Red Top
Red Top is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 21 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the east-northeast, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Hay Property, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 0.7 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Hay Property: 0.1 mi
- Old Salem Road: 0.1 mi
- Buggy Whip Road Cr: 0.3 mi
- Doyle Lot: 0.3 mi
- Buggy Whip Road Cr: 0.3 mi
- Drummer Boy Park: 1.4 mi
- Belmont Park: 1.9 mi
- Scargo Park: 2.4 mi
- Johnny Kelley Park: 2.8 mi
- Nobscussett Park: 3.2 mi
- Crowe's Pasture: 1.7 mi
- Sesuit Beach: 1.7 mi
- Paine's Creek Beach: 2.0 mi
- Robbins Hill Beach: 2.1 mi
- Robbins Hill Beach: 2.2 mi
- Hokum Rock: 2.3 mi
- Scargo Hill: 2.5 mi
- Signal Hill: 2.6 mi
- Black Ball Hill: 3.0 mi
- German hill: 5.1 mi
- Eagle Point: 1.1 mi
- Brenton I Wixon Memorial Park: 4.7 mi
- Carroll A. DeSilver: 6.6 mi
- Battle of Orleans Massachusetts 1814: 7.8 mi
- Coast Guard Motor Life Boat CG36500: 7.8 mi
- Stony Brook Grist Mill & Museum: 1.2 mi
- Cape Cod Museum of Natural History: 1.5 mi
- Cobb House Museum: 2.9 mi
- Cape Cod Museum of Art: 3.2 mi
- Josiah Dennis Manse Museum: 3.5 mi
- The Catch: 8.1 mi
- James Otis Jr.: 9.2 mi
- Mercy Otis Warren: 9.2 mi
- The Great Green Whale: 9.5 mi
- Saint John Paul: 9.9 mi
- Brewster Historical Society Windmill Village: 1.3 mi
- Grand Slam Entertainment: 4.8 mi
- Pirates Cove: 7.5 mi
- Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat CG 36500: 7.8 mi
- Stick'n Rudder Aero Tours: 7.9 mi
- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 11.3 mi
- Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 12.3 mi
- Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 17.3 mi
- Mashpee Community Garden: 19.1 mi
- McInnes Garden: 19.2 mi
- truck pull-off: 2.5 mi
- rest area: 3.6 mi
- truck pull-off: 3.7 mi
- truck pull-off: 4.4 mi
- truck pull-off: 4.8 mi
- Salten Point: 9.2 mi
- Top of Eroding Coastal Bank (Spring 2025): 10.5 mi
- Fullers Point: 13.1 mi
- Indian Neck: 13.3 mi
- bluff: 19.4 mi
- U.S. Coast Guard Station: 10.4 mi
- Oil House: 10.4 mi
- Chatham Light: 10.4 mi
- Keeper's House: 12.6 mi
- Nauset Light: 12.6 mi
- Picnick Area: 6.0 mi
- Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 8.2 mi
- Herring Run Recreational Area: 22.2 mi
- Bourne Recreation Area: 23.5 mi
- Long Point: 20.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.6 miles of Red Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park Hill | ENE 73° | 165 m | 5.2 mi |
| Pine Hill | W 265° | 93 m | 22.4 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | W 270° | 85 m | 18.2 mi |
| Flatrock Hill | W 274° | 82 m | 21.0 mi |
| Avery Hill | W 269° | 80 m | 22.0 mi |
| Discovery Hill | W 268° | 77 m | 17.3 mi |
| Discovery Hill | W 275° | 61 m | 22.0 mi |
| Mountain Hill | WNW 288° | 61 m | 22.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:07 | 19:37 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:03 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 15:29 | 16:14 |
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 | 31 | 37 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 71 | 71 | 64 | 54 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Harwich, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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