Pierce-Bourne Cove
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Pierce-Bourne Cove is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Manomet Hill stands 114 m to the north-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Wildlands Trust - Great Neck Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 10 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1992
How to reach it
- 10.2 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Harbor Beach: 0.7 mi
- Parkwood Beach: 1.4 mi
- Swifts Neck Association: 1.7 mi
- Swifts Beach: 1.7 mi
- Minot Forest Beach: 1.8 mi
- Tempes Knob: 1.3 mi
- Wankinco Neck: 1.7 mi
- Brandy Hill: 1.8 mi
- Great Hill: 2.3 mi
- Tarkiln Hill: 3.6 mi
- Longwood Park: 1.4 mi
- Longwood Park: 1.4 mi
- Longwood Park: 1.4 mi
- Wabassa Park: 1.5 mi
- Wabassa Park: 1.5 mi
- Captain John Kendrick Maritime: 2.3 mi
- Kendrick House Museum: 3.0 mi
- Bourne Historical Society: 4.7 mi
- Saconesset Homestead and Museum: 8.8 mi
- Sandwich Glass Museum: 9.8 mi
- Maritime Park: 3.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 4.6 mi
- Delano Memorial: 6.2 mi
- Sagamore Hill Trail: 9.3 mi
- HU-25 Falcon: 9.4 mi
- Herring Run: 7.1 mi
- Butterflies of Cape Cod: 7.2 mi
- Edaville: 9.4 mi
- Green Briar Jam Kitchen: 11.3 mi
- The Green Briar Nature Center: 11.3 mi
- Hog Island: 2.7 mi
- The Cliffs: 3.6 mi
- Falmouth Cliffs: 7.7 mi
- Peaked Cliff: 9.5 mi
- Lookout Point: 10.6 mi
- Merchant Marine Memorial: 3.3 mi
- Tree of Bike: 6.7 mi
- Whale Tail: 14.1 mi
- Rachel Carson: 14.1 mi
- Helen Keller: 14.1 mi
- Donald Marvin Daylily Garden: 9.4 mi
- Cape Cod Hydrangea Society Display Garden: 9.4 mi
- Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 9.4 mi
- North American Hydrangea Test Garden: 9.4 mi
- Hart Family Maze Garden: 9.4 mi
- Clark's Point Light: 14.5 mi
- Nobska Point Light: 14.8 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 17.7 mi
- West Chop Light: 17.7 mi
- Keeper's House: 17.7 mi
- Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 5.3 mi
- truck pull-off: 14.4 mi
- Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 14.4 mi
- truck pull-off: 14.7 mi
- Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 20.8 mi
- Bourne Recreation Area: 5.2 mi
- Herring Run Recreational Area: 7.2 mi
- Crystal Spring: 8.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.8 miles of Pierce-Bourne Cove. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manomet Hill | NNE 20° | 114 m | 14.6 mi |
| Pine Hills | NNE 20° | 95 m | 15.2 mi |
| Pine Hill | ESE 103° | 93 m | 6.4 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | E 88° | 85 m | 10.4 mi |
| Flatrock Hill | ENE 77° | 82 m | 7.9 mi |
| Avery Hill | E 88° | 80 m | 6.7 mi |
| Discovery Hill | E 91° | 77 m | 11.3 mi |
| Deer Horn Hill | SE 133° | 71 m | 6.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:39 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:05 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 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 | 30 | 31 | 37 | 46 | 57 | 66 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.7 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Wareham, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29696820
Day trips start here
- Wareham · 3 mi
- Marion · 4 mi
- Rochester · 7 mi
- Mattapoisett · 8 mi
- SouthCoast · 10 mi
- Carver · 11 mi
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