Southern Woodlands Reservation
Southern Woodlands Reservation is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 28 m. Peaked Hill stands 95 m to the west-southwest, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Featherstone Farm, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 22 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Martha's Vineyard Land Bank Commission
How to reach it
- 22.4 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Featherstone Farm: 0.4 mi
- Oklahoma Lot: 1.0 mi
- Convery Land: 1.1 mi
- Brightwood Park: 1.3 mi
- Wapatequa Wood: 1.5 mi
- Valley Park: 1.1 mi
- Forest Park: 1.5 mi
- Oriental Park: 1.6 mi
- Oriental Park: 1.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 2.0 mi
- Doug's Cove: 2.4 mi
- Owen Park Beach: 2.4 mi
- Eastville Beach: 2.4 mi
- Tisbury Town Beach: 2.6 mi
- The Inkwell Beach: 2.7 mi
- Tashmoo Hill: 2.0 mi
- Pilot Hill: 3.2 mi
- Telegraph Hill: 3.4 mi
- Mill Hill: 5.0 mi
- Goat Rocks: 5.5 mi
- War Memorial: 2.8 mi
- Soldiers Memorial: 2.8 mi
- ship's anchor: 4.9 mi
- cannon: 5.1 mi
- cannon: 5.1 mi
- Martha's Vineyard Museum: 1.7 mi
- Old Schoolhouse Museum and Liberty Pole: 2.3 mi
- Cottage Museum: 2.6 mi
- Mariposa Museum: 2.6 mi
- Doctor Daniel Fisher House Museum: 4.5 mi
- Big Bridge: 2.3 mi
- Flying Horses Carousel: 2.8 mi
- Polly Hill Arboretum: 4.9 mi
- Falmouth Road Race Starting Line: 8.0 mi
- The Liberté: 8.2 mi
- North Head: 1.9 mi
- Husselton Head: 3.1 mi
- Makonikey Head: 4.3 mi
- Cedar Tree Neck: 5.7 mi
- Falmouth Heights: 7.4 mi
- Garden of Our Lady: 8.2 mi
- Spohr Public Gardens: 8.5 mi
- Colonial Gardens: 9.1 mi
- Mashpee Community Garden: 16.4 mi
- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 20.7 mi
- Whale Tail: 4.8 mi
- Helen Keller: 8.1 mi
- Whale Tail: 8.1 mi
- Rachel Carson: 8.1 mi
- Buddha: 10.8 mi
- Keeper's House: 3.9 mi
- Keeper's House: 3.9 mi
- Oil House: 3.9 mi
- West Chop Light: 3.9 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 3.9 mi
- truck pull-off: 21.7 mi
- truck pull-off: 21.7 mi
- Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 23.9 mi
- Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 24.6 mi
- Bourne Recreation Area: 22.2 mi
- Herring Run Recreational Area: 24.1 mi
- Crystal Spring: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Southern Woodlands Reservation. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peaked Hill | WSW 239° | 94.8 m | 9.0 mi |
| Pine Hill | N 4° | 93 m | 19.6 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | NNE 14° | 85 m | 22.0 mi |
| Flatrock Hill | N 7° | 82 m | 22.9 mi |
| Avery Hill | N 5° | 80 m | 21.3 mi |
| Prospect Hill | WSW 243° | 78 m | 9.1 mi |
| Discovery Hill | NNE 17° | 77 m | 21.6 mi |
| Deer Horn Hill | N 0° | 71 m | 16.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:38 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:05 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 15:32 | 16:16 |
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 | 31 | 32 | 37 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 63 | 53 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vineyard Haven Marthas Vineyar, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1067390491
Day trips start here
- Mattapoisett · 20 mi
- SouthCoast · 20 mi
- Marion · 21 mi
- Dartmouth · 24 mi
- New Bedford · 24 mi
- Rochester · 24 mi
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