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Smiths Point

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Smiths Point from directly overhead

Smiths Point is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Great Island, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 5.2 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.62623, -70.26294

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Kalmus Park Beach: 0.9 mi
  • John F. Kennedy Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
  • Bismore Memorial Park: 1.8 mi
  • Mill Creek Park: 1.9 mi
  • Chase Brook Park: 1.9 mi
Beaches
Peaks
  • Sunset Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 4.4 mi
  • German hill: 5.2 mi
  • Cobbs Hill: 5.4 mi
  • Shootflying Hill: 5.7 mi
Museums: 47
  • Cape Cod Maritime Museum: 1.9 mi
  • Guyer Barn: 2.0 mi
  • Zion Union Heritage Museum: 2.3 mi
  • Whydah Pirate Museum: 2.6 mi
  • Centerville Historical Museum: 4.5 mi
Historic sites: 45
  • Korean War Memorial: 1.3 mi
  • American Legion Post 206: 1.3 mi
  • John F Kennedy Memorial: 1.3 mi
  • Railroad Wharf: 1.4 mi
  • Sachem Iyanough: 2.1 mi
Attractions: 23
  • Jump On Us!: 2.0 mi
  • Wackenhammer's Clockwork Arcade and Carousel: 2.1 mi
  • Putter's Paradise: 2.1 mi
  • Pirates Cove: 2.7 mi
  • Marstons Mills Herring Run: 8.0 mi
Cliffs: 17
Gardens: 16
  • Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Mashpee Community Garden: 11.5 mi
  • Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 13.4 mi
  • McInnes Garden: 15.0 mi
  • Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 15.0 mi
Artworks: 13
Lighthouses: 13
Rest areas: 11
  • truck pull-off: 4.3 mi
  • Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 4.4 mi
  • truck pull-off: 5.7 mi
  • rest area: 6.6 mi
  • truck pull-off: 8.2 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
  • Picnick Area: 15.7 mi
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 18.4 mi
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 18.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.6 miles of Smiths Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillNE 52°165 m14.9 mi
Pine HillWNW 290°93 m16.6 mi
Telegraph HillWNW 303°85 m13.7 mi
Flatrock HillWNW 302°82 m16.7 mi
Avery HillWNW 296°80 m16.9 mi
Discovery HillWNW 303°77 m12.6 mi
Deer Horn HillW 278°71 m17.0 mi
Discovery HillWNW 302°61 m17.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1718:53
June solstice05:0819:3720:20
September equinox06:2918:0418:40
December solstice07:0515:3016:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323338475766737264554537
Precip in3.93.24.33.93.43.12.73.33.84.34.14.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hyannis Barnstable Muni AP, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29844887

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