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Kettle Holes

Kettle Holes from directly overhead

Kettle Holes is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 41 m. Pine Hill stands 93 m to the north-northeast, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Perry Lot, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 12 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Falmouth
Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates41.60581, -70.61888

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Swift Park: 0.9 mi
  • Cathedral Pines: 1.0 mi
  • John L. Neill Youth Baseball Complex: 2.5 mi
  • Trotting Park Skate Park: 2.5 mi
  • Trotting Park: 2.7 mi
Beaches
Historic sites: 54
  • Falmouth Police Memorial: 3.7 mi
  • Katharine Lee Bates: 3.7 mi
  • Woods Holl: 6.2 mi
  • HU-25 Falcon: 6.3 mi
  • HU-16 Albatross: 6.3 mi
Attractions: 30
  • The Liberté: 4.3 mi
  • Falmouth Road Race Finish Line: 4.3 mi
  • Falmouth Road Race Starting Line: 6.2 mi
  • Flying Horses Carousel: 10.7 mi
  • Marstons Mills Herring Run: 11.0 mi
Cliffs: 23
Gardens: 17
Artworks: 16
Rest areas: 8
  • Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 12.1 mi
  • truck pull-off: 13.0 mi
  • truck pull-off: 13.1 mi
  • Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 18.0 mi
  • truck pull-off: 20.3 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Picnic sites: 2
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 9.9 mi
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 12.0 mi
Springs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Kettle Holes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine HillNNE 21°93 m7.6 mi
Telegraph HillNE 38°85 m11.2 mi
Flatrock HillNNE 22°82 m11.1 mi
Avery HillNNE 20°80 m9.3 mi
Prospect HillSSW 202°78 m17.9 mi
Discovery HillNE 43°77 m11.3 mi
Deer Horn HillNNE 22°71 m4.1 mi
Whiting HillSSW 197°68 m14.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1818:55
June solstice05:0919:3920:21
September equinox06:3118:0518:42
December solstice07:0715:3116:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323337475665727266564638

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woods Hole Golf Club, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29699413

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