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Sand Pond Conservation Area

Sand Pond Conservation Area from directly overhead

Sand Pond Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the northeast, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Sand Pond Woodlands, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 3.9 miles off. 53 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates41.69204, -70.11442

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Belmont Park: 1.3 mi
  • Brooks Park: 2.3 mi
  • Johnny Kelley Park: 2.4 mi
  • Larsen Park: 3.0 mi
  • Bass River Park: 3.8 mi
Beaches
Peaks: 53
Historic sites: 37
  • Eagle Point: 2.6 mi
  • Brenton I Wixon Memorial Park: 4.3 mi
  • Carroll A. DeSilver: 5.2 mi
  • Baxter Grist Mill: 7.9 mi
  • Chatham Civil War Memorial: 8.0 mi
Museums: 36
Attractions: 17
Gardens: 12
  • Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 10.5 mi
  • Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 14.5 mi
  • Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 18.6 mi
  • Mashpee Community Garden: 19.3 mi
  • McInnes Garden: 20.4 mi
Rest areas: 10
  • truck pull-off: 1.3 mi
  • truck pull-off: 2.8 mi
  • rest area: 3.0 mi
  • truck pull-off: 4.1 mi
  • truck pull-off: 4.2 mi
Artworks: 9
Cliffs: 7
Lighthouses: 7
Picnic sites: 4
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 6.2 mi
  • Picnick Area: 6.9 mi
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 23.7 mi
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 24.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sand Pond Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillNE 42°165 m6.1 mi
Pine HillW 273°93 m23.3 mi
Telegraph HillW 279°85 m19.4 mi
Flatrock HillWNW 281°82 m22.3 mi
Avery HillW 277°80 m23.0 mi
Discovery HillW 277°77 m18.4 mi
Deer Horn HillW 265°71 m24.6 mi
Discovery HillWNW 282°61 m23.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1618:53
June solstice05:0719:3720:19
September equinox06:2918:0318:40
December solstice07:0515:2916:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313137455564717164544537
Precip in3.83.74.34.13.53.32.83.43.94.74.04.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Harwich, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1301620484

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