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Dennis Pond Conservation Area

Dennis Pond Conservation Area from directly overhead

Dennis Pond Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Yarmouth Station, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 0.6 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates41.69405, -70.25188

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Prospect Hill: 0.5 mi
  • German hill: 2.2 mi
  • Cobbs Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Black Ball Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Signal Hill: 4.5 mi
Parks
  • Peter Homer Park: 1.8 mi
  • Sandy Pond Recreation Area Park: 2.1 mi
  • Grays Beach: 2.2 mi
  • Sunset Lane Beach Access: 2.5 mi
  • Reid Park: 2.7 mi
Beaches
  • Grays Beach: 2.2 mi
  • Plashes Pond: 2.4 mi
  • Millway Beach: 2.6 mi
  • Chapin Memorial Beach: 2.8 mi
  • Swan Lake Association Beach: 3.0 mi
Historic sites: 50
Museums: 48
Artworks: 26
Attractions: 24
Gardens: 15
  • Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 11.7 mi
  • Mashpee Community Garden: 12.4 mi
  • McInnes Garden: 13.5 mi
  • Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 13.6 mi
Cliffs: 13
Lighthouses: 12
Rest areas: 11
  • truck pull-off: 0.8 mi
  • Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 1.9 mi
  • truck pull-off: 3.0 mi
  • rest area: 4.1 mi
  • truck pull-off: 5.9 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnick Area: 12.8 mi
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 16.8 mi
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 17.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.2 miles of Dennis Pond Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillENE 68°165 m12.0 mi
Pine HillW 274°93 m16.2 mi
Telegraph HillWNW 283°85 m12.4 mi
Flatrock HillWNW 286°82 m15.4 mi
Avery HillW 280°80 m16.0 mi
Discovery HillW 281°77 m11.3 mi
Deer Horn HillW 262°71 m17.5 mi
Discovery HillWNW 287°61 m16.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1718:53
June solstice05:0719:3820:20
September equinox06:2918:0318:40
December solstice07:0515:2916:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323338475766737264554537
Precip in3.93.24.33.93.43.12.73.33.84.34.14.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hyannis Barnstable Muni AP, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/379002569

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