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Long Pond Conservation Area

Long Pond Conservation Area from directly overhead

Long Pond Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the north, 2.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Brenton I Wixon Memorial Park, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 3.2 miles off. 47 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Harwich Conservation Trust

How to reach it

Coordinates41.72201, -70.04218

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Former Camp Wono: 1.1 mi
  • Brooks Park: 2.8 mi
  • Town of Brewster vacant structure: 3.6 mi
  • Cape Cod Sea Camps: 3.8 mi
  • Larsen Park: 3.9 mi
Beaches
Peaks: 47
Historic sites: 45
Museums: 38
Artworks: 26
Attractions: 17
Gardens: 14
  • Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 11.3 mi
  • Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 14.7 mi
  • Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 22.0 mi
  • Mashpee Community Garden: 23.4 mi
  • McInnes Garden: 23.9 mi
Rest areas: 10
  • truck pull-off: 0.2 mi
  • truck pull-off: 1.5 mi
  • truck pull-off: 1.9 mi
  • truck pull-off: 5.1 mi
  • rest area: 7.0 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Cliffs: 5
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnick Area: 3.1 mi
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillN 8°165 m2.5 mi
Telegraph HillW 272°85 m22.9 mi
Discovery HillW 271°77 m21.9 mi
Signal HillW 277°60 m7.3 mi
Clay HillW 261°58 m16.5 mi
Black Ball HillW 274°45 m7.7 mi
Faunces MountainW 275°43 m24.3 mi
Mill HillNNE 30°41 m4.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1618:52
June solstice05:0619:3720:19
September equinox06:2818:0318:39
December solstice07:0515:2816:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323338465564717164544537
Precip in3.83.64.44.03.32.92.83.03.64.24.55.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chatham Muni AP, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1295118603

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