Great Point
Great Point is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. Folger Hill stands 33 m to the south, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Coskata Beach, a beach 0.2 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 26 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 26.1 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- The Haulover: 1.2 mi
- Fisher Land: 2.0 mi
- Coatue: 2.2 mi
- Great Point: 2.2 mi
- Great Pt.: 2.2 mi
- Coskata Beach: 0.2 mi
- Coatue Beach: 3.4 mi
- Quidnet Beach: 4.6 mi
- Rest House Shore: 5.6 mi
- Pest House Shore: 5.7 mi
- Sankaty Head Historical Site: 5.8 mi
- Coffin Park: 6.2 mi
- Lilly Pond: 6.4 mi
- Greater Light Garden: 6.5 mi
- Consue Springs: 6.5 mi
- Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum: 4.6 mi
- Nantucket Whaling Museum: 6.2 mi
- Peter Foulger Museum: 6.2 mi
- Oldest House: 6.3 mi
- Quaker Meeting House: 6.4 mi
- Fudge Hill: 5.0 mi
- Shawkemo Hills: 5.1 mi
- Macys Hill: 5.1 mi
- Folger Hill: 5.2 mi
- Sauls Hills: 5.3 mi
- Sankaty Head Light: 5.9 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Dwelling: 5.9 mi
- Soldier and Sailors Monument: 6.6 mi
- Abiah Folger Franklin Fountain: 7.2 mi
- Original Prop: 22.1 mi
- First Congregational Church Bell Tower Climb: 6.2 mi
- Grand Slam Entertainment: 22.1 mi
- Pirates Cove: 22.8 mi
- Stick'n Rudder Aero Tours: 23.1 mi
- Fish Pier Observation Deck: 23.3 mi
- Squam Head: 3.1 mi
- Sankaty Head: 6.0 mi
- Nantucket Cliffs: 6.3 mi
- Top of Eroding Coastal Bank (Spring 2025): 21.1 mi
- Wasque Point: 22.1 mi
- Brant Point Light: 5.7 mi
- Chatham Light: 22.2 mi
- Oil House: 22.2 mi
- U.S. Coast Guard Station: 22.2 mi
- truck pull-off: 24.5 mi
- rest area: 24.6 mi
- truck pull-off: 24.7 mi
- truck pull-off: 24.8 mi
- Oldest House Kitchen Garden: 6.3 mi
- Hadwen House Gardens: 6.5 mi
- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 23.9 mi
- The Great Green Whale: 23.9 mi
- Saint John Paul: 24.3 mi
- Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Great Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folger Hill | S 171° | 33 m | 5.2 mi |
| Sampson Hill | W 274° | 28 m | 23.8 mi |
| Shawkemo Hills | SSW 192° | 26 m | 5.1 mi |
| Sauls Hills | S 170° | 23 m | 5.3 mi |
| Popsquatchet Hills | SW 220° | 22 m | 7.0 mi |
| Washaqua Hill | W 272° | 22 m | 23.2 mi |
| Sunset Hill | NW 323° | 22 m | 24.0 mi |
| Macys Hill | S 180° | 19 m | 5.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:36 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:03 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 15:30 | 16:14 |
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 | 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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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