Ganz
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Ganz is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 21 m. Peaked Hill stands 95 m to the south-southwest, 3.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Seven Gates, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 27 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1975
How to reach it
- 27.1 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
- 27.8 mi off the Paradise Ave and Other Roads
Named places within 25 miles
- Valley Park: 6.4 mi
- Aquinnah Circle Park: 7.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 7.1 mi
- Boch Park: 7.3 mi
- Owen Park: 7.3 mi
- Menemsha Hills Reservation Beach: 2.6 mi
- Menemsha Beach: 3.6 mi
- Lucy Vincent Beach: 4.1 mi
- Lamberts Cove Beach: 4.3 mi
- Lobsterville Beach: 5.0 mi
- Seven Gates: 0.7 mi
- Roth Woodlands: 0.7 mi
- Dunkl Conservation Restriction: 0.8 mi
- Tea Lane: 0.8 mi
- Blueberry Hill: 0.9 mi
- Whiting Hill: 1.1 mi
- Goat Rocks: 1.6 mi
- Ridge Hill: 2.6 mi
- Prospect Hill: 2.7 mi
- Peaked Hill: 3.1 mi
- Nobska Lighthouse: 8.7 mi
- Woods Holl: 9.0 mi
- War Memorial: 9.4 mi
- Soldiers Memorial: 9.4 mi
- ship's anchor: 10.7 mi
- Aquinnah Wampanoag History Museum: 7.0 mi
- Martha's Vineyard Museum: 7.1 mi
- Old Schoolhouse Museum and Liberty Pole: 7.2 mi
- Woods Hole Historical Museum: 9.0 mi
- Cottage Museum: 9.1 mi
- Cedar Tree Neck: 2.6 mi
- Makonikey Head: 4.7 mi
- Wequobsque Cliffs: 4.8 mi
- South Bluff: 4.8 mi
- Nashaquitsa Cliffs: 5.8 mi
- Polly Hill Arboretum: 2.2 mi
- Falmouth Road Race Starting Line: 9.0 mi
- Big Bridge: 9.0 mi
- Flying Horses Carousel: 9.4 mi
- The Liberté: 11.5 mi
- Garden of Our Lady: 9.2 mi
- Spohr Public Gardens: 10.7 mi
- Colonial Gardens: 11.9 mi
- Rotch- Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum: 19.2 mi
- Helfand Farm Community Gardens: 20.8 mi
- Rachel Carson: 9.0 mi
- Whale Tail: 9.0 mi
- Helen Keller: 9.0 mi
- Buddha: 16.4 mi
- Tree of Bike: 18.8 mi
- West Chop Light: 8.4 mi
- Nobska Point Light: 8.7 mi
- Clark's Point Light: 16.3 mi
- Crystal Spring: 20.5 mi
- Bourne Recreation Area: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ganz. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peaked Hill | SSW 197° | 95 m | 3.1 mi |
| Pine Hill | NNE 21° | 93 m | 22.8 mi |
| Avery Hill | NNE 20° | 80 m | 24.4 mi |
| Prospect Hill | SSW 210° | 78 m | 2.7 mi |
| Deer Horn Hill | NNE 21° | 71 m | 19.2 mi |
| Whiting Hill | ENE 70° | 68 m | 1.1 mi |
| Sherman Hill | WNW 299° | 49 m | 22.0 mi |
| Mount Surat | N 351° | 48 m | 6.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:39 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:06 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 15:33 | 16:17 |
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 | 31 | 32 | 37 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 63 | 53 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vineyard Haven Marthas Vineyar, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29697017
Day trips start here
- SouthCoast · 18 mi
- Mattapoisett · 19 mi
- Dartmouth · 20 mi
- Marion · 21 mi
- New Bedford · 21 mi
- Rochester · 23 mi
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