Quenames
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Quenames is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of -9 m. Peaked Hill stands 95 m to the west-northwest, 3.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Wades Field, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 29 miles off. 29 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1985
How to reach it
- 29.5 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Wades Field: 0.5 mi
- Tipson Pond Lot: 0.7 mi
- Freeman Hancock Woodlot: 0.8 mi
- Quansoo Farm: 0.8 mi
- Plum Bush Point: 1.6 mi
- Lucy Vincent Beach: 2.2 mi
- Menemsha Hills Reservation Beach: 4.1 mi
- Stonewall Beach: 4.2 mi
- Menemsha Beach: 4.3 mi
- Lobsterville Beach: 5.7 mi
- Valley Park: 7.2 mi
- Aquinnah Circle Park: 8.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 8.3 mi
- Boch Park: 8.4 mi
- Forest Park: 8.5 mi
- ship's anchor: 8.8 mi
- cannon: 9.1 mi
- cannon: 9.1 mi
- War Memorial: 9.9 mi
- Soldiers Memorial: 9.9 mi
- Ridge Hill: 1.6 mi
- Abel Hill: 1.6 mi
- Peaked Hill: 3.0 mi
- Prospect Hill: 3.6 mi
- Whiting Hill: 4.1 mi
- Aquinnah Wampanoag History Museum: 8.0 mi
- Martha's Vineyard Museum: 8.2 mi
- Old Schoolhouse Museum and Liberty Pole: 8.5 mi
- Doctor Daniel Fisher House Museum: 9.1 mi
- Vincent House Museum: 9.1 mi
- Wequobsque Cliffs: 3.4 mi
- Nashaquitsa Cliffs: 4.6 mi
- Cedar Tree Neck: 6.0 mi
- Zacks Cliffs: 7.1 mi
- Makonikey Head: 7.4 mi
- Polly Hill Arboretum: 3.3 mi
- Big Bridge: 8.3 mi
- Flying Horses Carousel: 9.9 mi
- Falmouth Road Race Starting Line: 12.2 mi
- The Liberté: 14.1 mi
- Keeper's House: 10.1 mi
- Keeper's House: 10.1 mi
- West Chop Light: 10.1 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 10.1 mi
- Oil House: 10.1 mi
- Whale Tail: 9.3 mi
- Rachel Carson: 12.2 mi
- Whale Tail: 12.2 mi
- Helen Keller: 12.2 mi
- Buddha: 17.8 mi
- Garden of Our Lady: 12.4 mi
- Spohr Public Gardens: 13.6 mi
- Colonial Gardens: 14.7 mi
- Mashpee Community Garden: 23.1 mi
- Rotch- Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum: 23.3 mi
- Crystal Spring: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Quenames. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peaked Hill | WNW 282° | 94.8 m | 3.0 mi |
| Prospect Hill | WNW 290° | 78 m | 3.6 mi |
| Deer Horn Hill | NNE 12° | 71 m | 22.1 mi |
| Whiting Hill | NNW 345° | 68 m | 4.1 mi |
| Mount Surat | NNW 343° | 48 m | 10.6 mi |
| Ridge Hill | NW 324° | 47 m | 1.6 mi |
| Goat Rocks | N 351° | 44 m | 4.4 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | N 9° | 44 m | 17.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:38 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:05 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 15:33 | 16:17 |
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 | 31 | 32 | 37 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 63 | 53 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vineyard Haven Marthas Vineyar, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29697407
Day trips start here
- SouthCoast · 22 mi
- Mattapoisett · 23 mi
- Dartmouth · 24 mi
- Marion · 25 mi
- New Bedford · 25 mi
- Little Compton · 27 mi
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