Parkers Island Tract
Parkers Island Tract is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. Peaked Hill stands 95 m to the southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Five Islands, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 12 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1997-03-25
What to expect
- Operated by
- United States Fish and Wildlife Service
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 11.8 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Five Islands: 0.4 mi
- Five Islands: 0.5 mi
- Five Islands: 0.5 mi
- Five Islands: 0.5 mi
- Five Islands: 0.5 mi
- Childs River Access: 1.2 mi
- Fonseca Park: 1.9 mi
- Coonamessett Greenway Heritage Trail: 3.3 mi
- Sandwich Road Playing Fields: 3.9 mi
- Teaticket Park: 4.3 mi
- South Cape Beach: 1.4 mi
- South Cape Beach: 1.4 mi
- Menahaunt Beach: 2.6 mi
- Menauhant Beach: 2.7 mi
- Menahaunt Beach: 2.8 mi
- Telegraph Hill: 6.4 mi
- Swifts Hill: 6.7 mi
- Riddle Hill: 6.8 mi
- Mt. Otis: 6.8 mi
- Mt. Zig: 6.9 mi
- Falmouth Police Memorial: 4.9 mi
- Katharine Lee Bates: 5.5 mi
- Location of Hotel Attaquin: 5.6 mi
- Mashpee Veterans' War Monument: 5.6 mi
- Trout's Grave: 6.0 mi
- Cape Cod Children's Museum: 2.2 mi
- Historical Society of Santuit and Cotuit: 4.7 mi
- Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Museum: 5.6 mi
- Cahoon Museum of American Art: 5.6 mi
- Falmouth Museums on the Green: 5.7 mi
- Falmouth Road Race Finish Line: 4.8 mi
- The Liberté: 5.3 mi
- Marstons Mills Herring Run: 7.5 mi
- Flying Horses Carousel: 8.2 mi
- Falmouth Road Race Starting Line: 8.8 mi
- bluff: 3.3 mi
- Falmouth Cliffs: 7.7 mi
- Falmouth Heights: 8.0 mi
- Husselton Head: 8.3 mi
- North Head: 9.1 mi
- Mashpee Community Garden: 5.6 mi
- Colonial Gardens: 5.7 mi
- Spohr Public Gardens: 7.0 mi
- Garden of Our Lady: 8.8 mi
- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 11.7 mi
- Buddha: 1.2 mi
- Tree of Bike: 7.5 mi
- Helen Keller: 8.9 mi
- Whale Tail: 8.9 mi
- Rachel Carson: 8.9 mi
- truck pull-off: 10.9 mi
- truck pull-off: 10.9 mi
- Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 14.0 mi
- Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 15.4 mi
- truck pull-off: 16.1 mi
- Oil House: 7.7 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 7.7 mi
- West Chop Light: 7.7 mi
- Keeper's House: 7.7 mi
- Keeper's House: 7.7 mi
- Bourne Recreation Area: 12.8 mi
- Herring Run Recreational Area: 14.2 mi
- Crystal Spring: 18.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.6 miles of Parkers Island Tract. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peaked Hill | SW 219° | 94.8 m | 18.9 mi |
| Pine Hill | NNW 344° | 93 m | 9.9 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | N 7° | 85 m | 11.3 mi |
| Flatrock Hill | N 354° | 82 m | 12.8 mi |
| Avery Hill | NNW 348° | 80 m | 11.4 mi |
| Prospect Hill | SW 221° | 78 m | 18.7 mi |
| Discovery Hill | NNE 12° | 77 m | 10.9 mi |
| Deer Horn Hill | NNW 327° | 71 m | 7.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:38 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:05 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 15:31 | 16:16 |
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 | 37 | 47 | 56 | 65 | 72 | 72 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woods Hole Golf Club, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/883919772
Day trips start here
- Marion · 16 mi
- Mattapoisett · 17 mi
- Wareham · 17 mi
- SouthCoast · 18 mi
- Rochester · 19 mi
- New Bedford · 23 mi
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