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Muddy Creek Headwaters Preserve

Muddy Creek Headwaters Preserve from directly overhead

Muddy Creek Headwaters Preserve is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the north-northwest, 4.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Muddy Creek West, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 5.1 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Harwich Conservation Trust

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.70138, -70.01131

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Beaches
  • Fisherman's Landing: 0.4 mi
  • Forest Beach: 2.2 mi
  • Red River Beach: 2.8 mi
  • Hardings Beach: 3.0 mi
  • Strong Island Beach: 3.3 mi
Parks
  • Veterans' Park: 2.8 mi
  • Nickerson Park: 2.9 mi
  • Kate Gould Park: 3.2 mi
  • Brooks Park: 3.2 mi
  • Former Camp Wono: 3.3 mi
Peaks: 36
  • Cannon Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Watch Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Grassy Nook: 3.7 mi
  • Deer Park Hill: 4.1 mi
  • Nauset Beach Dunes: 4.3 mi
Museums: 31
Historic sites: 30
Attractions: 15
Rest areas: 10
  • truck pull-off: 2.0 mi
  • truck pull-off: 2.8 mi
  • truck pull-off: 3.0 mi
  • truck pull-off: 6.5 mi
  • rest area: 8.4 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Artworks: 6
Cliffs: 5
Gardens: 4
  • Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 12.5 mi
  • Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 15.7 mi
  • Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 23.8 mi
  • Mashpee Community Garden: 24.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 2.1 mi
  • Picnick Area: 4.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillNNW 342°165 m4.1 mi
Telegraph HillW 275°85 m24.6 mi
Discovery HillW 274°77 m23.6 mi
Signal HillWNW 284°60 m9.1 mi
Clay HillW 267°58 m17.9 mi
Black Ball HillWNW 282°45 m9.4 mi
Mill HillN 6°41 m5.2 mi
The HighlandsN 354°41 m23.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4418:1618:52
June solstice05:0619:3720:19
September equinox06:2818:0318:39
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, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/842515652

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