Nature reserve · Massachusetts

Hofe Property

Hofe Property from directly overhead

Hofe Property is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the south-southwest, 2.3 miles off. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 0.8 miles off. 47 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Built: 2004-07-01

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Coordinates41.78724, -70.01492

0.8 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Hofe Property: 0.2 mi
Nickerson State Park: 0.4 mi
Nickerson State Park: 0.4 mi
Proctor Property: 0.4 mi
George D Hofe Property: 0.5 mi

Beaches

Skaket Beach: 0.6 mi
Rock Harbor Beach: 0.9 mi
Crosby Landing Beach: 1.0 mi
First Encounter Beach: 2.2 mi
Ellis Landing Beach: 2.2 mi

Parks

Eldredge Park: 1.4 mi
Cape Cod Sea Camps: 1.6 mi
Town of Brewster vacant structure: 1.7 mi
Windmill Park: 1.7 mi
Wiley Park: 3.4 mi

Peaks47

Tawasentha Hill: 1.0 mi
Mill Hill: 1.1 mi
Deer Park Hill: 2.3 mi
Grassy Nook: 2.3 mi
Fort Hill: 3.5 mi

Historic sites41

Battle of Orleans Massachusetts 1814: 0.9 mi
Coast Guard Motor Life Boat CG36500: 0.9 mi
Jeremiah's Gutter: 1.8 mi
Eastham Train Depot and Water Tower: 3.4 mi
Capped Foundation of Former Gunn Dairy Barn: 3.4 mi

Museums33

French Cable Station Museum: 1.4 mi
French Cable Station Museum: 1.4 mi
Eastham 1869 Schoolhouse Museum: 4.1 mi
Cobb House Museum: 4.1 mi
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History: 5.7 mi

Artworks26

The Catch: 1.4 mi
Chime: 6.6 mi
James Otis Jr.: 16.0 mi
Mercy Otis Warren: 16.1 mi
The Great Green Whale: 16.4 mi

Attractions17

Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat CG 36500: 1.0 mi
Jonathan Young Windmill: 1.7 mi
Penniman House: 3.3 mi
Brewster Historical Society Windmill Village: 5.9 mi
Stick'n Rudder Aero Tours: 6.9 mi

Rest areas10

truck pull-off: 3.1 mi
truck pull-off: 4.9 mi
truck pull-off: 5.9 mi
truck pull-off: 8.7 mi
rest area: 10.4 mi

Lighthouses7

Gardens5

Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 6.6 mi
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 18.2 mi
PAAM Sculpture Garden: 20.4 mi
Suzanne's Garden: 20.5 mi
Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 23.5 mi

Cliffs4

Indian Neck: 8.5 mi
Top of Eroding Coastal Bank (Spring 2025): 9.4 mi
Salten Point: 16.0 mi
Fullers Point: 19.6 mi

Picnic sites2

Picnick Area: 1.6 mi
Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 8.0 mi

Ghost towns1

Long Point: 18.4 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Deer Park Hill	SSW 208°	165 m	2.3 mi
Telegraph Hill	W 261°	85 m	24.6 mi
Discovery Hill	W 260°	77 m	23.7 mi
Signal Hill	WSW 247°	60 m	9.4 mi
Clay Hill	WSW 248°	58 m	19.0 mi
Black Ball Hill	WSW 246°	45 m	9.9 mi
Mill Hill	SE 137°	41 m	1.1 mi
The Highlands	N 352°	41 m	17.6 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:44	18:16	18:52
June solstice	05:06	19:37	20:19
September equinox	06:28	18:03	18:39
December solstice	07:05	15:28	16:13

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	32	33	38	46	55	64	71	71	64	54	45	37
Precip in	3.8	3.6	4.4	4.0	3.3	2.9	2.8	3.0	3.6	4.2	4.5	5.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chatham Muni AP, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29844172

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