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Shaw Lot

Shaw Lot from directly overhead

Shaw Lot is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 14 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the east-southeast, 1.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Thad Ellis Natural Heritage Area, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) runs past it. 52 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates41.76740, -70.06441

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Town of Brewster vacant structure: 1.3 mi
  • Cape Cod Sea Camps: 1.3 mi
  • Former Camp Wono: 2.4 mi
  • Drummer Boy Park: 3.1 mi
  • Eldredge Park: 4.0 mi
Peaks: 52
Historic sites: 47
Museums: 39
Artworks: 26
Attractions: 17
Gardens: 14
Rest areas: 10
  • truck pull-off: 3.1 mi
  • truck pull-off: 3.5 mi
  • truck pull-off: 3.8 mi
  • truck pull-off: 6.0 mi
  • rest area: 7.6 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Cliffs: 7
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnick Area: 2.2 mi
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 7.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillESE 113°165 m1.6 mi
Telegraph HillW 264°85 m21.9 mi
Flatrock HillW 268°82 m24.4 mi
Discovery HillW 262°77 m21.0 mi
Signal HillWSW 249°60 m6.5 mi
Clay HillWSW 250°58 m16.2 mi
Black Ball HillWSW 248°45 m7.0 mi
Faunces MountainW 268°43 m23.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1618:53
June solstice05:0619:3720:19
September equinox06:2818:0318:39
December solstice07:0515:2816:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323338465564717164544537
Precip in3.83.64.44.03.32.92.83.03.64.24.55.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chatham Muni AP, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29800086

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