Nature reserve · Massachusetts
Coonamessett Bogs
Coonamessett Bogs is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Peaked Hill stands 95 m to the south-southwest, 18 miles off. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 12 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates41.59097, -70.57118
- 11.9 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Coonamessett Bogs: 0.3 mi
- Coonamessett Bogs: 0.9 mi
- Cr #17: 1.1 mi
- Spectacle Pond Reservation: 1.1 mi
- Conservation Land: 1.2 mi
Parks
- Coonamessett Greenway Heritage Trail: 0.5 mi
- Sandwich Road Playing Fields: 1.3 mi
- Fonseca Park: 1.9 mi
- Trotting Park: 2.0 mi
- Teaticket Park: 2.1 mi
Beaches
- Menahaunt Beach: 3.0 mi
- Menauhant Beach: 3.0 mi
- Menahaunt Beach: 3.0 mi
- Bristol Beach: 3.3 mi
- Black Beach: 3.9 mi
Peaks
- Telegraph Hill: 3.1 mi
- Swifts Hill: 4.0 mi
- Mt. Otis: 4.0 mi
- Riddle Hill: 4.3 mi
- Mt. Zig: 4.3 mi
Historic sites: 50
- Falmouth Police Memorial: 3.0 mi
- Katharine Lee Bates: 3.5 mi
- HU-25 Falcon: 5.6 mi
- HU-16 Albatross: 5.6 mi
- Location of Hotel Attaquin: 6.0 mi
Museums: 43
- Saconesset Homestead and Museum: 3.4 mi
- Falmouth Museums on the Green: 3.5 mi
- Cape Cod Children's Museum: 4.9 mi
- Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Museum: 6.0 mi
- Woods Hole Historical Museum: 6.8 mi
Attractions: 27
- Falmouth Road Race Finish Line: 3.4 mi
- The Liberté: 3.7 mi
- Falmouth Road Race Starting Line: 6.9 mi
- Marstons Mills Herring Run: 9.1 mi
- Flying Horses Carousel: 9.3 mi
Cliffs: 22
- Falmouth Cliffs: 4.3 mi
- bluff: 5.6 mi
- Falmouth Heights: 6.3 mi
- Nobska Point: 8.3 mi
- Husselton Head: 8.5 mi
Gardens: 17
- Colonial Gardens: 3.5 mi
- Spohr Public Gardens: 4.9 mi
- Mashpee Community Garden: 6.0 mi
- Garden of Our Lady: 6.8 mi
- Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 11.2 mi
Artworks: 12
- Buddha: 4.6 mi
- Tree of Bike: 4.8 mi
- Helen Keller: 6.9 mi
- Whale Tail: 6.9 mi
- Rachel Carson: 6.9 mi
Rest areas: 9
- truck pull-off: 11.7 mi
- truck pull-off: 11.8 mi
- Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 13.3 mi
- Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 16.0 mi
- truck pull-off: 18.3 mi
Lighthouses: 7
- Nobska Point Light: 6.8 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 7.7 mi
- Oil House: 7.7 mi
- West Chop Light: 7.8 mi
- Keeper's House: 7.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Bourne Recreation Area: 10.8 mi
- Herring Run Recreational Area: 12.6 mi
Springs: 1
- Crystal Spring: 15.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.9 miles of Coonamessett Bogs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peaked Hill | SSW 208° | 94.8 m | 18.3 mi |
| Pine Hill | N 2° | 93 m | 8.1 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | NNE 24° | 85 m | 10.8 mi |
| Flatrock Hill | N 9° | 82 m | 11.4 mi |
| Avery Hill | N 4° | 80 m | 9.8 mi |
| Prospect Hill | SSW 210° | 78 m | 18.0 mi |
| Discovery Hill | NNE 30° | 77 m | 10.7 mi |
| Deer Horn Hill | N 349° | 71 m | 4.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| 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.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29703872
Day trips start here
- Marion · 12 mi
- Mattapoisett · 13 mi
- SouthCoast · 14 mi
- Wareham · 14 mi
- Rochester · 16 mi
- New Bedford · 19 mi
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