Nature reserve
Cottonwood Street
Cottonwood Street is a nature reserve, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Copicut Hill stands 109 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Cottonwood Dogwood Ebony, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 21 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates41.58993, -70.83188
- 21.0 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
- 21.5 mi off the Paradise Ave and Other Roads
- 22.0 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 22.7 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Cottonwood Dogwood Ebony: 0.2 mi
- Cottonwood Dogwood Ebony: 0.2 mi
- Shipyard Farm: 1.2 mi
- Round Island: 1.2 mi
- Round Island: 1.3 mi
Beaches
- Brant Beach: 2.7 mi
- Grand Vue Beach: 3.6 mi
- Medeiros Beach: 3.8 mi
- Noname Beach: 4.3 mi
- Mattapoisett Town Beach: 4.8 mi
Parks
- Macomber Pimental Park: 2.8 mi
- South Shore Marshes Wildlife Management Area: 3.0 mi
- Camp Echo: 3.6 mi
- Fort Taber Park: 3.8 mi
- Mattapoisett Shipyard Park: 3.9 mi
Peaks
- Round Hill: 6.1 mi
- Tinkham Hill: 7.2 mi
- Mount Surat: 8.1 mi
- Mendall Hill: 8.1 mi
- Mount Cary: 8.2 mi
Historic sites: 53
- New Bedford Merchant Mariners: 3.6 mi
- Battery Gaston: 3.6 mi
- Battery Walcott: 3.6 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 3.6 mi
- Honoring The Women in Military Service: 3.7 mi
Museums: 46
- Fort Taber-Fort Rodman military Museum: 3.7 mi
- New Bedford Fire Museum: 5.6 mi
- New Bedford Whaling Museum: 5.7 mi
- Mariner's Home: 5.7 mi
- New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center: 5.7 mi
Attractions: 33
- Buzzards Bay Coalition: 5.6 mi
- Rodman Candleworks: 5.7 mi
- Seamen's Bethel: 5.7 mi
- New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park Visitor Center: 5.7 mi
- Falmouth Road Race Starting Line: 9.5 mi
Cliffs: 23
- The Cliffs: 8.6 mi
- Nobska Point: 8.7 mi
- South Bluff: 8.8 mi
- South Bluff: 9.7 mi
- Falmouth Cliffs: 10.0 mi
Gardens: 19
- Rotch- Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum: 5.7 mi
- Helfand Farm Community Gardens: 9.0 mi
- Garden of Our Lady: 9.4 mi
- Spohr Public Gardens: 10.4 mi
- Woodcart Garden: 11.2 mi
Artworks: 17
- Rachel Carson: 9.4 mi
- Whale Tail: 9.4 mi
- Helen Keller: 9.4 mi
- Spinwinder: 9.5 mi
- Tree of Bike: 12.9 mi
Lighthouses: 7
- Clark's Point Light: 3.6 mi
- Nobska Point Light: 10.5 mi
- West Chop Light: 14.2 mi
- Keeper's House: 14.2 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 14.2 mi
Rest areas: 5
- Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 17.4 mi
- truck pull-off: 23.3 mi
- truck pull-off: 23.5 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 24.1 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 24.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Bourne Recreation Area: 16.6 mi
- Herring Run Recreational Area: 18.9 mi
Springs: 1
- Crystal Spring: 6.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.9 miles of Cottonwood Street. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copicut Hill | NW 308° | 109 m | 14.9 mi |
| Peaked Hill | SSE 163° | 94.8 m | 16.8 mi |
| Pine Hill | ENE 59° | 93 m | 16.0 mi |
| Avery Hill | NE 55° | 80 m | 17.2 mi |
| Prospect Hill | SSE 164° | 78 m | 16.1 mi |
| Deer Horn Hill | ENE 69° | 71 m | 13.5 mi |
| Whiting Hill | SSE 152° | 68 m | 14.4 mi |
| Ridge Hill | NW 306° | 64 m | 12.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:40 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:06 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 15:32 | 16:17 |
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 | 30 | 31 | 38 | 48 | 59 | 69 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Bedford Coop, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29695621
Day trips start here
- SouthCoast · 3 mi
- Mattapoisett · 5 mi
- Dartmouth · 7 mi
- New Bedford · 7 mi
- Marion · 8 mi
- Rochester · 10 mi
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