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Herring Run Site

Herring Run Site from directly overhead

Herring Run Site is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the east-northeast, 4.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Stony Brook Grist Mill & Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 0.6 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates41.74446, -70.11247

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Drummer Boy Park: 0.8 mi
  • Belmont Park: 2.5 mi
  • Former Camp Wono: 2.9 mi
  • Scargo Park: 3.4 mi
  • Johnny Kelley Park: 3.9 mi
Beaches
Peaks
Historic sites: 47
Museums: 39
Artworks: 27
Attractions: 19
Gardens: 14
  • Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 11.3 mi
  • Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 12.4 mi
  • Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 18.3 mi
  • McInnes Garden: 20.2 mi
  • Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 20.3 mi
Rest areas: 10
  • truck pull-off: 3.2 mi
  • truck pull-off: 3.3 mi
  • truck pull-off: 4.1 mi
  • rest area: 4.7 mi
  • truck pull-off: 5.0 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Cliffs: 7
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnick Area: 4.9 mi
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 7.8 mi
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 23.2 mi
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 24.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.7 miles of Herring Run Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillENE 77°165 m4.1 mi
Pine HillW 264°93 m23.5 mi
Telegraph HillW 268°85 m19.3 mi
Flatrock HillW 272°82 m22.0 mi
Avery HillW 268°80 m23.0 mi
Discovery HillW 266°77 m18.4 mi
Discovery HillW 273°61 m23.0 mi
Mountain HillWNW 286°61 m23.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1618:53
June solstice05:0719:3720:19
September equinox06:2818:0318:40
December solstice07:0515:2916:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313137455564717164544537
Precip in3.83.74.34.13.53.32.83.43.94.74.04.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Harwich, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29844911

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