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Hinckleys Pond Conservation Area

Hinckleys Pond Conservation Area from directly overhead

Hinckleys Pond Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 20 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the northeast, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Proprietor's Way Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 2.7 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Harwich Conservation Trust

How to reach it

Coordinates41.71239, -70.09836

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Beaches
Parks
  • Belmont Park: 1.4 mi
  • Brooks Park: 2.3 mi
  • Former Camp Wono: 2.4 mi
  • Drummer Boy Park: 3.1 mi
  • Johnny Kelley Park: 3.3 mi
Peaks: 56
Historic sites: 47
Museums: 38
Artworks: 27
Attractions: 19
Gardens: 14
  • Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 11.8 mi
  • Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 12.9 mi
  • Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 19.2 mi
  • Mashpee Community Garden: 20.4 mi
  • McInnes Garden: 21.1 mi
Rest areas: 10
  • truck pull-off: 1.6 mi
  • truck pull-off: 2.2 mi
  • truck pull-off: 3.0 mi
  • rest area: 4.1 mi
  • truck pull-off: 4.7 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Cliffs: 7
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnick Area: 5.3 mi
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 5.9 mi
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 24.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hinckleys Pond Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillNE 46°165 m4.5 mi
Pine HillW 270°93 m24.1 mi
Telegraph HillW 274°85 m20.0 mi
Flatrock HillW 277°82 m22.9 mi
Avery HillW 273°80 m23.7 mi
Discovery HillW 273°77 m19.1 mi
Discovery HillW 278°61 m23.9 mi
Signal HillWNW 289°60 m4.6 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, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1295872733

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