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Pleasant Lake Avenue Conservation Area

Pleasant Lake Avenue Conservation Area from directly overhead

Pleasant Lake Avenue Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the north-northeast, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Andrews Pond Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 3.9 miles off. 44 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Harwich Conservation Trust

How to reach it

Coordinates41.69780, -70.07523

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Brooks Park: 0.8 mi
  • Larsen Park: 2.1 mi
  • Former Camp Wono: 2.5 mi
  • Belmont Park: 2.7 mi
  • Johnny Kelley Park: 4.4 mi
Peaks: 44
  • Deer Park Hill: 4.6 mi
  • Grassy Nook: 4.8 mi
  • Hokum Rock: 5.7 mi
  • Cannon Hill: 5.9 mi
  • Signal Hill: 6.1 mi
Historic sites: 37
Museums: 36
Attractions: 15
Gardens: 12
  • Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 12.5 mi
  • Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 13.4 mi
  • Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 20.5 mi
  • Mashpee Community Garden: 21.4 mi
  • McInnes Garden: 22.4 mi
Rest areas: 10
  • truck pull-off: 1.0 mi
  • truck pull-off: 2.3 mi
  • truck pull-off: 3.2 mi
  • truck pull-off: 4.3 mi
  • rest area: 5.1 mi
Artworks: 8
Lighthouses: 7
Cliffs: 5
Picnic sites: 2
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
  • Picnick Area: 5.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillNNE 26°165 m4.6 mi
Telegraph HillW 277°85 m21.3 mi
Flatrock HillW 279°82 m24.2 mi
Discovery HillW 275°77 m20.3 mi
Signal HillWNW 294°60 m6.1 mi
Clay HillW 267°58 m14.6 mi
Black Ball HillWNW 291°45 m6.3 mi
Faunces MountainW 280°43 m22.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1618:53
June solstice05:0719:3720:19
September equinox06:2818:0318:39
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, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1301654452

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