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Sheehy Land

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Sheehy Land from directly overhead

Sheehy Land is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 27 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the northeast, 1.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Doherty Lot, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 1.7 miles off. 52 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
1981

How to reach it

Coordinates41.74072, -70.05809

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Former Camp Wono: 0.6 mi
  • Town of Brewster vacant structure: 2.5 mi
  • Cape Cod Sea Camps: 2.6 mi
  • Drummer Boy Park: 3.3 mi
  • Brooks Park: 3.8 mi
Peaks: 52
Historic sites: 47
Museums: 39
Artworks: 26
Attractions: 17
Gardens: 14
Rest areas: 10
  • truck pull-off: 1.7 mi
  • truck pull-off: 2.1 mi
  • truck pull-off: 2.2 mi
  • truck pull-off: 5.0 mi
  • rest area: 6.8 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Cliffs: 5
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnick Area: 2.5 mi
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 5.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillNE 44°165 m1.7 mi
Telegraph HillW 269°85 m22.1 mi
Flatrock HillW 272°82 m24.8 mi
Discovery HillW 267°77 m21.2 mi
Signal HillW 266°60 m6.5 mi
Clay HillWSW 256°58 m15.9 mi
Black Ball HillW 264°45 m6.9 mi
Faunces MountainW 272°43 m23.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1618:52
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, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29844983

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