Nature reserve · Massachusetts

Mashpee River Reservation

Marked private. Do not count on getting in.

Mashpee River Reservation from directly overhead

Mashpee River Reservation is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. Pine Hill stands 93 m to the northwest, 7.3 miles off. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 8.1 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built: 1959

Getting there

How to reach it

Coordinates41.62298, -70.48378

8.1 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Parks

Mashpee Community Park: 1.8 mi
Collins Lot: 1.8 mi
Johns Pond Park: 1.8 mi
Attaquin Park: 2.0 mi
Historical Society of Santuit and Cotuit: 2.5 mi

Beaches

Loop Beach: 2.7 mi
Oregon Beach: 2.7 mi
Wakeby lake at Ryder Conservation Beach: 3.1 mi
Oyster Harbors Beach: 3.7 mi
Snake Pond Beach: 4.3 mi

Peaks

Mt. Zig: 5.9 mi
Mt. Otis: 5.9 mi
Deer Horn Hill: 6.0 mi
Discovery Hill: 7.1 mi
Pine Hill: 7.3 mi

Museums52

Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Museum: 1.8 mi
Cahoon Museum of American Art: 2.0 mi
Cape Cod Children's Museum: 2.3 mi
Historical Society of Santuit and Cotuit: 2.5 mi
Centerville Historical Museum: 7.3 mi

Historic sites51

Mashpee Veterans' War Monument: 1.8 mi
Location of Hotel Attaquin: 1.8 mi
Trout's Grave: 2.3 mi
Briant's Neck: 2.5 mi
HU-16 Albatross: 3.6 mi

Attractions23

Marstons Mills Herring Run: 4.1 mi
Cape Cod Airfield Biplane Rides: 5.8 mi
Falmouth Road Race Finish Line: 7.9 mi
The Liberté: 8.4 mi
Green Briar Jam Kitchen: 8.5 mi

Cliffs18

bluff: 1.7 mi
Falmouth Cliffs: 8.2 mi
Fullers Point: 9.0 mi
Hog Island: 10.5 mi
Salten Point: 10.9 mi

Gardens15

Mashpee Community Garden: 1.8 mi
Colonial Gardens: 8.4 mi
Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 8.5 mi
Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 8.6 mi
McInnes Garden: 8.6 mi

Artworks15

Buddha: 4.2 mi
Tree of Bike: 6.4 mi
Saint John Paul: 10.4 mi
Mercy Otis Warren: 10.7 mi
James Otis Jr.: 10.7 mi

Rest areas11

truck pull-off: 7.1 mi
truck pull-off: 7.1 mi
Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 11.0 mi
Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 12.7 mi
truck pull-off: 13.3 mi

Lighthouses7

Oil House: 11.5 mi
Fog Signal Building: 11.5 mi
West Chop Light: 11.5 mi
Keeper's House: 11.5 mi
Keeper's House: 11.5 mi

Picnic sites2

Bourne Recreation Area: 10.1 mi
Herring Run Recreational Area: 11.1 mi

Springs1

Crystal Spring: 18.5 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Mashpee River Reservation. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Pine Hill	NW 324°	93 m	7.3 mi
Telegraph Hill	N 359°	85 m	7.6 mi
Flatrock Hill	NNW 343°	82 m	9.5 mi
Avery Hill	NNW 333°	80 m	8.4 mi
Discovery Hill	N 7°	77 m	7.1 mi
Deer Horn Hill	WNW 295°	71 m	6.0 mi
Whiting Hill	SW 217°	68 m	18.8 mi
Discovery Hill	NNW 339°	61 m	10.3 mi

Conditions

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	18:04	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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29703815

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