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Lynch Memorial Conservation Area

Lynch Memorial Conservation Area from directly overhead

Lynch Memorial Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the northeast, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Belmont Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 2.7 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Harwich

How to reach it

Coordinates41.70627, -70.13049

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Belmont Park: 0.4 mi
  • Johnny Kelley Park: 1.6 mi
  • Drummer Boy Park: 3.3 mi
  • Brooks Park: 3.4 mi
  • Scargo Park: 3.4 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches
Peaks
Historic sites: 48
Museums: 39
Artworks: 28
Attractions: 19
Gardens: 14
  • Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 10.2 mi
  • Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 14.0 mi
  • Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 17.6 mi
  • Mashpee Community Garden: 18.7 mi
  • McInnes Garden: 19.5 mi
Rest areas: 10
  • truck pull-off: 0.6 mi
  • rest area: 2.4 mi
  • truck pull-off: 3.3 mi
  • truck pull-off: 3.4 mi
  • truck pull-off: 4.7 mi
Cliffs: 7
Lighthouses: 7
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnick Area: 6.9 mi
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 22.6 mi
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 23.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.6 miles of Lynch Memorial Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillNE 54°165 m6.1 mi
Pine HillW 271°93 m22.5 mi
Telegraph HillW 276°85 m18.4 mi
Flatrock HillW 279°82 m21.3 mi
Avery HillW 275°80 m22.1 mi
Discovery HillW 274°77 m17.4 mi
Deer Horn HillW 263°71 m23.9 mi
Discovery HillW 280°61 m22.3 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, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1295872744

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