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Skunknett River Wildlife Sanctuary

Skunknett River Wildlife Sanctuary from directly overhead

Skunknett River Wildlife Sanctuary is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 13 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the east-northeast, 19 miles off. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 3.5 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2002-03-20
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.64853, -70.37220
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Playground/Field: 0.8 mi
  • Armstrong-Kelley Park: 1.4 mi
  • Mothers Park: 1.5 mi
  • Ellen A. McBarron Field: 1.6 mi
  • Osterville Library Park: 1.6 mi
Beaches
Peaks
  • Clay Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Shootflying Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Sunset Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Scorton Hill: 5.1 mi
  • Cobbs Hill: 5.4 mi
Museums: 46
Historic sites: 44
Attractions: 24
  • Marstons Mills Herring Run: 2.2 mi
  • Cape Cod Airfield Biplane Rides: 3.1 mi
  • Wackenhammer's Clockwork Arcade and Carousel: 4.3 mi
  • Putter's Paradise: 5.7 mi
  • Jump On Us!: 6.1 mi
Cliffs: 17
Gardens: 14
  • Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Mashpee Community Garden: 5.8 mi
  • Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 8.3 mi
  • McInnes Garden: 9.6 mi
  • Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 9.6 mi
Rest areas: 12
  • truck pull-off: 4.3 mi
  • truck pull-off: 4.6 mi
  • Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 5.1 mi
  • truck pull-off: 7.3 mi
  • truck pull-off: 9.7 mi
Artworks: 12
Lighthouses: 9
Picnic sites: 4
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 13.0 mi
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 13.0 mi
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
  • Picnick Area: 19.8 mi
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.6 miles of Skunknett River Wildlife Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillENE 66°165 m19.0 mi
Pine HillWNW 293°93 m10.8 mi
Telegraph HillNW 315°85 m8.3 mi
Flatrock HillNW 311°82 m11.3 mi
Avery HillWNW 301°80 m11.2 mi
Discovery HillNW 317°77 m7.2 mi
Deer Horn HillW 274°71 m11.2 mi
Discovery HillNW 310°61 m12.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:1718:54
June solstice05:0819:3820:20
September equinox06:3018:0418:41
December solstice07:0615:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313237465564717064544536
Precip in3.73.64.84.03.43.32.83.23.84.34.14.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hyannis, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29903104

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