Mayhew Island
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Mayhew Island is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of -2 m. Peaked Hill stands 95 m to the north-northeast, 2.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Nashaquitsa Cliffs, a cliff 0.4 miles away. Paradise Ave and Other Roads passes 28 miles off. 30 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1974
How to reach it
- 27.6 mi off the Paradise Ave and Other Roads
Named places within 25 miles
- Stonewall Pond Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Squibnocket Farm: 0.9 mi
- Squibnocket Farm: 1.0 mi
- Nell Howell: 1.1 mi
- Town Forest: 1.1 mi
- Stonewall Beach: 0.5 mi
- Squibnocket Beach: 1.9 mi
- Lobsterville Beach: 2.1 mi
- Long Beach: 2.2 mi
- Menemsha Beach: 2.2 mi
- Aquinnah Circle Park: 4.0 mi
- Valley Park: 11.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 11.9 mi
- Boch Park: 12.1 mi
- Owen Park: 12.2 mi
- Squibnocket Ridge: 1.5 mi
- Peaked Hill: 2.4 mi
- Prospect Hill: 2.8 mi
- Abel Hill: 3.0 mi
- Ridge Hill: 4.2 mi
- Bartholomew Gosnold Memorial Tower: 11.3 mi
- ship's anchor: 13.3 mi
- cannon: 13.6 mi
- cannon: 13.6 mi
- War Memorial: 13.9 mi
- Aquinnah Wampanoag History Museum: 4.0 mi
- Cuttyhunk Historical Society Museum: 10.8 mi
- Martha's Vineyard Museum: 11.9 mi
- Old Schoolhouse Museum and Liberty Pole: 12.1 mi
- Doctor Daniel Fisher House Museum: 13.5 mi
- Nashaquitsa Cliffs: 0.4 mi
- Wequobsque Cliffs: 1.1 mi
- Zacks Cliffs: 2.7 mi
- Gay Head Cliffs: 4.1 mi
- Cedar Tree Neck: 8.0 mi
- Polly Hill Arboretum: 6.5 mi
- Big Bridge: 12.7 mi
- Flying Horses Carousel: 13.9 mi
- Falmouth Road Race Starting Line: 14.4 mi
- The Liberté: 17.0 mi
- Keeper's House: 13.5 mi
- Keeper's House: 13.5 mi
- West Chop Light: 13.5 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 13.5 mi
- Oil House: 13.6 mi
- Whale Tail: 13.8 mi
- Rachel Carson: 14.4 mi
- Whale Tail: 14.4 mi
- Helen Keller: 14.4 mi
- Buddha: 21.5 mi
- Garden of Our Lady: 14.6 mi
- Spohr Public Gardens: 16.1 mi
- Colonial Gardens: 17.4 mi
- Rotch- Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum: 22.6 mi
- Helfand Farm Community Gardens: 23.4 mi
- Crystal Spring: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mayhew Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peaked Hill | NNE 32° | 94.8 m | 2.4 mi |
| Prospect Hill | NNE 17° | 78 m | 2.8 mi |
| Deer Horn Hill | NNE 21° | 71 m | 24.7 mi |
| Whiting Hill | NNE 31° | 68 m | 6.2 mi |
| Nootas Hill | NW 308° | 50 m | 23.6 mi |
| Sherman Hill | NW 312° | 49 m | 23.2 mi |
| Mount Surat | N 6° | 48 m | 11.6 mi |
| Ridge Hill | NE 50° | 47 m | 4.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:39 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:06 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 15:33 | 16:17 |
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 | 31 | 32 | 37 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 63 | 53 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vineyard Haven Marthas Vineyar, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29696691
Day trips start here
- SouthCoast · 22 mi
- Dartmouth · 23 mi
- Mattapoisett · 23 mi
- Little Compton · 24 mi
- New Bedford · 24 mi
- Marion · 26 mi
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