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Long Pond Drive Fish Ladder

Long Pond Drive Fish Ladder from directly overhead

Long Pond Drive Fish Ladder is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Smith Road, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 2.8 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates41.66605, -70.20492

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Hazelmoor Park: 0.7 mi
  • Wings Grove Beach & Park: 0.8 mi
  • Wings Grove Beach & Park: 0.8 mi
  • Wings Grove Beach & Park: 0.9 mi
  • Windmill Park: 0.9 mi
Beaches
Peaks: 59
  • German hill: 1.7 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Black Ball Hill: 4.5 mi
  • Hokum Rock: 4.8 mi
  • Signal Hill: 4.8 mi
Museums: 42
Historic sites: 39
Attractions: 21
  • Pirates Cove: 1.4 mi
  • Jump On Us!: 2.6 mi
  • Putter's Paradise: 3.0 mi
  • Wackenhammer's Clockwork Arcade and Carousel: 4.5 mi
  • Grand Slam Entertainment: 5.7 mi
Gardens: 14
  • Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Mashpee Community Garden: 14.5 mi
  • Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 14.7 mi
  • McInnes Garden: 16.4 mi
  • Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 16.5 mi
Rest areas: 11
  • truck pull-off: 1.9 mi
  • truck pull-off: 2.3 mi
  • rest area: 2.5 mi
  • truck pull-off: 4.2 mi
  • Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 4.5 mi
Cliffs: 11
Lighthouses: 11
Artworks: 10
Picnic sites: 4
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
  • Picnick Area: 11.6 mi
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 19.8 mi
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 20.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillNE 54°165 m10.8 mi
Pine HillW 279°93 m18.9 mi
Telegraph HillWNW 288°85 m15.2 mi
Flatrock HillWNW 290°82 m18.3 mi
Avery HillWNW 284°80 m18.8 mi
Discovery HillWNW 287°77 m14.2 mi
Deer Horn HillW 269°71 m19.8 mi
Discovery HillWNW 290°61 m19.4 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 °F323338475766737264554537
Precip in3.93.24.33.93.43.12.73.33.84.34.14.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hyannis Barnstable Muni AP, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29800005

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