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Discovery Hill Conservation Land

Discovery Hill Conservation Land from directly overhead

Discovery Hill Conservation Land is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 71 m. Manomet Hill stands 114 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 1.3 miles off.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates41.72621, -70.46348
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Discovery Hill: 0.3 mi
  • Telegraph Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Spring Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Elephantback Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Faunces Mountain: 3.1 mi
Beaches
Museums
Parks
  • Oak Crest Cove Park: 2.2 mi
  • Rolling Ridge Park: 2.3 mi
  • Mill Creek Park: 2.9 mi
  • Town Hall Square: 3.0 mi
  • Cape Cod Canal Access: 3.8 mi
Historic sites: 56
Attractions: 26
  • Green Briar Jam Kitchen: 1.4 mi
  • The Green Briar Nature Center: 1.4 mi
  • Cape Cod Airfield Biplane Rides: 4.1 mi
  • Marstons Mills Herring Run: 5.8 mi
  • Herring Run: 6.0 mi
Cliffs: 18
Artworks: 16
Gardens: 15
  • Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 1.4 mi
  • McInnes Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 2.6 mi
  • North American Hydrangea Test Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Cape Cod Hydrangea Society Display Garden: 2.7 mi
Rest areas: 12
  • truck pull-off: 3.1 mi
  • truck pull-off: 3.4 mi
  • Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 8.5 mi
  • Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 9.5 mi
  • truck pull-off: 11.9 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Picnic sites: 4
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 6.0 mi
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 6.6 mi
  • Picnick Area: 22.9 mi
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.1 miles of Discovery Hill Conservation Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Manomet HillNNW 335°114 m15.4 mi
Pine HillsNNW 336°95 m15.8 mi
Pine HillWSW 257°93 m5.4 mi
Telegraph HillWNW 293°85 m1.3 mi
Flatrock HillWNW 297°82 m4.3 mi
Avery HillW 275°80 m4.9 mi
Discovery HillWSW 243°77 m0.3 mi
Deer Horn HillSW 235°71 m7.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:1718:54
June solstice05:0819:3920:21
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, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29843437

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