Sand Heap Cr
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Sand Heap Cr is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the west, 3.0 miles off. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 2.2 miles off. 41 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1994-01-20
How to reach it
- 2.2 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Sand Heap Cr: 0.1 mi
- Lime Brick Farm Cr: 0.1 mi
- Seikel Property: 0.3 mi
- Kine Property: 0.3 mi
- Heyelman Property: 0.4 mi
- Eldredge Park: 2.2 mi
- Windmill Park: 2.9 mi
- Town of Brewster vacant structure: 3.7 mi
- Cape Cod Sea Camps: 3.8 mi
- Former Camp Wono: 4.5 mi
- Strong Island Beach: 2.3 mi
- Nauset Beach: 3.2 mi
- Nauset Beach: 3.2 mi
- Skaket Beach: 3.6 mi
- Crosby Landing Beach: 3.7 mi
- Mill Hill: 2.1 mi
- Grassy Nook: 2.3 mi
- Deer Park Hill: 3.0 mi
- Cannon Hill: 3.2 mi
- Nauset Beach Dunes: 3.2 mi
- Jeremiah's Gutter: 3.1 mi
- Battle of Orleans Massachusetts 1814: 3.7 mi
- Coast Guard Motor Life Boat CG36500: 3.7 mi
- Brenton I Wixon Memorial Park: 3.9 mi
- Capped Foundation of Former Gunn Dairy Barn: 4.7 mi
- French Cable Station Museum: 2.5 mi
- French Cable Station Museum: 2.5 mi
- Chatham Marconi Maritime Center: 3.4 mi
- Chatham Shark Center: 3.9 mi
- Chatham Railroad Museum: 4.7 mi
- The Catch: 2.2 mi
- Chime: 9.0 mi
- The Great Green Whale: 16.9 mi
- James Otis Jr.: 17.2 mi
- Mercy Otis Warren: 17.2 mi
- Jonathan Young Windmill: 2.9 mi
- Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat CG 36500: 3.7 mi
- Stick'n Rudder Aero Tours: 4.5 mi
- Penniman House: 4.6 mi
- Fish Pier Observation Deck: 4.6 mi
- truck pull-off: 2.1 mi
- truck pull-off: 4.0 mi
- truck pull-off: 5.4 mi
- truck pull-off: 9.0 mi
- rest area: 10.9 mi
- U.S. Coast Guard Station: 5.7 mi
- Oil House: 5.8 mi
- Chatham Light: 5.8 mi
- Nauset Light: 7.6 mi
- Keeper's House: 7.6 mi
- Top of Eroding Coastal Bank (Spring 2025): 6.6 mi
- Indian Neck: 11.2 mi
- Salten Point: 17.3 mi
- Fullers Point: 21.2 mi
- Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 9.0 mi
- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 18.7 mi
- PAAM Sculpture Garden: 23.4 mi
- Suzanne's Garden: 23.5 mi
- Picnick Area: 2.5 mi
- Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
- Long Point: 21.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sand Heap Cr. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park Hill | W 278° | 165 m | 3.0 mi |
| Signal Hill | W 263° | 60 m | 10.7 mi |
| Clay Hill | WSW 257° | 58 m | 20.2 mi |
| Black Ball Hill | W 262° | 45 m | 11.1 mi |
| Mill Hill | NW 323° | 41 m | 2.1 mi |
| The Highlands | NNW 348° | 41 m | 20.3 mi |
| Green Hill | N 350° | 38 m | 18.5 mi |
| Scorton Hill | W 264° | 35 m | 21.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 19:37 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:02 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 15:28 | 16:13 |
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 | 32 | 33 | 38 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 71 | 71 | 64 | 54 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chatham Muni AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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