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Danforth Recreation Area

Danforth Recreation Area from directly overhead

Danforth Recreation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 23 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the east-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Cape Cod Airfield Biplane Rides, a attraction 0.2 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 2.5 miles off.

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Coordinates41.68205, -70.40885
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Discover Flying RC- Cape Cod Airfield: 0.6 mi
  • Burgess Park: 1.2 mi
  • Hamblin Pond Beach: 1.3 mi
  • Ellen A. McBarron Field: 1.8 mi
  • Rolling Ridge Park: 1.9 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches
  • Hamblini Pond Beach: 1.3 mi
  • Triangle Beach: 2.6 mi
  • Camp Burgess Waterfront: 2.7 mi
  • Sandwich Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Wequaquet Lake Beach: 3.1 mi
Peaks
  • Clay Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Scorton Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Shootflying Hill: 3.4 mi
  • White Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Discovery Hill: 4.2 mi
Museums: 58
Historic sites: 47
Attractions: 26
  • Cape Cod Airfield Biplane Rides: 0.2 mi
  • Marstons Mills Herring Run: 2.1 mi
  • Green Briar Jam Kitchen: 5.4 mi
  • The Green Briar Nature Center: 5.4 mi
  • Wackenhammer's Clockwork Arcade and Carousel: 6.6 mi
Cliffs: 19
Artworks: 16
Gardens: 14
  • Mashpee Community Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 6.5 mi
  • McInnes Garden: 6.7 mi
  • Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 6.7 mi
Rest areas: 12
  • truck pull-off: 1.7 mi
  • truck pull-off: 1.8 mi
  • Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 6.2 mi
  • truck pull-off: 8.7 mi
  • truck pull-off: 11.1 mi
Lighthouses: 11
Picnic sites: 4
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 10.1 mi
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 10.3 mi
  • Picnick Area: 20.7 mi
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 21.3 mi
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.9 miles of Danforth Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillENE 75°165 m20.0 mi
Manomet HillNNW 331°114 m19.4 mi
Pine HillsNNW 332°95 m19.8 mi
Pine HillWNW 283°93 m8.3 mi
Telegraph HillNW 312°85 m5.3 mi
Flatrock HillNW 307°82 m8.3 mi
Avery HillWNW 294°80 m8.4 mi
Discovery HillNW 314°77 m4.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:1718:54
June solstice05:0819:3820:20
September equinox06:3018:0418:41
December solstice07:0615:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293136465664706962524336
Precip in4.94.05.34.63.94.13.83.03.95.34.75.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Sandwich, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee37 obs
  • Western Honey Bee31 obs
  • American holly21 obs
  • Microcystis aeruginosa21 obs
  • Sweet Pepperbush18 obs
  • eastern poison ivy18 obs
  • Ghost Pipe16 obs
  • American Robin15 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/1339109751

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