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Old Field Pond Preserve

Old Field Pond Preserve from directly overhead

Old Field Pond Preserve is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Manomet Hill stands 114 m to the north, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Benjamin S. Harrison Memorial Preserve, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 5.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.77646, -70.60092
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Queen Sewell Park: 1.5 mi
  • Butler Memorial Park: 1.8 mi
  • Bourne Scenic Park: 1.9 mi
  • Cape Cod Canal Access: 2.1 mi
  • Buzzards Bay Park: 2.2 mi
Peaks
  • Signal Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Burying Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Tarkiln Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Discovery Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Eagle Hill: 2.7 mi
Beaches
Museums: 59
Historic sites: 55
  • Veterans Memorial: 1.9 mi
  • Maritime Park: 2.9 mi
  • Sagamore Hill Trail: 4.3 mi
  • Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: 5.3 mi
  • Samuel M. Beale, Jr, M.D.: 5.8 mi
Attractions: 30
  • Herring Run: 2.0 mi
  • Butterflies of Cape Cod: 2.1 mi
  • The Green Briar Nature Center: 7.1 mi
  • Green Briar Jam Kitchen: 7.1 mi
  • Edaville: 10.1 mi
Cliffs: 19
Artworks: 17
Gardens: 17
  • Donald Marvin Daylily Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Hart Family Maze Garden: 5.2 mi
  • The McGraw Family Garden of the Senses: 5.2 mi
  • Cape Cod Hydrangea Society Display Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Herb Garden: 5.3 mi
Rest areas: 9
  • Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 0.6 mi
  • truck pull-off: 11.0 mi
  • truck pull-off: 11.3 mi
  • Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 11.5 mi
  • Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 17.3 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Picnic sites: 2
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 2.1 mi
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 2.2 mi
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of Old Field Pond Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Manomet HillN 3°114 m10.4 mi
Pine HillsN 4°95 m11.0 mi
Pine HillSSE 159°93 m5.0 mi
Telegraph HillESE 117°85 m6.6 mi
Monks HillNNW 334°83 m14.2 mi
Flatrock HillESE 115°82 m3.6 mi
Avery HillSE 144°80 m3.8 mi
Discovery HillESE 118°77 m7.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1818:55
June solstice05:0819:3920:21
September equinox06:3018:0518:42
December solstice07:0715:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303137465766737164544436
Precip in4.23.75.64.63.83.73.13.64.55.04.55.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Wareham, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29698970

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