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Flax Pond Conservation Land

Flax Pond Conservation Land from directly overhead

Flax Pond Conservation Land is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the east-northeast, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Conservation Land/Madison Rd, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 0.8 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates41.71666, -70.18292

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Conservation Land/Madison Rd: 0.3 mi
  • Conservation Land/So Yarmouth: 0.8 mi
  • Conservation Land/Windsor Ave: 0.8 mi
  • Wellfields 21 & 22: 0.8 mi
  • Conservation Land/Sheffield Av: 0.9 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • Nobscussett Park: 1.5 mi
  • Johnny Kelley Park: 1.6 mi
  • Scargo Park: 1.7 mi
  • Grays Beach: 2.7 mi
  • Peter Homer Park: 2.8 mi
Beaches
  • Flax Pond: 2.3 mi
  • Mayflower Beach: 2.5 mi
  • Bayview Beach: 2.5 mi
  • Mayflower Beach: 2.5 mi
  • Dunes Landing Beach: 2.6 mi
Historic sites: 50
Museums: 40
Artworks: 29
Attractions: 21
Gardens: 14
  • Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 8.4 mi
  • Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 14.8 mi
  • Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 15.0 mi
  • Mashpee Community Garden: 16.2 mi
  • McInnes Garden: 16.7 mi
Rest areas: 11
  • rest area: 1.7 mi
  • truck pull-off: 1.8 mi
  • truck pull-off: 2.6 mi
  • truck pull-off: 3.6 mi
  • Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 5.8 mi
Cliffs: 9
Lighthouses: 7
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnick Area: 8.9 mi
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 10.1 mi
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 19.9 mi
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 21.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.5 miles of Flax Pond Conservation Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillENE 69°165 m8.1 mi
Pine HillW 269°93 m19.8 mi
Telegraph HillW 274°85 m15.7 mi
Flatrock HillW 278°82 m18.5 mi
Avery HillW 273°80 m19.4 mi
Discovery HillW 272°77 m14.7 mi
Deer Horn HillW 260°71 m21.3 mi
Discovery HillW 279°61 m19.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1618:53
June solstice05:0719:3720:20
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 °F313137455564717164544537
Precip in3.83.74.34.13.53.32.83.43.94.74.04.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Harwich, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29799950

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