Nature reserve · Massachusetts

Smith Road

Smith Road from directly overhead

Smith Road is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the northeast, 10 miles off. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 3.0 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Access: Yes

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directions Plan a drive around it

Coordinates41.66611, -70.19533

3.0 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Parks

Wings Grove Beach & Park: 0.4 mi
Wings Grove Beach & Park: 0.4 mi
Wings Grove Beach & Park: 0.5 mi
Hazelmoor Park: 0.7 mi
Bass River Park: 0.7 mi

Beaches

Swan Lake Association Beach: 1.2 mi
Flax Pond: 1.3 mi
Plashes Pond: 1.4 mi
Salt Box Beach: 1.5 mi
Bass River Beach: 1.6 mi

Peaks59

German hill: 1.8 mi
Prospect Hill: 3.0 mi
Black Ball Hill: 4.4 mi
Hokum Rock: 4.7 mi
Signal Hill: 4.7 mi

Historic sites39

Carroll A. DeSilver: 0.8 mi
Baxter Grist Mill: 3.5 mi
John F Kennedy Memorial: 4.6 mi
Sachem Iyanough: 4.6 mi
Korean War Memorial: 4.6 mi

Museums39

Whydah Pirate Museum: 1.9 mi
Captain Bangs Hallet House: 3.6 mi
Edward Gorey House: 3.6 mi
Cape Cod Maritime Museum: 4.5 mi
Guyer Barn: 4.7 mi

Attractions20

Pirates Cove: 1.7 mi
Jump On Us!: 3.1 mi
Putter's Paradise: 3.5 mi
Wackenhammer's Clockwork Arcade and Carousel: 4.9 mi
Grand Slam Entertainment: 5.2 mi

Gardens14

Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 5.9 mi
Mashpee Community Garden: 15.0 mi
Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 15.1 mi
McInnes Garden: 16.9 mi
Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 16.9 mi

Rest areas11

truck pull-off: 1.8 mi
rest area: 2.2 mi
truck pull-off: 2.7 mi
truck pull-off: 3.8 mi
Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 5.0 mi

Lighthouses11

U.S. Coast Guard Station: 12.7 mi
Oil House: 12.7 mi
Chatham Light: 12.7 mi
Keeper's House: 18.3 mi
Nauset Light: 18.3 mi

Cliffs10

Salten Point: 6.6 mi
Fullers Point: 10.9 mi
Top of Eroding Coastal Bank (Spring 2025): 12.2 mi
bluff: 14.5 mi
Indian Neck: 19.0 mi

Artworks9

The Great Green Whale: 4.2 mi
Saint John Paul: 4.8 mi
James Otis Jr.: 6.1 mi
Mercy Otis Warren: 6.1 mi
The Catch: 13.4 mi

Picnic sites4

Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
Picnick Area: 11.2 mi
Herring Run Recreational Area: 20.2 mi
Bourne Recreation Area: 21.0 mi

Ghost towns1

Long Point: 25.0 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Deer Park Hill	NE 52°	165 m	10.4 mi
Pine Hill	W 279°	93 m	19.3 mi
Telegraph Hill	WNW 287°	85 m	15.7 mi
Flatrock Hill	WNW 289°	82 m	18.7 mi
Avery Hill	WNW 284°	80 m	19.2 mi
Discovery Hill	WNW 286°	77 m	14.6 mi
Deer Horn Hill	W 269°	71 m	20.3 mi
Discovery Hill	WNW 290°	61 m	19.8 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:45	18:16	18:53
June solstice	05:07	19:37	20:19
September equinox	06:29	18:03	18:40
December solstice	07:05	15:29	16:14

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	32	33	38	47	57	66	73	72	64	55	45	37
Precip in	3.9	3.2	4.3	3.9	3.4	3.1	2.7	3.3	3.8	4.3	4.1	4.7

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29800134

More nature reserves in Massachusetts

Day trips start here

Wareham · 28 mi
Marion · 29 mi

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a drive More nature reserves

Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Smith Road.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.