Nature reserve · Massachusetts
Farm Pond Preserve
Farm Pond Preserve is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of -4 m. Peaked Hill stands 95 m to the west-southwest, 11 miles off. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 20 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates41.44571, -70.55477
- 20.2 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Farm Pond Preserve: 0.2 mi
- Trade Winds Field Preserve: 0.9 mi
- East Chop Cliffs: 1.6 mi
- East Chop: 1.8 mi
- Eastville Point Beach: 1.9 mi
Parks
- Waban Park: 0.4 mi
- Veira Park: 0.4 mi
- Penacook Park: 0.5 mi
- Niantic Park: 0.5 mi
- Hartford Park: 0.6 mi
Beaches
- The Inkwell Beach: 0.5 mi
- Seaview Beach: 0.6 mi
- Town Beach: 0.9 mi
- Martinelli Beach: 1.1 mi
- Doug's Cove: 1.8 mi
Peaks
- Telegraph Hill: 1.8 mi
- Tashmoo Hill: 3.3 mi
- Pilot Hill: 4.4 mi
- Mill Hill: 5.0 mi
- Sampson Hill: 6.0 mi
Historic sites: 51
- War Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Soldiers Memorial: 0.8 mi
- ship's anchor: 4.9 mi
- cannon: 4.9 mi
- cannon: 4.9 mi
Museums: 40
- Mariposa Museum: 0.7 mi
- Cottage Museum: 0.7 mi
- Martha's Vineyard Museum: 2.3 mi
- Old Schoolhouse Museum and Liberty Pole: 2.6 mi
- Vincent House Museum: 4.3 mi
Attractions: 20
- Flying Horses Carousel: 0.8 mi
- Big Bridge: 2.1 mi
- Falmouth Road Race Finish Line: 7.2 mi
- Polly Hill Arboretum: 7.2 mi
- The Liberté: 7.3 mi
Cliffs: 19
- North Head: 1.9 mi
- Husselton Head: 2.7 mi
- Makonikey Head: 5.7 mi
- Falmouth Heights: 7.3 mi
- Cedar Tree Neck: 7.5 mi
Gardens: 15
- Spohr Public Gardens: 8.1 mi
- Garden of Our Lady: 8.2 mi
- Colonial Gardens: 8.3 mi
- Mashpee Community Garden: 14.5 mi
- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 18.4 mi
Artworks: 11
- Whale Tail: 4.5 mi
- Helen Keller: 8.2 mi
- Whale Tail: 8.2 mi
- Rachel Carson: 8.2 mi
- Buddha: 8.7 mi
Lighthouses: 7
- Oil House: 3.3 mi
- Keeper's House: 3.3 mi
- Keeper's House: 3.4 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 3.4 mi
- West Chop Light: 3.4 mi
Rest areas: 5
- truck pull-off: 19.6 mi
- truck pull-off: 19.7 mi
- Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 21.6 mi
- truck pull-off: 23.3 mi
- Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 23.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Bourne Recreation Area: 20.9 mi
- Herring Run Recreational Area: 22.7 mi
Springs: 1
- Crystal Spring: 21.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.5 miles of Farm Pond Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peaked Hill | WSW 237° | 94.8 m | 11.3 mi |
| Pine Hill | N 358° | 93 m | 18.2 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | N 10° | 85 m | 20.2 mi |
| Flatrock Hill | N 2° | 82 m | 21.4 mi |
| Avery Hill | N 360° | 80 m | 19.8 mi |
| Prospect Hill | WSW 241° | 78 m | 11.4 mi |
| Discovery Hill | NNE 13° | 77 m | 19.8 mi |
| Deer Horn Hill | N 353° | 71 m | 14.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:38 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:05 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 15:32 | 16:16 |
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 | 33 | 34 | 39 | 48 | 57 | 66 | 72 | 72 | 66 | 56 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Edgartown, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29703579
Day trips start here
- Mattapoisett · 20 mi
- SouthCoast · 20 mi
- Marion · 21 mi
- Dartmouth · 24 mi
- New Bedford · 24 mi
- Rochester · 24 mi
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