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Pleasant Bay Woodlands

Pleasant Bay Woodlands from directly overhead

Pleasant Bay Woodlands is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the north-northwest, 3.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Lady Slipper Lane Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 4.1 miles off. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Harwich Conservation Trust

How to reach it

Coordinates41.71559, -70.00319

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
  • Fisherman's Landing: 1.5 mi
  • Strong Island Beach: 2.6 mi
  • Forest Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Hardings Beach: 3.8 mi
  • Red River Beach: 3.9 mi
Parks
  • Veterans' Park: 3.0 mi
  • Former Camp Wono: 3.1 mi
  • Nickerson Park: 3.1 mi
  • Kate Gould Park: 3.4 mi
  • Brooks Park: 4.0 mi
Peaks: 37
  • Cannon Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Grassy Nook: 2.9 mi
  • Deer Park Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Nauset Beach Dunes: 3.7 mi
  • Watch Hill: 3.9 mi
Museums: 31
Historic sites: 30
Attractions: 16
Rest areas: 10
  • truck pull-off: 1.9 mi
  • truck pull-off: 2.0 mi
  • truck pull-off: 3.3 mi
  • truck pull-off: 7.0 mi
  • rest area: 8.9 mi
Artworks: 9
Lighthouses: 7
Gardens: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 3.0 mi
  • Picnick Area: 3.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillNNW 331°165 m3.4 mi
Telegraph HillW 273°85 m24.9 mi
Discovery HillW 272°77 m24.0 mi
Signal HillW 278°60 m9.4 mi
Clay HillW 264°58 m18.4 mi
Black Ball HillW 276°45 m9.7 mi
Mill HillN 2°41 m4.2 mi
The HighlandsN 353°41 m22.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4418:1618:52
June solstice05:0619:3720:19
September equinox06:2818:0218:39
December solstice07:0515:2816:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323338465564717164544537
Precip in3.83.64.44.03.32.92.83.03.64.24.55.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chatham Muni AP, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1295118577

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