Shank Painter Pond Wildlife Sanctuary
Shank Painter Pond Wildlife Sanctuary is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the south-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Adams Land, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 21 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 2002
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Provincetown
How to reach it
- 20.7 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Adams Land: 0.1 mi
- Heibert Parcel: 0.2 mi
- Clapps Pond & Evans Field: 0.2 mi
- B Street Garden Conservation Restriction: 0.2 mi
- Clapps Pond Access: 0.3 mi
- Ryder Street Beach: 0.7 mi
- Town Beach: 0.7 mi
- Herring Cove Beach: 1.0 mi
- Herring Cove Beach: 1.1 mi
- Boys Beach: 1.2 mi
- Town Hill: 0.5 mi
- High Pole Hill: 0.6 mi
- Telegraph Hill: 0.6 mi
- Snake Hills: 1.1 mi
- Miller Hill: 1.4 mi
- Motta Field: 0.6 mi
- Jerome Smith Field: 0.6 mi
- Bas Relief Park: 0.6 mi
- Town Hall Grounds: 0.6 mi
- Old Ann Page Park: 0.8 mi
- Provincetown Museum: 0.6 mi
- Atlantic White Shark Conservancy: 0.9 mi
- Provincetown Art Association & Museum;Provincetown Art Association and Museum: 1.1 mi
- Old Harbor Life Saving Museum: 2.2 mi
- Highland House Museum: 7.0 mi
- Wounded Warrior: 0.5 mi
- Big Bird: 0.5 mi
- Hearing Trumpet: 0.5 mi
- Or As We So: 0.6 mi
- Torsion: 0.6 mi
- Mayflower Passengers Memorial 1620-1920: 0.6 mi
- Bas Relief: 0.6 mi
- Mayflower Compact Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Rose Dorothea: 0.6 mi
- Dolphin Fleet · Whale Watch: 0.7 mi
- Dolphin Fleet Whale Watch: 0.8 mi
- Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat CG 36500: 19.9 mi
- Penniman House: 20.1 mi
- Jonathan Young Windmill: 20.9 mi
- Highland/Cape Cod Light: 7.1 mi
- Keeper's House: 18.3 mi
- Oil House: 18.3 mi
- Nauset Light: 18.3 mi
- Pumphouse: 20.8 mi
- truck pull-off: 23.4 mi
- truck pull-off: 24.3 mi
- truck pull-off: 24.4 mi
- truck pull-off: 24.4 mi
- rest area: 24.7 mi
- Indian Neck: 13.2 mi
- Lookout Point: 22.9 mi
- Fullers Point: 24.0 mi
- Peaked Cliff: 24.1 mi
- Salten Point: 24.1 mi
- PAAM Sculpture Garden: 1.1 mi
- Suzanne's Garden: 1.7 mi
- Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 15.7 mi
- Long Point: 2.2 mi
- Picnick Area: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Shank Painter Pond Wildlife Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park Hill | SSE 157° | 165 m | 21.9 mi |
| Manomet Hill | WSW 247° | 114 m | 21.8 mi |
| Pine Hills | WSW 248° | 95 m | 21.4 mi |
| Mountain Hill | SW 231° | 61 m | 23.4 mi |
| Signal Hill | S 178° | 60 m | 21.9 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | WSW 242° | 55 m | 22.6 mi |
| Hio Hill | SW 235° | 54 m | 22.6 mi |
| Bay Hill | SW 233° | 53 m | 24.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 19:38 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:03 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 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 | 31 | 33 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 4.2 | 5.8 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Plymouth-kingston, 26 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29799955
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