Cuttyhunk Thicket Wildlife Sanctuary
Cuttyhunk Thicket Wildlife Sanctuary is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Copicut Hill stands 109 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Cuttyhunk Historical Society Museum, a museum 0.3 miles away. Paradise Ave and Other Roads passes 17 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Mass Audubon
How to reach it
- 17.3 mi off the Paradise Ave and Other Roads
- 20.2 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 23.6 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
Named places within 25 miles
- Haps Hill: 0.4 mi
- Bunker Hill: 0.5 mi
- Bayberry Hill: 0.5 mi
- Canapitsit Neck: 0.7 mi
- Copicut Neck: 0.9 mi
- Church's Beach: 0.7 mi
- Barges Beach: 0.8 mi
- Channel Beach: 0.9 mi
- Moshup Beach: 6.8 mi
- Moshup Beach: 7.3 mi
- Saddleback Hill: 2.4 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 8.4 mi
- Round Hill: 8.6 mi
- Prospect Hill: 10.1 mi
- Mount Cary: 10.7 mi
- Aquinnah Circle Park: 6.8 mi
- Horseneck Beach State Reservation: 8.8 mi
- Apponagansett Point Recreation Area: 11.7 mi
- Mothas Park: 12.2 mi
- Fort Taber Park: 12.4 mi
- Cuttyhunk Historical Society Museum: 0.3 mi
- Aquinnah Wampanoag History Museum: 6.9 mi
- Horeseneck Point Lifesaving Station: 7.9 mi
- Doll Museum: 11.6 mi
- Fort Taber-Fort Rodman military Museum: 12.5 mi
- Bartholomew Gosnold Memorial Tower: 0.9 mi
- Barn Foundation: 9.9 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 12.3 mi
- Battery Craig: 12.3 mi
- Battery Barton: 12.3 mi
- Polly Hill Arboretum: 13.1 mi
- Seamen's Bethel: 15.1 mi
- New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park Visitor Center: 15.2 mi
- Buzzards Bay Coalition: 15.2 mi
- Rodman Candleworks: 15.2 mi
- Gay Head Cliffs: 6.7 mi
- South Bluff: 8.2 mi
- Zacks Cliffs: 8.8 mi
- South Bluff: 10.8 mi
- Nashaquitsa Cliffs: 10.9 mi
- Rachel Carson: 15.3 mi
- Whale Tail: 15.3 mi
- Helen Keller: 15.4 mi
- Spinwinder: 15.5 mi
- Matthew Perry Monument: 20.2 mi
- Ecological Oasis: 14.2 mi
- Helfand Farm Community Gardens: 14.2 mi
- Burchard Triangle: 14.6 mi
- Rotch- Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum: 14.8 mi
- Garden of Our Lady: 15.5 mi
- Clark's Point Light: 12.3 mi
- Nobska Point Light: 15.8 mi
- Keeper's House: 17.7 mi
- West Chop Light: 17.7 mi
- Keeper's House: 17.7 mi
- Crystal Spring: 19.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of Cuttyhunk Thicket Wildlife Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copicut Hill | NNW 342° | 109 m | 22.2 mi |
| Pocasset Hill | NW 320° | 95 m | 21.2 mi |
| Peaked Hill | ESE 112° | 94.8 m | 10.7 mi |
| Slate Hill | WNW 296° | 87 m | 19.4 mi |
| Cook Hill | NW 322° | 85 m | 21.6 mi |
| Prospect Hill | ESE 110° | 78 m | 10.1 mi |
| Townsend Hill | NW 324° | 77 m | 22.1 mi |
| Townsend Hill | NW 324° | 77 m | 22.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:40 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 15:33 | 16:18 |
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, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1070310054
Day trips start here
- Dartmouth · 14 mi
- Little Compton · 14 mi
- New Bedford · 16 mi
- SouthCoast · 16 mi
- Westport · 17 mi
- Mattapoisett · 18 mi
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