Nature reserve · Massachusetts
Makepeace Sanctuary
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Makepeace Sanctuary is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 27 m. Pine Hill stands 93 m to the northwest, 5.8 miles off. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 7.1 miles off.
How to reach it
Coordinates41.64384, -70.49481
- 7.1 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Makepeace Sanctuary: 0.2 mi
- Makepeace Sanctuary: 0.2 mi
- Simon Lowe Conservation Area: 0.2 mi
- Simon Lowe Conservation Area: 0.3 mi
- Makepeace Sanctuary: 0.3 mi
Parks
- Collins Lot: 0.7 mi
- Attaquin Park: 0.7 mi
- Mashpee Community Park: 0.7 mi
- Johns Pond Park: 0.8 mi
- Park: 1.7 mi
Beaches
- Wakeby lake at Ryder Conservation Beach: 1.9 mi
- Snake Pond Beach: 2.7 mi
- Peters Pond at Oakcrest Cove Beach: 3.5 mi
- Loop Beach: 4.0 mi
- Oregon Beach: 4.2 mi
Peaks
- Deer Horn Hill: 5.0 mi
- Mt. Zig: 5.0 mi
- Mt. Otis: 5.2 mi
- Discovery Hill: 5.7 mi
- Pine Hill: 5.8 mi
Museums: 56
- Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Museum: 0.6 mi
- Cahoon Museum of American Art: 2.3 mi
- Historical Society of Santuit and Cotuit: 3.7 mi
- Cape Cod Children's Museum: 3.8 mi
- Benjamin Nye Homestead and Museum: 6.7 mi
Historic sites: 52
- Location of Hotel Attaquin: 0.6 mi
- Mashpee Veterans' War Monument: 0.7 mi
- Briant's Neck: 2.1 mi
- Trout's Grave: 2.2 mi
- HU-16 Albatross: 2.2 mi
Attractions: 25
- Marstons Mills Herring Run: 4.2 mi
- Cape Cod Airfield Biplane Rides: 5.3 mi
- Green Briar Jam Kitchen: 7.1 mi
- The Green Briar Nature Center: 7.2 mi
- Falmouth Road Race Finish Line: 8.6 mi
Cliffs: 19
- bluff: 3.2 mi
- Falmouth Cliffs: 7.8 mi
- Fullers Point: 8.2 mi
- Hog Island: 9.1 mi
- Salten Point: 10.7 mi
Gardens: 15
- Mashpee Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 7.1 mi
- McInnes Garden: 7.2 mi
- Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 7.2 mi
- Cape Cod Hydrangea Society Display Garden: 7.2 mi
Artworks: 15
- Tree of Bike: 5.5 mi
- Buddha: 5.6 mi
- Merchant Marine Memorial: 9.3 mi
- Mercy Otis Warren: 10.6 mi
- James Otis Jr.: 10.6 mi
Rest areas: 11
- truck pull-off: 6.3 mi
- truck pull-off: 6.4 mi
- Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 11.1 mi
- Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 11.2 mi
- truck pull-off: 13.5 mi
Lighthouses: 7
- Nobska Point Light: 12.1 mi
- Oil House: 12.5 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 12.5 mi
- West Chop Light: 12.5 mi
- Keeper's House: 12.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Bourne Recreation Area: 8.6 mi
- Herring Run Recreational Area: 9.6 mi
Springs: 1
- Crystal Spring: 17.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.1 miles of Makepeace Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Hill | NW 321° | 93 m | 5.8 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | N 4° | 85 m | 6.2 mi |
| Flatrock Hill | NNW 344° | 82 m | 8.0 mi |
| Avery Hill | NNW 332° | 80 m | 6.9 mi |
| Discovery Hill | NNE 14° | 77 m | 5.7 mi |
| Deer Horn Hill | WNW 283° | 71 m | 5.0 mi |
| Flagg Hill | NNW 336° | 64 m | 18.8 mi |
| Discovery Hill | NNW 339° | 61 m | 8.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:38 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:04 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 15:31 | 16:15 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 36 | 46 | 56 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 52 | 43 | 36 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 5.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Sandwich, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29703799
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- Wareham · 14 mi
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- Rochester · 18 mi
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- Carver · 22 mi
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