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Mill Pond

Mill Pond from directly overhead

Mill Pond is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 18 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the east-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Marstons Mills Cr, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 4.4 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2006-02-27
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.65323, -70.41709
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Hamblin Pond Beach: 0.8 mi
  • Burgess Park: 1.0 mi
  • Playground/Field: 1.6 mi
  • Ellen A. McBarron Field: 2.4 mi
  • Osterville Library Park: 2.5 mi
Beaches
Peaks
  • Clay Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Shootflying Hill: 4.4 mi
  • Scorton Hill: 4.8 mi
  • Discovery Hill: 5.6 mi
  • Sunset Hill: 5.9 mi
Museums: 57
Historic sites: 43
  • Trout's Grave: 1.9 mi
  • Briant's Neck: 2.0 mi
  • Mashpee Veterans' War Monument: 3.4 mi
  • Scott Rock: 3.5 mi
  • Location of Hotel Attaquin: 3.5 mi
Attractions: 25
  • Marstons Mills Herring Run: 0.2 mi
  • Cape Cod Airfield Biplane Rides: 2.2 mi
  • Wackenhammer's Clockwork Arcade and Carousel: 6.6 mi
  • Green Briar Jam Kitchen: 6.9 mi
  • The Green Briar Nature Center: 6.9 mi
Cliffs: 18
Artworks: 16
Gardens: 14
  • Mashpee Community Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 6.9 mi
  • Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 7.9 mi
  • McInnes Garden: 7.9 mi
Rest areas: 12
  • truck pull-off: 3.7 mi
  • truck pull-off: 3.8 mi
  • Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 7.0 mi
  • truck pull-off: 9.4 mi
  • truck pull-off: 11.8 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Picnic sites: 4
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 10.9 mi
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 11.1 mi
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 21.7 mi
  • Picnick Area: 21.8 mi
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.0 miles of Mill Pond. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillENE 70°165 m21.0 mi
Manomet HillNNW 335°114 m20.9 mi
Pine HillWNW 297°93 m8.6 mi
Telegraph HillNNW 327°85 m6.6 mi
Flatrock HillNW 318°82 m9.4 mi
Avery HillNW 307°80 m9.1 mi
Discovery HillNNW 332°77 m5.6 mi
Deer Horn HillW 273°71 m8.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:1718:54
June solstice05:0819:3820:20
September equinox06:3018:0418:41
December solstice07:0615:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293136465664706962524336
Precip in4.94.05.34.63.94.13.83.03.95.34.75.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Sandwich, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29905292

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