- Elevation, modelled
- 6 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Peaked Hill94.8 m · 25.0 mi
- Nearest byway
- Old King's Highway (Route 6A)27.2 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:18local time
- Coordinates
- 41.3050, -70.2619
Grandfathers House is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled 6 m. Peaked Hill stands 95 m to the west, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Hussey Property, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 27 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.
- Built
- 1988
- Access
- Private
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Grandfathers House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peaked Hill | W 278° | 94.8 m | 25.0 mi |
| Whiting Hill | WNW 287° | 68 m | 23.8 mi |
| Ridge Hill | W 281° | 47 m | 23.1 mi |
| Goat Rocks | WNW 288° | 44 m | 23.6 mi |
| Pilot Hill | WNW 298° | 41 m | 22.1 mi |
| Tashmoo Hill | WNW 298° | 38 m | 20.8 mi |
| Folger Hill | E 97° | 33 m | 13.2 mi |
| Sampson Hill | WNW 294° | 28 m | 12.6 mi |
- 27.2 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A)National
Named places within 25 miles
- Hussey Property: 0.1 mi
- North Pond: 0.1 mi
- Stevens Property: 0.3 mi
- Phinney Property: 0.3 mi
- Carlisle Property: 0.4 mi
- Dionis Beach: 5.7 mi
- Washing Pond Beach: 6.5 mi
- Cisco Beach: 6.8 mi
- Cliff Beach: 7.7 mi
- Steps Beach: 7.9 mi
- Lily Pond Park: 7.8 mi
- Coffin Park: 8.2 mi
- Lilly Pond: 8.3 mi
- Greater Light Garden: 8.4 mi
- Dead Horse Valley: 8.5 mi
- Oldest House: 8.2 mi
- Old Gaol: 8.2 mi
- Greater Light: 8.3 mi
- Historic Mitchell House: 8.4 mi
- Fire Hose Cart House: 8.4 mi
- Long Hill: 5.6 mi
- Trots Hills: 6.0 mi
- Swain Hill: 6.4 mi
- Popsquatchet Hills: 8.0 mi
- Sunset Hill: 8.1 mi
- Abiah Folger Franklin Fountain: 7.3 mi
- Soldier and Sailors Monument: 8.4 mi
- cannon: 14.0 mi
- cannon: 14.0 mi
- ship's anchor: 14.2 mi
- First Congregational Church Bell Tower Climb: 8.4 mi
- Big Bridge: 16.7 mi
- Flying Horses Carousel: 18.6 mi
- Polly Hill Arboretum: 22.5 mi
- Wackenhammer's Clockwork Arcade and Carousel: 23.9 mi
- Nantucket Cliffs: 7.6 mi
- Wasque Point: 10.4 mi
- Squam Head: 14.2 mi
- Sankaty Head: 15.5 mi
- North Head: 19.9 mi
- Brant Point Light: 9.0 mi
- Oil House: 21.3 mi
- Keeper's House: 21.3 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 21.3 mi
- Keeper's House: 21.3 mi
- Whale Tail: 14.2 mi
- Buddha: 21.4 mi
- The Great Green Whale: 23.7 mi
- Saint John Paul: 23.7 mi
- Oldest House Kitchen Garden: 8.2 mi
- Hadwen House Gardens: 8.5 mi
- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 22.7 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:17 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:37 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:04 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 15:31 | 16:16 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 34 | 38 | 46 | 54 | 62 | 69 | 69 | 64 | 55 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nantucket MEM AP, 11 mi away.
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