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Ripley's Farm Preserve

Ripley's Farm Preserve from directly overhead

Ripley's Farm Preserve is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 31 m. Peaked Hill stands 95 m to the southwest, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Pilot Hill Farm, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 22 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Martha's Vineyard Land Bank Commission

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.44939, -70.63822

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Pilot Hill: 0.3 mi
  • Tashmoo Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Goat Rocks: 3.9 mi
  • Telegraph Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Whiting Hill: 4.5 mi
Parks
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 1.9 mi
  • Valley Park: 1.9 mi
  • Owen Park: 1.9 mi
  • Boch Park: 2.0 mi
  • Oriental Park: 3.1 mi
Historic sites: 50
  • Soldiers Memorial: 4.3 mi
  • War Memorial: 4.3 mi
  • Nobska Lighthouse: 4.7 mi
  • Woods Holl: 5.4 mi
  • Katharine Lee Bates: 7.2 mi
Attractions: 21
  • Polly Hill Arboretum: 4.2 mi
  • Flying Horses Carousel: 4.2 mi
  • Big Bridge: 5.2 mi
  • Falmouth Road Race Starting Line: 5.4 mi
  • The Liberté: 6.7 mi
Cliffs: 19
Gardens: 17
Artworks: 12
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 4
  • truck pull-off: 21.5 mi
  • truck pull-off: 21.5 mi
  • Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 22.9 mi
  • Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 24.4 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 20.7 mi
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 22.8 mi
Springs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.7 miles of Ripley's Farm Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Peaked HillSW 219°94.8 m8.2 mi
Pine HillNNE 12°93 m18.3 mi
Telegraph HillNNE 22°85 m21.1 mi
Flatrock HillNNE 14°82 m21.7 mi
Avery HillNNE 12°80 m20.0 mi
Prospect HillSW 224°78 m8.1 mi
Discovery HillNNE 25°77 m21.0 mi
Deer Horn HillN 10°71 m14.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1818:55
June solstice05:1019:3820:20
September equinox06:3118:0518:42
December solstice07:0615:3216:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313237465564706963534537
Precip in3.32.64.03.73.33.22.83.43.84.44.03.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vineyard Haven Marthas Vineyar, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1067588278

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