Nature reserve · Massachusetts
Fox Island Salt Marsh
Fox Island Salt Marsh is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 15 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the south, 11 miles off. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 9.4 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1999
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates41.91350, -70.01315
- 9.4 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
Beaches
- Great Pond Beach: 1.8 mi
- Mayo Beach: 1.8 mi
- Lecount Hollow Beach: 2.1 mi
- Powers Landing: 2.1 mi
- Long Pond Beach: 2.2 mi
Parks: 58
- Cannon Hill Park: 1.7 mi
- Mill Field: 2.8 mi
- Mill Field: 2.8 mi
- Three Sisters of Nauset: 4.7 mi
- Wiley Park: 5.6 mi
Peaks: 42
- Cannon Hill: 1.7 mi
- Gross Hill: 2.7 mi
- Little Beach Hill: 3.1 mi
- Griffin Island: 3.2 mi
- Bearberry Hill (West Summit): 6.2 mi
Historic sites: 38
- Indian Grave Stone: 3.2 mi
- Eastham Train Depot and Water Tower: 6.0 mi
- Capped Foundation of Former Gunn Dairy Barn: 7.0 mi
- Coast Guard Motor Life Boat CG36500: 7.8 mi
- Battle of Orleans Massachusetts 1814: 7.9 mi
Museums: 29
- Wellfleet Historical Society Museum: 1.9 mi
- Atwood-Higgins House: 3.7 mi
- Eastham 1869 Schoolhouse Museum: 5.6 mi
- French Cable Station Museum: 8.8 mi
- French Cable Station Museum: 8.8 mi
Artworks: 26
- Chime: 2.4 mi
- The Catch: 9.1 mi
- They Also Faced the Sea: 12.8 mi
- Homage to the Fishermen (1989): 12.9 mi
- Bubbles the Humpback: 13.0 mi
Attractions: 13
- Penniman House: 7.0 mi
- Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat CG 36500: 7.8 mi
- Jonathan Young Windmill: 8.4 mi
- Brewster Historical Society Windmill Village: 12.4 mi
- Dolphin Fleet Whale Watch: 12.9 mi
Rest areas: 10
- truck pull-off: 11.9 mi
- truck pull-off: 13.5 mi
- truck pull-off: 14.2 mi
- truck pull-off: 16.1 mi
- rest area: 17.3 mi
Lighthouses: 7
- Oil House: 4.8 mi
- Keeper's House: 4.8 mi
- Nauset Light: 4.8 mi
- Highland/Cape Cod Light: 9.0 mi
- U.S. Coast Guard Station: 17.0 mi
Cliffs: 4
- Indian Neck: 0.6 mi
- Top of Eroding Coastal Bank (Spring 2025): 17.9 mi
- Salten Point: 20.7 mi
- Fullers Point: 23.0 mi
Gardens: 4
- Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 2.3 mi
- Suzanne's Garden: 12.9 mi
- PAAM Sculpture Garden: 13.0 mi
- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 24.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Picnick Area: 10.3 mi
- Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 16.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Long Point: 11.3 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park Hill | S 186° | 165 m | 10.8 mi |
| Signal Hill | SW 215° | 60 m | 15.2 mi |
| Clay Hill | SW 229° | 58 m | 23.7 mi |
| Black Ball Hill | SW 216° | 45 m | 15.6 mi |
| The Highlands | NNW 344° | 41 m | 9.0 mi |
| Mill Hill | S 176° | 41 m | 9.5 mi |
| Green Hill | NNW 348° | 38 m | 7.2 mi |
| Scorton Hill | SW 236° | 35 m | 23.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 19:37 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:02 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 15:28 | 16:13 |
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 | 32 | 33 | 38 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 71 | 71 | 64 | 54 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chatham Muni AP, 16 mi away.
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