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Fox Island Salt Marsh

Fox Island Salt Marsh from directly overhead

Fox Island Salt Marsh is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the south, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Pilgrim Springs Woodlands Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 9.5 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
2002-06-24

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates41.91624, -70.01417

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Parks: 58
  • Cannon Hill Park: 1.5 mi
  • Mill Field: 3.0 mi
  • Mill Field: 3.0 mi
  • Three Sisters of Nauset: 4.9 mi
  • Wiley Park: 5.8 mi
Peaks: 42
  • Cannon Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Gross Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Griffin Island: 3.1 mi
  • Little Beach Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Bearberry Hill (West Summit): 6.0 mi
Historic sites: 37
Museums: 29
Artworks: 26
  • Chime: 2.6 mi
  • The Catch: 9.3 mi
  • They Also Faced the Sea: 12.6 mi
  • Homage to the Fishermen (1989): 12.8 mi
  • Bubbles the Humpback: 12.8 mi
Attractions: 13
Rest areas: 10
  • truck pull-off: 12.1 mi
  • truck pull-off: 13.7 mi
  • truck pull-off: 14.4 mi
  • truck pull-off: 16.2 mi
  • rest area: 17.4 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Gardens: 4
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnick Area: 10.5 mi
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fox Island Salt Marsh. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillS 186°165 m11.0 mi
Signal HillSW 215°60 m15.3 mi
Clay HillSW 228°58 m23.8 mi
Black Ball HillSW 215°45 m15.7 mi
The HighlandsNNW 344°41 m8.8 mi
Mill HillS 176°41 m9.7 mi
Green HillNNW 349°38 m7.0 mi
Scorton HillSW 236°35 m23.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4418:1618:52
June solstice05:0619:3720:20
September equinox06:2818:0218:39
December solstice07:0515:2816:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323338465564717164544537
Precip in3.83.64.44.03.32.92.83.03.64.24.55.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chatham Muni AP, 16 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29800970

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