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Quashnet Woods State Reservation

Quashnet Woods State Reservation from directly overhead

Quashnet Woods State Reservation is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 23 m. Pine Hill stands 93 m to the northwest, 6.0 miles off. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 7.7 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1988-07-28
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.63693, -70.50072
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Johns Pond Park: 0.5 mi
  • Collins Lot: 1.2 mi
  • Mashpee Community Park: 1.3 mi
  • Attaquin Park: 1.3 mi
  • Park: 2.3 mi
Beaches
  • Wakeby lake at Ryder Conservation Beach: 2.4 mi
  • Snake Pond Beach: 3.1 mi
  • Loop Beach: 3.9 mi
  • Peters Pond at Oakcrest Cove Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Oregon Beach: 4.0 mi
Peaks
Museums: 56
Historic sites: 52
  • Location of Hotel Attaquin: 1.2 mi
  • Mashpee Veterans' War Monument: 1.3 mi
  • HU-16 Albatross: 2.3 mi
  • HU-25 Falcon: 2.3 mi
  • Briant's Neck: 2.5 mi
Attractions: 25
  • Marstons Mills Herring Run: 4.6 mi
  • Cape Cod Airfield Biplane Rides: 5.8 mi
  • Green Briar Jam Kitchen: 7.7 mi
  • The Green Briar Nature Center: 7.7 mi
  • Falmouth Road Race Finish Line: 8.1 mi
Cliffs: 19
Gardens: 15
  • Mashpee Community Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 7.6 mi
  • McInnes Garden: 7.6 mi
  • Cape Cod Hydrangea Society Display Garden: 7.7 mi
  • North American Hydrangea Test Garden: 7.7 mi
Artworks: 15
Rest areas: 11
  • truck pull-off: 6.8 mi
  • truck pull-off: 6.9 mi
  • Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 11.5 mi
  • Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 11.5 mi
  • truck pull-off: 13.9 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Picnic sites: 2
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 8.8 mi
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 9.9 mi
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Quashnet Woods State Reservation. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine HillNW 326°93 m6.0 mi
Telegraph HillN 6°85 m6.7 mi
Flatrock HillNNW 347°82 m8.4 mi
Avery HillNNW 336°80 m7.2 mi
Discovery HillNNE 16°77 m6.3 mi
Deer Horn HillWNW 290°71 m4.8 mi
Discovery HillNNW 341°61 m9.1 mi
Mountain HillNNW 349°61 m14.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:1818:54
June solstice05:0919:3820:21
September equinox06:3018:0518:41
December solstice07:0615:3116:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293136465664706962524336
Precip in4.94.05.34.63.94.13.83.03.95.34.75.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Sandwich, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29703053

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