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Otis Atwood Conservation Area

Otis Atwood Conservation Area from directly overhead

Otis Atwood Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 37 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the east-northeast, 19 miles off. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 1.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates41.69046, -70.39230
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Discover Flying RC- Cape Cod Airfield: 0.5 mi
  • Ellen A. McBarron Field: 1.5 mi
  • Burgess Park: 1.9 mi
  • Hamblin Pond Beach: 2.1 mi
  • Rolling Ridge Park: 2.4 mi
Peaks
  • Clay Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Scorton Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Shootflying Hill: 2.6 mi
  • White Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Discovery Hill: 4.6 mi
Beaches
  • Hamblini Pond Beach: 2.1 mi
  • Wequaquet Lake Beach: 2.4 mi
  • Opeechee Heights Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Triangle Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Camp Burgess Waterfront: 3.3 mi
Museums: 58
Historic sites: 47
Attractions: 25
  • Cape Cod Airfield Biplane Rides: 0.9 mi
  • Marstons Mills Herring Run: 2.9 mi
  • Green Briar Jam Kitchen: 5.5 mi
  • The Green Briar Nature Center: 5.5 mi
  • Wackenhammer's Clockwork Arcade and Carousel: 6.0 mi
Cliffs: 19
Artworks: 17
Gardens: 15
  • Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Mashpee Community Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 6.2 mi
  • McInnes Garden: 7.0 mi
  • Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 7.0 mi
Rest areas: 12
  • truck pull-off: 1.2 mi
  • truck pull-off: 1.5 mi
  • Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 5.4 mi
  • truck pull-off: 7.9 mi
  • truck pull-off: 10.2 mi
Lighthouses: 11
Picnic sites: 4
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 10.4 mi
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 10.8 mi
  • Picnick Area: 19.8 mi
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 20.4 mi
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.0 miles of Otis Atwood Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillENE 76°165 m19.0 mi
Manomet HillNNW 328°114 m19.3 mi
Pine HillsNNW 329°95 m19.7 mi
Pine HillW 278°93 m9.0 mi
Telegraph HillWNW 302°85 m5.7 mi
Flatrock HillWNW 301°82 m8.7 mi
Avery HillWNW 289°80 m9.0 mi
Discovery HillWNW 301°77 m4.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:1718:54
June solstice05:0819:3820:20
September equinox06:3018:0418:41
December solstice07:0615:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293136465664706962524336
Precip in4.94.05.34.63.94.13.83.03.95.34.75.6

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29900517

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