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Sawmill Pond Area

Sawmill Pond Area from directly overhead

Sawmill Pond Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 13 m. Manomet Hill stands 114 m to the east-southeast, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Field, a park 0.6 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 18 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates41.97330, -70.69665

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Veterans Field: 0.6 mi
  • Siever Field: 0.8 mi
  • Pawtuxet Park: 0.8 mi
  • Grays Beach Park: 1.0 mi
  • Holmes Field: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Monks Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Sparrow Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Burying Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Coles Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Watson Hill: 2.2 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches
Museums: 47
Attractions: 26
Gardens: 26
  • Hart Family Maze Garden: 18.3 mi
  • Rock Garden: 18.3 mi
  • Donald Marvin Daylily Garden: 18.3 mi
  • The McGraw Family Garden of the Senses: 18.3 mi
  • Herb Garden: 18.4 mi
Artworks: 22
Cliffs: 17
Rest areas: 6
  • Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 3.1 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 10.9 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 10.9 mi
  • Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 14.0 mi
  • truck pull-off: 23.5 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 15.5 mi
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 16.6 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 18.9 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 18.9 mi
  • Oak Grove: 24.8 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Springs: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rock Falls: 22.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of Sawmill Pond Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Manomet HillESE 120°114 m6.3 mi
Pine HillsESE 115°95 m6.2 mi
Monks HillWSW 237°83 m1.5 mi
Carolina HillN 351°77 m10.6 mi
Flagg HillSSE 155°64 m6.2 mi
Pinnacle HillSSE 168°62 m4.6 mi
Sparrow HillS 172°61 m1.7 mi
Telegraph HillN 0°61 m9.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1818:55
June solstice05:0819:4020:22
September equinox06:3118:0518:42
December solstice07:0815:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313339495968747366564637
Precip in4.84.25.84.73.73.83.53.64.35.04.44.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Plymouth-kingston, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29694330

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