Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge
Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Pine Hill stands 93 m to the north-northwest, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is South Mashpee Pine Barrens Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 10 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- United States Fish and Wildlife Service
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 10.2 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Fonseca Park: 1.8 mi
- Childs River Access: 1.9 mi
- Johns Pond Park: 3.4 mi
- Historical Society of Santuit and Cotuit: 3.4 mi
- Sandwich Road Playing Fields: 3.6 mi
- Oregon Beach: 2.8 mi
- South Cape Beach: 2.9 mi
- South Cape Beach: 3.0 mi
- Loop Beach: 3.3 mi
- Menahaunt Beach: 4.1 mi
- Mt. Otis: 6.2 mi
- Mt. Zig: 6.2 mi
- Deer Horn Hill: 6.6 mi
- Telegraph Hill: 6.8 mi
- Swifts Hill: 7.5 mi
- Location of Hotel Attaquin: 3.9 mi
- Mashpee Veterans' War Monument: 4.0 mi
- Trout's Grave: 4.4 mi
- Briant's Neck: 4.7 mi
- HU-16 Albatross: 5.2 mi
- Cape Cod Children's Museum: 1.2 mi
- Historical Society of Santuit and Cotuit: 3.4 mi
- Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Museum: 4.0 mi
- Cahoon Museum of American Art: 4.0 mi
- Falmouth Museums on the Green: 6.7 mi
- Marstons Mills Herring Run: 5.9 mi
- Falmouth Road Race Finish Line: 6.0 mi
- The Liberté: 6.5 mi
- Cape Cod Airfield Biplane Rides: 7.9 mi
- Flying Horses Carousel: 9.8 mi
- bluff: 1.9 mi
- Falmouth Cliffs: 7.7 mi
- Falmouth Heights: 9.3 mi
- Husselton Head: 9.9 mi
- North Head: 10.8 mi
- Mashpee Community Garden: 3.9 mi
- Colonial Gardens: 6.7 mi
- Spohr Public Gardens: 8.1 mi
- Garden of Our Lady: 9.9 mi
- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 10.6 mi
- Buddha: 2.1 mi
- Tree of Bike: 6.8 mi
- Helen Keller: 10.1 mi
- Whale Tail: 10.1 mi
- Rachel Carson: 10.1 mi
- truck pull-off: 9.3 mi
- truck pull-off: 9.3 mi
- Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 12.7 mi
- Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 14.2 mi
- truck pull-off: 14.9 mi
- Oil House: 9.3 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 9.3 mi
- West Chop Light: 9.3 mi
- Keeper's House: 9.3 mi
- Keeper's House: 9.3 mi
- Bourne Recreation Area: 11.6 mi
- Herring Run Recreational Area: 12.9 mi
- Crystal Spring: 18.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Hill | NNW 337° | 93 m | 8.7 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | N 4° | 85 m | 9.7 mi |
| Flatrock Hill | N 350° | 82 m | 11.4 mi |
| Avery Hill | NNW 343° | 80 m | 10.1 mi |
| Discovery Hill | N 10° | 77 m | 9.3 mi |
| Deer Horn Hill | NW 315° | 71 m | 6.6 mi |
| Whiting Hill | SW 219° | 68 m | 16.6 mi |
| Discovery Hill | NNW 346° | 61 m | 12.1 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 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:05 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 15:31 | 16:16 |
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, 9 mi away.
- Pharaoh Cicada26 obs
- sassafras24 obs
- trailing arbutus22 obs
- Eastern Teaberry20 obs
- striped wintergreen20 obs
- Osprey20 obs
- Sweet Pepperbush19 obs
- pitch pine18 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/884006494
Day trips start here
- Marion · 16 mi
- Wareham · 16 mi
- Mattapoisett · 17 mi
- SouthCoast · 18 mi
- Rochester · 19 mi
- New Bedford · 23 mi
Take the scenic way to Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.