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Old Jail Lane Conservation Area

Old Jail Lane Conservation Area from directly overhead

Old Jail Lane Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 29 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Neck Lane, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 0.5 miles off.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.69443, -70.32078
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Shootflying Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Cobbs Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Clay Hill: 2.0 mi
  • White Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 4.0 mi
Beaches
  • Millway Beach: 1.5 mi
  • Wequaquet Lake Beach: 1.7 mi
  • Wequaquet Estates Beach: 2.4 mi
  • Opeechee Heights Beach: 2.5 mi
  • Christian Camp Meeting Beach: 4.1 mi
Parks
  • Sunset Lane Beach Access: 1.7 mi
  • Anthony & Georgia Botsey Park: 2.4 mi
  • Mothers Park: 3.1 mi
  • Aaron S. Crosby Park: 3.1 mi
  • Ellen A. McBarron Field: 3.3 mi
Museums: 49
Historic sites: 45
Attractions: 22
  • Wackenhammer's Clockwork Arcade and Carousel: 3.5 mi
  • Putter's Paradise: 4.0 mi
  • Jump On Us!: 4.4 mi
  • Cape Cod Airfield Biplane Rides: 4.5 mi
  • Marstons Mills Herring Run: 5.7 mi
Cliffs: 16
Artworks: 15
Gardens: 15
  • Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 8.4 mi
  • Mashpee Community Garden: 9.0 mi
  • McInnes Garden: 10.1 mi
  • Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 10.2 mi
Rest areas: 12
  • Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 1.8 mi
  • truck pull-off: 4.2 mi
  • truck pull-off: 4.4 mi
  • truck pull-off: 4.6 mi
  • truck pull-off: 6.5 mi
Lighthouses: 12
Picnic sites: 4
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 13.5 mi
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 14.2 mi
  • Picnick Area: 16.1 mi
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 16.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.6 miles of Old Jail Lane Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillENE 73°165 m15.4 mi
Manomet HillNW 319°114 m21.3 mi
Pine HillW 274°93 m12.7 mi
Telegraph HillWNW 288°85 m8.9 mi
Flatrock HillWNW 290°82 m12.0 mi
Avery HillWNW 282°80 m12.5 mi
Discovery HillWNW 285°77 m7.9 mi
Deer Horn HillW 260°71 m14.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:1718:54
June solstice05:0819:3820:20
September equinox06:2918:0418:40
December solstice07:0615:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313237465564717064544536
Precip in3.73.64.84.03.43.32.83.23.84.34.14.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hyannis, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29903187

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