Smiths Creek
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Smiths Creek is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Scorton Hill, a peak 0.8 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 0.3 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1997
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Scorton Hill: 0.8 mi
- White Hill: 1.3 mi
- Clay Hill: 2.5 mi
- Shootflying Hill: 3.0 mi
- Cobbs Hill: 4.6 mi
- Sandy Neck Road Site: 1.2 mi
- Sandy Neck Road Property: 1.2 mi
- Cedar Circle: 1.3 mi
- Bayview Farms: 1.4 mi
- Bridge Creek Conservation Area: 1.4 mi
- Sandy Neck Beach: 1.5 mi
- Scorton Neck Beach: 1.7 mi
- Wequaquet Lake Beach: 3.1 mi
- Sandwich Beach: 4.0 mi
- Opeechee Heights Beach: 4.1 mi
- Discover Flying RC- Cape Cod Airfield: 2.3 mi
- Rolling Ridge Park: 3.2 mi
- Ellen A. McBarron Field: 3.2 mi
- Burgess Park: 3.9 mi
- Hamblin Pond Beach: 4.1 mi
- Benjamin Nye Homestead and Museum: 2.8 mi
- Barnstable Historical Soceity - Phinney Jones House: 3.8 mi
- US Coast Guard Heritage Museum: 4.3 mi
- Wing Fort House: 4.9 mi
- Centerville Historical Museum: 5.2 mi
- Benjamin Bodfish Memorial: 1.4 mi
- Scott Rock: 1.7 mi
- The Unitarian Church of Barnstable: 4.3 mi
- Abraham Blish: 4.3 mi
- Briant's Neck: 6.0 mi
- Cape Cod Airfield Biplane Rides: 2.7 mi
- Marstons Mills Herring Run: 5.0 mi
- Green Briar Jam Kitchen: 5.0 mi
- The Green Briar Nature Center: 5.0 mi
- Wackenhammer's Clockwork Arcade and Carousel: 6.6 mi
- Mercy Otis Warren: 4.0 mi
- James Otis Jr.: 4.0 mi
- Saint John Paul: 6.9 mi
- The Great Green Whale: 7.3 mi
- Tree of Bike: 12.1 mi
- Fullers Point: 1.0 mi
- Salten Point: 3.7 mi
- bluff: 9.1 mi
- Peaked Cliff: 10.3 mi
- Lookout Point: 11.4 mi
- Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 5.0 mi
- McInnes Garden: 6.7 mi
- Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 6.8 mi
- North American Hydrangea Test Garden: 6.8 mi
- Herb Garden: 6.8 mi
- Oil House: 19.9 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 19.9 mi
- Nobska Point Light: 20.0 mi
- West Chop Light: 20.0 mi
- Keeper's House: 20.0 mi
- truck pull-off: 1.5 mi
- truck pull-off: 1.7 mi
- Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 5.2 mi
- truck pull-off: 7.5 mi
- truck pull-off: 9.7 mi
- Herring Run Recreational Area: 10.1 mi
- Bourne Recreation Area: 10.9 mi
- Picnick Area: 18.7 mi
- Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
- Crystal Spring: 23.5 mi
- Long Point: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Smiths Creek. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park Hill | E 81° | 165 m | 17.9 mi |
| Manomet Hill | NW 323° | 114 m | 18.1 mi |
| Pine Hills | NW 325° | 95 m | 18.4 mi |
| Pine Hill | W 266° | 93 m | 9.6 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | W 281° | 85 m | 5.6 mi |
| Flatrock Hill | WNW 287° | 82 m | 8.6 mi |
| Avery Hill | W 276° | 80 m | 9.3 mi |
| Discovery Hill | W 276° | 77 m | 4.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:17 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:38 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:04 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 15:30 | 16:15 |
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 | 29 | 31 | 36 | 46 | 56 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 52 | 43 | 36 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 5.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Sandwich, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29905020
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- Marion · 20 mi
- Carver · 23 mi
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- Rochester · 23 mi
- SouthCoast · 25 mi
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