Hyannis Ponds Wildlife Management Area
Hyannis Ponds Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Yarmouth Tourist Information Center, a rest area 0.5 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 1.2 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1994-06-29
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Water Department Land: 0.5 mi
- Water Department Land: 0.6 mi
- Hyannis Ponds Wildlife Management Area: 0.7 mi
- Hyannis Ponds Wildlife Management Area: 0.7 mi
- Barnstable County Farm: 0.8 mi
- Cobbs Hill: 1.4 mi
- Prospect Hill: 2.0 mi
- Shootflying Hill: 3.2 mi
- Sunset Hill: 3.7 mi
- German hill: 3.8 mi
- Park Square: 1.9 mi
- Sunset Lane Beach Access: 2.0 mi
- Sandy Pond Recreation Area Park: 2.1 mi
- Hyannis Village Green: 2.1 mi
- Michael K. Aselton Memorial Park: 2.1 mi
- Millway Beach: 2.0 mi
- Bay View Street Beach: 2.5 mi
- Wequaquet Estates Beach: 3.2 mi
- Plashes Pond: 3.2 mi
- Keyes Memorial Beach: 3.3 mi
- US Coast Guard Heritage Museum: 1.5 mi
- Barnstable Historical Soceity - Phinney Jones House: 2.0 mi
- Cape Cod Maritime Museum: 2.1 mi
- Guyer Barn: 2.1 mi
- Zion Union Heritage Museum: 2.2 mi
- Abraham Blish: 1.5 mi
- The Unitarian Church of Barnstable: 1.6 mi
- Baxter Grist Mill: 2.0 mi
- Sachem Iyanough: 2.0 mi
- John F Kennedy Memorial: 2.8 mi
- Putter's Paradise: 2.0 mi
- Wackenhammer's Clockwork Arcade and Carousel: 2.2 mi
- Jump On Us!: 2.4 mi
- Pirates Cove: 3.8 mi
- Cape Cod Airfield Biplane Rides: 6.5 mi
- Salten Point: 2.4 mi
- Fullers Point: 6.4 mi
- bluff: 10.9 mi
- Peaked Cliff: 15.9 mi
- Top of Eroding Coastal Bank (Spring 2025): 16.8 mi
- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 3.6 mi
- Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 10.6 mi
- Mashpee Community Garden: 10.7 mi
- McInnes Garden: 12.3 mi
- Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 12.4 mi
- James Otis Jr.: 1.8 mi
- Mercy Otis Warren: 1.8 mi
- Saint John Paul: 2.3 mi
- The Great Green Whale: 2.4 mi
- Buddha: 13.6 mi
- U.S. Coast Guard Station: 17.1 mi
- Oil House: 17.1 mi
- Chatham Light: 17.1 mi
- Keeper's House: 20.9 mi
- Nauset Light: 20.9 mi
- Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 0.5 mi
- truck pull-off: 2.2 mi
- truck pull-off: 4.6 mi
- rest area: 5.7 mi
- truck pull-off: 6.5 mi
- Picnick Area: 14.5 mi
- Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 14.7 mi
- Herring Run Recreational Area: 15.7 mi
- Bourne Recreation Area: 16.4 mi
- Long Point: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.7 miles of Hyannis Ponds Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park Hill | ENE 67° | 165 m | 13.8 mi |
| Pine Hill | W 277° | 93 m | 14.8 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | WNW 289° | 85 m | 11.1 mi |
| Flatrock Hill | WNW 291° | 82 m | 14.2 mi |
| Avery Hill | WNW 284° | 80 m | 14.7 mi |
| Discovery Hill | WNW 287° | 77 m | 10.0 mi |
| Deer Horn Hill | W 265° | 71 m | 15.9 mi |
| Discovery Hill | WNW 291° | 61 m | 15.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:17 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:38 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:04 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 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 | 32 | 33 | 38 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hyannis Barnstable Muni AP, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29844185
Day trips start here
- Wareham · 23 mi
- Marion · 25 mi
- Carver · 28 mi
- Mattapoisett · 28 mi
- Rochester · 28 mi
- SouthCoast · 29 mi
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