Nature reserve · Massachusetts

Piney Point Parcels

Piney Point Parcels from directly overhead

Piney Point Parcels is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Pine Hill stands 93 m to the east, 8.6 miles off. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 13 miles off.

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Coordinates41.69966, -70.73226

13.0 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
27.6 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
27.3 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
28.9 mi off the Paradise Ave and Other Roads

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Peaks

Great Hill: 0.8 mi
Tempes Knob: 3.8 mi
Wankinco Neck: 4.1 mi
Brandy Hill: 4.4 mi
Tinkham Hill: 4.6 mi

Parks

Silver Shell Beach: 1.3 mi
Town Field: 2.0 mi
Charles E Washburn Memorial Park: 2.3 mi
Point Road Park: 2.5 mi
Mary Besse Park and Pier: 4.0 mi

Beaches

Cedar Island: 2.5 mi
Swifts Beach: 2.8 mi
Swifts Neck Association: 2.9 mi
Hollywoods Beach: 3.3 mi
Parkwood Beach: 3.4 mi

Museums

Captain John Kendrick Maritime: 4.0 mi
Kendrick House Museum: 4.4 mi
Bourne Historical Society: 7.6 mi
Saconesset Homestead and Museum: 8.2 mi
New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center: 10.8 mi

Historic sites

Delano Memorial: 4.8 mi
Maritime Park: 6.2 mi
Veterans Memorial: 7.5 mi
Acushnet Veterans Memorial: 8.9 mi
Fort Phoenix: 10.2 mi

Attractions35

Herring Run: 10.1 mi
Butterflies of Cape Cod: 10.3 mi
Edaville: 10.5 mi
Buzzards Bay Coalition: 10.8 mi
Rodman Candleworks: 10.8 mi

Cliffs20

The Cliffs: 1.0 mi
Hog Island: 5.3 mi
Falmouth Cliffs: 7.1 mi
Peaked Cliff: 12.6 mi
Nobska Point: 12.9 mi

Artworks19

Merchant Marine Memorial: 6.2 mi
Tree of Bike: 7.5 mi
Whale Tail: 12.5 mi
Rachel Carson: 12.5 mi
Helen Keller: 12.5 mi

Gardens18

Rotch- Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum: 11.2 mi
Colonial Gardens: 11.6 mi
Spohr Public Gardens: 11.8 mi
Donald Marvin Daylily Garden: 12.1 mi
Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 12.1 mi

Lighthouses9

Rest areas5

Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 8.4 mi
truck pull-off: 16.7 mi
Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 16.7 mi
truck pull-off: 17.0 mi
Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 22.9 mi

Picnic sites2

Bourne Recreation Area: 8.1 mi
Herring Run Recreational Area: 10.2 mi

Springs1

Crystal Spring: 5.3 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of Piney Point Parcels. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Pine Hill	E 86°	93 m	8.6 mi
Telegraph Hill	E 79°	85 m	12.9 mi
Flatrock Hill	ENE 69°	82 m	10.7 mi
Avery Hill	ENE 76°	80 m	9.3 mi
Discovery Hill	E 83°	77 m	13.7 mi
Deer Horn Hill	ESE 110°	71 m	7.9 mi
Flagg Hill	NNE 19°	64 m	14.0 mi
Ridge Hill	W 269°	64 m	15.2 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:47	18:19	18:55
June solstice	05:09	19:40	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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29696975

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