Nell Howell
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Nell Howell is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Peaked Hill stands 95 m to the northeast, 1.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Englander, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Paradise Ave and Other Roads passes 27 miles off. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1986
How to reach it
- 27.2 mi off the Paradise Ave and Other Roads
Named places within 25 miles
- Englander: 0.6 mi
- Bliss Pond Farm: 0.9 mi
- Town Forest: 1.0 mi
- Mayhew Island: 1.1 mi
- Stonewall Pond Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Menemsha Beach: 1.2 mi
- Stonewall Beach: 1.4 mi
- Lobsterville Beach: 1.6 mi
- Lucy Vincent Beach: 2.1 mi
- Menemsha Hills Reservation Beach: 2.1 mi
- Aquinnah Circle Park: 3.8 mi
- Valley Park: 10.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 11.2 mi
- Boch Park: 11.4 mi
- Owen Park: 11.4 mi
- Peaked Hill: 1.6 mi
- Prospect Hill: 1.8 mi
- Squibnocket Ridge: 2.5 mi
- Abel Hill: 2.6 mi
- Ridge Hill: 3.6 mi
- Bartholomew Gosnold Memorial Tower: 10.8 mi
- ship's anchor: 13.0 mi
- Nobska Lighthouse: 13.2 mi
- War Memorial: 13.3 mi
- Soldiers Memorial: 13.3 mi
- Aquinnah Wampanoag History Museum: 3.8 mi
- Cuttyhunk Historical Society Museum: 10.2 mi
- Martha's Vineyard Museum: 11.2 mi
- Old Schoolhouse Museum and Liberty Pole: 11.4 mi
- Cottage Museum: 13.0 mi
- Wequobsque Cliffs: 1.2 mi
- Nashaquitsa Cliffs: 1.5 mi
- Zacks Cliffs: 3.0 mi
- Gay Head Cliffs: 3.9 mi
- Cedar Tree Neck: 7.0 mi
- Polly Hill Arboretum: 5.7 mi
- Big Bridge: 12.2 mi
- Flying Horses Carousel: 13.2 mi
- Falmouth Road Race Starting Line: 13.4 mi
- The Liberté: 16.0 mi
- Keeper's House: 12.7 mi
- Keeper's House: 12.7 mi
- West Chop Light: 12.7 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 12.7 mi
- Oil House: 12.7 mi
- Rachel Carson: 13.4 mi
- Whale Tail: 13.4 mi
- Helen Keller: 13.4 mi
- Whale Tail: 13.4 mi
- Buddha: 20.7 mi
- Garden of Our Lady: 13.6 mi
- Spohr Public Gardens: 15.1 mi
- Colonial Gardens: 16.4 mi
- Rotch- Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum: 21.6 mi
- Helfand Farm Community Gardens: 22.5 mi
- Crystal Spring: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Nell Howell. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peaked Hill | NE 51° | 94.8 m | 1.6 mi |
| Prospect Hill | NNE 26° | 78 m | 1.8 mi |
| Deer Horn Hill | NNE 22° | 71 m | 23.7 mi |
| Whiting Hill | NE 36° | 68 m | 5.3 mi |
| Nootas Hill | NW 306° | 50 m | 23.0 mi |
| Sherman Hill | NW 310° | 49 m | 22.5 mi |
| Mount Surat | N 6° | 48 m | 10.6 mi |
| Ridge Hill | ENE 63° | 47 m | 3.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:39 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:06 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 15:33 | 16:17 |
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 | 31 | 32 | 37 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 63 | 53 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vineyard Haven Marthas Vineyar, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29697595
Day trips start here
- SouthCoast · 21 mi
- Dartmouth · 22 mi
- Mattapoisett · 22 mi
- New Bedford · 23 mi
- Little Compton · 24 mi
- Marion · 25 mi
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