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Plashes Conservation Land

Plashes Conservation Land from directly overhead

Plashes Conservation Land is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the northeast, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Sea Street Beach, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 5.1 miles off. 50 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates41.66148, -70.13331

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Sea Street Beach: 0.6 mi
  • Conserv Land/Lower Country Rd: 0.7 mi
  • Beard Site: 0.7 mi
  • Conserv Land/Barnard Rd: 0.8 mi
  • Conserv Land/Upper Country Rd: 0.9 mi
Beaches
Parks
  • Bass River Park: 2.4 mi
  • Bass River Park: 2.4 mi
  • Bass River Park: 2.5 mi
  • Wings Grove Beach & Park: 3.0 mi
  • Johnny Kelley Park: 3.0 mi
Peaks: 50
Museums: 35
Historic sites: 34
  • Carroll A. DeSilver: 3.7 mi
  • Eagle Point: 4.9 mi
  • Brenton I Wixon Memorial Park: 6.4 mi
  • Baxter Grist Mill: 6.6 mi
  • John F Kennedy Memorial: 7.6 mi
Attractions: 17
Gardens: 12
  • Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 8.9 mi
  • Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 16.8 mi
  • Mashpee Community Garden: 18.1 mi
  • Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 18.2 mi
  • McInnes Garden: 20.0 mi
Rest areas: 10
  • truck pull-off: 2.7 mi
  • rest area: 3.0 mi
  • truck pull-off: 3.8 mi
  • truck pull-off: 4.9 mi
  • truck pull-off: 5.8 mi
Artworks: 8
Cliffs: 8
Lighthouses: 6
Picnic sites: 4
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 7.1 mi
  • Picnick Area: 9.1 mi
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 23.3 mi
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 24.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillNE 37°165 m8.4 mi
Pine HillW 278°93 m22.6 mi
Telegraph HillWNW 285°85 m18.9 mi
Flatrock HillWNW 287°82 m21.9 mi
Avery HillWNW 283°80 m22.4 mi
Discovery HillWNW 284°77 m17.8 mi
Deer Horn HillW 270°71 m23.5 mi
Discovery HillWNW 288°61 m22.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1618:53
June solstice05:0719:3720:19
September equinox06:2918:0318:40
December solstice07:0515:2916:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313137455564717164544537
Precip in3.83.74.34.13.53.32.83.43.94.74.04.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Harwich, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29800791

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