Nature reserve · Massachusetts

Old Wharf Point

Old Wharf Point from directly overhead

Old Wharf Point is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the south, 10 miles off. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 8.5 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Access: Yes

Getting there

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Coordinates41.90170, -70.00444

8.5 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Beaches

Sunken Meadow Beach: 2.1 mi
Lecount Hollow Beach: 2.1 mi
Marconi Beach: 2.3 mi
Great Pond Beach: 2.5 mi
Cooks Brook Beach: 2.6 mi

Parks59

Mill Field: 1.9 mi
Mill Field: 1.9 mi
Cannon Hill Park: 2.6 mi
Three Sisters of Nauset: 3.8 mi
Wiley Park: 4.7 mi

Peaks42

Cannon Hill: 2.7 mi
Little Beach Hill: 3.5 mi
Gross Hill: 3.5 mi
Griffin Island: 4.1 mi
Skiff Hill: 5.9 mi

Historic sites38

Indian Grave Stone: 3.9 mi
Eastham Train Depot and Water Tower: 5.1 mi
Capped Foundation of Former Gunn Dairy Barn: 6.1 mi
Coast Guard Motor Life Boat CG36500: 7.0 mi
Battle of Orleans Massachusetts 1814: 7.0 mi

Museums30

Wellfleet Historical Society Museum: 2.9 mi
Atwood-Higgins House: 4.6 mi
Eastham 1869 Schoolhouse Museum: 4.6 mi
French Cable Station Museum: 7.9 mi
French Cable Station Museum: 7.9 mi

Artworks26

Chime: 1.4 mi
The Catch: 8.2 mi
They Also Faced the Sea: 13.7 mi
Homage to the Fishermen (1989): 13.9 mi
Bubbles the Humpback: 13.9 mi

Attractions13

Penniman House: 6.1 mi
Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat CG 36500: 7.0 mi
Jonathan Young Windmill: 7.5 mi
Brewster Historical Society Windmill Village: 11.9 mi
Dolphin Fleet Whale Watch: 13.8 mi

Rest areas10

truck pull-off: 11.1 mi
truck pull-off: 12.7 mi
truck pull-off: 13.5 mi
truck pull-off: 15.5 mi
rest area: 16.8 mi

Lighthouses7

Cliffs4

Indian Neck: 1.2 mi
Top of Eroding Coastal Bank (Spring 2025): 17.1 mi
Salten Point: 20.5 mi
Fullers Point: 22.9 mi

Gardens4

Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 1.4 mi
Suzanne's Garden: 13.8 mi
PAAM Sculpture Garden: 14.0 mi
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 24.1 mi

Picnic sites2

Picnick Area: 9.5 mi
Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 15.8 mi

Ghost towns1

Long Point: 12.2 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Old Wharf Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Deer Park Hill	S 189°	165 m	10.1 mi
Signal Hill	SW 219°	60 m	14.8 mi
Clay Hill	SW 231°	58 m	23.6 mi
Black Ball Hill	SW 219°	45 m	15.2 mi
Mill Hill	S 179°	41 m	8.7 mi
The Highlands	NNW 343°	41 m	10.0 mi
Green Hill	NNW 347°	38 m	8.1 mi
Scorton Hill	WSW 238°	35 m	23.7 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:44	18:15	18:52
June solstice	05:06	19:37	20:19
September equinox	06:28	18:02	18:39
December solstice	07:05	15:28	16:13

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	32	33	38	46	55	64	71	71	64	54	45	37
Precip in	3.8	3.6	4.4	4.0	3.3	2.9	2.8	3.0	3.6	4.2	4.5	5.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chatham Muni AP, 15 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29799918

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