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Mill Hill Island

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Mill Hill Island from directly overhead

Mill Hill Island is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the south, 9.8 miles off. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 8.3 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.89780, -70.00052

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Beaches
Parks: 59
  • Mill Field: 1.6 mi
  • Mill Field: 1.7 mi
  • Cannon Hill Park: 3.0 mi
  • Three Sisters of Nauset: 3.5 mi
  • Wiley Park: 4.4 mi
Peaks: 42
  • Cannon Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Little Beach Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Gross Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Griffin Island: 4.4 mi
  • Skiff Hill: 5.6 mi
Historic sites: 38
Museums: 30
Artworks: 26
  • Chime: 1.1 mi
  • The Catch: 7.9 mi
  • They Also Faced the Sea: 14.0 mi
  • Homage to the Fishermen (1989): 14.2 mi
  • Bubbles the Humpback: 14.2 mi
Attractions: 13
Rest areas: 10
  • truck pull-off: 10.8 mi
  • truck pull-off: 12.5 mi
  • truck pull-off: 13.3 mi
  • truck pull-off: 15.4 mi
  • rest area: 16.7 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Gardens: 4
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnick Area: 9.3 mi
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 15.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillS 191°165 m9.8 mi
Signal HillSW 220°60 m14.7 mi
Clay HillSW 232°58 m23.5 mi
Black Ball HillSW 220°45 m15.2 mi
Mill HillS 180°41 m8.4 mi
The HighlandsNNW 343°41 m10.3 mi
Green HillNNW 346°38 m8.4 mi
Scorton HillWSW 239°35 m23.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4418:1518:52
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, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29800272

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