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Marks Cove

Marks Cove from directly overhead

Marks Cove is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Manomet Hill stands 114 m to the north-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Gleason Family Wildlife Preser, a nature reserve less than a tenth of a mile away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 12 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates41.73949, -70.73171

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Beaches
Parks
  • Point Road Park: 1.4 mi
  • Mary Besse Park and Pier: 1.5 mi
  • Mary Besse Park: 2.0 mi
  • Wing Park: 2.0 mi
  • Charles E Washburn Memorial Park: 2.5 mi
Peaks
  • Wankinco Neck: 2.1 mi
  • Great Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Lincoln Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Brandy Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Tempes Knob: 3.7 mi
Historic sites
Museums: 59
Attractions: 35
Cliffs: 19
Artworks: 18
  • Merchant Marine Memorial: 5.6 mi
  • Tree of Bike: 8.9 mi
  • Whale Tail: 15.1 mi
  • Rachel Carson: 15.1 mi
  • Helen Keller: 15.1 mi
Gardens: 18
  • Donald Marvin Daylily Garden: 11.6 mi
  • Cape Cod Hydrangea Society Display Garden: 11.6 mi
  • Hart Family Maze Garden: 11.7 mi
  • North American Hydrangea Test Garden: 11.7 mi
  • Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 11.7 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 6.8 mi
  • Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 14.1 mi
  • truck pull-off: 16.8 mi
  • truck pull-off: 17.1 mi
  • Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 23.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 7.4 mi
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 9.1 mi
Springs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Marks Cove. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Manomet HillNNE 29°114 m14.9 mi
Pine HillESE 104°93 m8.8 mi
Telegraph HillE 92°85 m12.7 mi
Flatrock HillE 84°82 m10.0 mi
Avery HillE 93°80 m9.0 mi
Discovery HillE 94°77 m13.6 mi
Deer Horn HillSE 127°71 m9.2 mi
Flagg HillNNE 23°64 m11.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1818:55
June solstice05:0919:4020:22
September equinox06:3118:0518:42
December solstice07:0815:3116:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303137465766737164544436
Precip in4.23.75.64.63.83.73.13.64.55.04.55.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Wareham, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29695319

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