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Hinckley Pond ( Lamb)

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Hinckley Pond ( Lamb) from directly overhead

Hinckley Pond ( Lamb) is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) runs past it.

Getting there

How to reach it

Coordinates41.70517, -70.32218
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Beaches
  • Millway Beach: 1.3 mi
  • Wequaquet Lake Beach: 2.2 mi
  • Opeechee Heights Beach: 3.1 mi
  • Wequaquet Estates Beach: 3.1 mi
  • Sandy Neck Beach: 3.8 mi
Parks
  • Sunset Lane Beach Access: 1.5 mi
  • Anthony & Georgia Botsey Park: 3.2 mi
  • Ellen A. McBarron Field: 3.7 mi
  • Mothers Park: 3.7 mi
  • Aaron S. Crosby Park: 3.8 mi
Peaks
  • Cobbs Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Shootflying Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Clay Hill: 2.3 mi
  • White Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Scorton Hill: 3.9 mi
Museums: 59
Historic sites: 54
Artworks: 30
Attractions: 26
  • Wackenhammer's Clockwork Arcade and Carousel: 4.2 mi
  • Putter's Paradise: 4.5 mi
  • Cape Cod Airfield Biplane Rides: 4.6 mi
  • Jump On Us!: 5.0 mi
  • Marstons Mills Herring Run: 6.1 mi
Cliffs: 15
Gardens: 15
  • Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 8.0 mi
  • Mashpee Community Garden: 9.2 mi
  • McInnes Garden: 9.8 mi
  • Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 9.9 mi
Rest areas: 12
  • Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 2.2 mi
  • truck pull-off: 4.2 mi
  • truck pull-off: 4.4 mi
  • truck pull-off: 4.5 mi
  • truck pull-off: 6.7 mi
Lighthouses: 12
Picnic sites: 4
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 13.2 mi
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 14.0 mi
  • Picnick Area: 16.0 mi
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.1 miles of Hinckley Pond ( Lamb). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillENE 76°165 m15.2 mi
Manomet HillNW 318°114 m20.7 mi
Pine HillsNW 319°95 m21.0 mi
Pine HillW 271°93 m12.6 mi
Telegraph HillWNW 283°85 m8.7 mi
Flatrock HillWNW 287°82 m11.7 mi
Avery HillW 279°80 m12.3 mi
Discovery HillW 280°77 m7.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:1718:54
June solstice05:0819:3820:20
September equinox06:2918:0418:40
December solstice07:0615:3016:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313237465564717064544536
Precip in3.73.64.84.03.43.32.83.23.84.34.14.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hyannis, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29905239

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