Miles Pond Frontage
Miles Pond Frontage is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Peaked Hill stands 95 m to the south-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Ransom Road Parcel, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 16 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 16.0 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Ransom Road Parcel: 0.4 mi
- Peterson Farm: 0.4 mi
- Beebe Woods: 0.7 mi
- Salt Pond Frontage: 1.4 mi
- Little Sippewissett Marsh: 1.4 mi
- Riddle Hill: 0.5 mi
- Swifts Hill: 1.0 mi
- The Knob: 1.1 mi
- Nobska Hill: 2.7 mi
- Telegraph Hill: 3.2 mi
- Public Beach Quissett Harbor: 0.8 mi
- Public Beach Buzzards Bay: 1.0 mi
- Trunk River Beach: 1.5 mi
- Falmouth Beach: 1.5 mi
- Quissett Beach: 1.5 mi
- Falmouth Town Green: 1.5 mi
- WHOI - Rose Garden: 1.6 mi
- Shiverick's Pond Pathway: 1.6 mi
- Margaret E. Noonan Park: 1.8 mi
- Downtown Library Park: 1.8 mi
- Katharine Lee Bates: 1.8 mi
- Falmouth Police Memorial: 2.4 mi
- Woods Holl: 2.4 mi
- Nobska Lighthouse: 2.7 mi
- Soldiers Memorial: 8.3 mi
- Falmouth Museums on the Green: 1.5 mi
- Woods Hole Historical Museum: 2.4 mi
- Saconesset Homestead and Museum: 3.7 mi
- Old Schoolhouse Museum and Liberty Pole: 7.2 mi
- Martha's Vineyard Museum: 7.7 mi
- The Liberté: 2.3 mi
- Falmouth Road Race Starting Line: 2.4 mi
- Falmouth Road Race Finish Line: 2.8 mi
- Flying Horses Carousel: 8.2 mi
- Big Bridge: 10.9 mi
- Falmouth Heights: 2.3 mi
- Nobska Point: 3.7 mi
- Falmouth Cliffs: 4.6 mi
- Husselton Head: 6.5 mi
- South Bluff: 7.0 mi
- Spohr Public Gardens: 0.9 mi
- Colonial Gardens: 1.5 mi
- Garden of Our Lady: 2.2 mi
- Mashpee Community Garden: 10.7 mi
- Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 15.1 mi
- Helen Keller: 2.4 mi
- Whale Tail: 2.4 mi
- Rachel Carson: 2.4 mi
- Tree of Bike: 7.5 mi
- Buddha: 8.2 mi
- Nobska Point Light: 2.7 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 5.7 mi
- West Chop Light: 5.7 mi
- Keeper's House: 5.7 mi
- Oil House: 5.7 mi
- Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 15.7 mi
- truck pull-off: 16.3 mi
- truck pull-off: 16.4 mi
- Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 20.7 mi
- truck pull-off: 23.0 mi
- Bourne Recreation Area: 13.6 mi
- Herring Run Recreational Area: 15.8 mi
- Crystal Spring: 13.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of Miles Pond Frontage. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peaked Hill | SSW 199° | 94.8 m | 14.4 mi |
| Pine Hill | NNE 22° | 93 m | 11.4 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | NE 34° | 85 m | 14.9 mi |
| Flatrock Hill | NNE 22° | 82 m | 14.9 mi |
| Avery Hill | NNE 21° | 80 m | 13.1 mi |
| Prospect Hill | SSW 201° | 78 m | 14.0 mi |
| Discovery Hill | NE 39° | 77 m | 15.0 mi |
| Deer Horn Hill | NNE 23° | 71 m | 7.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:39 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:05 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 15:32 | 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 | 32 | 33 | 37 | 47 | 56 | 65 | 72 | 72 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woods Hole Golf Club, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29689394
Day trips start here
- Mattapoisett · 11 mi
- Marion · 12 mi
- SouthCoast · 12 mi
- Rochester · 15 mi
- Wareham · 15 mi
- New Bedford · 16 mi
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