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Mill Field

Mill Field from directly overhead

Mill Field is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the south, 8.2 miles off. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 6.6 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
1977-12-29
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.87428, -70.00438
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Mill Field: 0.1 mi
  • Mill Field: 0.2 mi
  • Three Sisters of Nauset: 2.6 mi
  • Wiley Park: 2.9 mi
  • Windmill Green: 3.4 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches
Peaks: 42
  • Little Beach Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Skiff Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Fort Hill: 4.4 mi
  • Cannon Hill: 4.5 mi
  • Gross Hill: 5.4 mi
Historic sites: 38
Museums: 31
Artworks: 26
  • Chime: 0.7 mi
  • The Catch: 6.3 mi
  • They Also Faced the Sea: 15.1 mi
  • Homage to the Fishermen (1989): 15.3 mi
  • Bubbles the Humpback: 15.3 mi
Attractions: 14
Rest areas: 10
  • truck pull-off: 9.2 mi
  • truck pull-off: 10.9 mi
  • truck pull-off: 11.7 mi
  • truck pull-off: 13.9 mi
  • rest area: 15.2 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Gardens: 4
Cliffs: 4
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnick Area: 7.6 mi
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mill Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillS 191°165 m8.2 mi
Signal HillSW 224°60 m13.4 mi
Clay HillSW 234°58 m22.4 mi
Black Ball HillSW 224°45 m13.8 mi
Mill HillS 179°41 m6.8 mi
The HighlandsNNW 346°41 m11.8 mi
Green HillN 349°38 m9.9 mi
Scorton HillWSW 242°35 m22.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4418:1618:52
June solstice05:0619:3720:19
September equinox06:2818:0218:39
December solstice07:0515:2816:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323338465564717164544537
Precip in3.83.64.44.03.32.92.83.03.64.24.55.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chatham Muni AP, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29848804

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