71 m	5.0 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:47	18:18	18:54
June solstice	05:09	19:39	20:21
September equinox	06:30	18:05	18:41
December solstice	07:06	15:31	16:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	32	33	37	47	56	65	72	72	66	56	46	38

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woods Hole Golf Club, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29703474

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