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Kellys Bay Overlook

Kellys Bay Overlook from directly overhead

Kellys Bay Overlook is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the east-northeast, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Conservation Land/Mayfair Rd, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 1.9 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates41.70256, -70.16821

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Conservation Land/Mayfair Rd: 0.2 mi
  • Norse Lndg Marsh: 0.4 mi
  • Conservation Land/Windsor Ave: 0.5 mi
  • Conservation Land/Sheffield Av: 0.6 mi
  • Indian Lands Ii: 0.8 mi
Parks
  • Johnny Kelley Park: 0.5 mi
  • Belmont Park: 2.3 mi
  • Wings Grove Beach & Park: 2.4 mi
  • Wings Grove Beach & Park: 2.5 mi
  • Wings Grove Beach & Park: 2.5 mi
Beaches
Peaks
Historic sites: 50
Museums: 40
Artworks: 29
Attractions: 20
Gardens: 14
  • Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 8.4 mi
  • Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 15.3 mi
  • Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 15.8 mi
  • Mashpee Community Garden: 16.7 mi
  • McInnes Garden: 17.6 mi
Rest areas: 11
  • rest area: 0.7 mi
  • truck pull-off: 1.5 mi
  • truck pull-off: 1.6 mi
  • truck pull-off: 3.9 mi
  • truck pull-off: 5.2 mi
Cliffs: 8
Lighthouses: 7
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnick Area: 8.7 mi
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 20.8 mi
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 21.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.6 miles of Kellys Bay Overlook. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillENE 61°165 m7.8 mi
Pine HillW 271°93 m20.5 mi
Telegraph HillW 278°85 m16.5 mi
Flatrock HillW 281°82 m19.4 mi
Avery HillW 276°80 m20.2 mi
Discovery HillW 276°77 m15.5 mi
Deer Horn HillW 262°71 m21.9 mi
Discovery HillWNW 282°61 m20.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1618:53
June solstice05:0719:3720:19
September equinox06:2918:0318:40
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/29800119

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