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John Jenkins Forestry And Wild Life Reservation

John Jenkins Forestry And Wild Life Reservation from directly overhead

John Jenkins Forestry And Wild Life Reservation is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Bridge Creek Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 0.6 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1951-11-08
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.69583, -70.36960
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Clay Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Shootflying Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Scorton Hill: 2.2 mi
  • White Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Cobbs Hill: 3.9 mi
Beaches
  • Wequaquet Lake Beach: 1.6 mi
  • Opeechee Heights Beach: 2.5 mi
  • Wequaquet Estates Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Sandy Neck Beach: 3.1 mi
  • Hamblini Pond Beach: 3.1 mi
Parks
  • Discover Flying RC- Cape Cod Airfield: 1.7 mi
  • Ellen A. McBarron Field: 1.7 mi
  • Burgess Park: 2.9 mi
  • Playground/Field: 3.0 mi
  • Hamblin Pond Beach: 3.1 mi
Museums: 60
  • Barnstable Historical Soceity - Phinney Jones House: 3.2 mi
  • Centerville Historical Museum: 3.6 mi
  • US Coast Guard Heritage Museum: 3.7 mi
  • Benjamin Nye Homestead and Museum: 3.9 mi
  • Zion Union Heritage Museum: 5.0 mi
Historic sites: 47
Attractions: 25
  • Cape Cod Airfield Biplane Rides: 2.1 mi
  • Marstons Mills Herring Run: 3.9 mi
  • Wackenhammer's Clockwork Arcade and Carousel: 5.2 mi
  • Putter's Paradise: 6.1 mi
  • Green Briar Jam Kitchen: 6.2 mi
Cliffs: 18
Artworks: 17
Gardens: 15
  • Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Mashpee Community Garden: 6.8 mi
  • McInnes Garden: 7.8 mi
  • Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 7.8 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Rest areas: 12
  • truck pull-off: 1.9 mi
  • truck pull-off: 2.2 mi
  • Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 4.2 mi
  • truck pull-off: 6.7 mi
  • truck pull-off: 9.1 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 11.2 mi
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 11.8 mi
  • Picnick Area: 18.5 mi
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 19.3 mi
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of John Jenkins Forestry And Wild Life Reservation. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillENE 76°165 m17.8 mi
Manomet HillNW 325°114 m19.6 mi
Pine HillsNW 326°95 m20.0 mi
Pine HillW 275°93 m10.2 mi
Telegraph HillWNW 293°85 m6.5 mi
Flatrock HillWNW 295°82 m9.6 mi
Avery HillWNW 285°80 m10.0 mi
Discovery HillWNW 291°77 m5.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:1718:54
June solstice05:0819:3820:20
September equinox06:3018:0418:41
December solstice07:0615:3016:15

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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29905430

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