Nature reserve · Massachusetts

Spectacle Pond Access

Spectacle Pond Access from directly overhead

Spectacle Pond Access is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Manomet Hill stands 114 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 8.9 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built: 1998

Visiting

What to expect

Access: Yes

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.77174, -70.66574

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

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Peaks

Tarkiln Hill: 1.1 mi
Brandy Hill: 1.6 mi
Wankinco Neck: 2.0 mi
Tempes Knob: 3.6 mi
Lincoln Hill: 3.9 mi

Parks

Crescent Park: 1.7 mi
Wabun Park: 1.8 mi
Leonard C. Lopes Memorial Park: 1.8 mi
Wabun Park: 1.8 mi
Shangri-La Park: 2.0 mi

Beaches

Museums

Captain John Kendrick Maritime: 2.7 mi
Kendrick House Museum: 3.0 mi
Bourne Historical Society: 4.1 mi
Cape Cod Canal Visitor Center: 8.5 mi
Sandwich Glass Museum: 8.6 mi

Historic sites57

Maritime Park: 3.2 mi
Veterans Memorial: 3.6 mi
Delano Memorial: 7.5 mi
Sagamore Hill Trail: 7.6 mi
Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: 8.5 mi

Attractions29

Herring Run: 5.3 mi
Butterflies of Cape Cod: 5.4 mi
Edaville: 7.6 mi
Green Briar Jam Kitchen: 10.3 mi
The Green Briar Nature Center: 10.3 mi

Cliffs19

Hog Island: 3.7 mi
The Cliffs: 6.7 mi
Peaked Cliff: 7.1 mi
Lookout Point: 7.9 mi
Falmouth Cliffs: 10.4 mi

Gardens18

Donald Marvin Daylily Garden: 8.3 mi
Hart Family Maze Garden: 8.4 mi
Cape Cod Hydrangea Society Display Garden: 8.4 mi
The McGraw Family Garden of the Senses: 8.4 mi
North American Hydrangea Test Garden: 8.4 mi

Artworks17

Merchant Marine Memorial: 3.1 mi
Tree of Bike: 8.6 mi
The Pilgrim Maiden: 12.7 mi
William Bradford Statue: 12.8 mi
Massasoit: 12.8 mi

Lighthouses9

Rest areas8

Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 2.9 mi
Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 11.4 mi
truck pull-off: 13.9 mi
truck pull-off: 14.2 mi
Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 20.3 mi

Picnic sites2

Bourne Recreation Area: 4.4 mi
Herring Run Recreational Area: 5.4 mi

Springs1

Crystal Spring: 10.6 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Spectacle Pond Access. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Manomet Hill	NNE 20°	114 m	11.4 mi
Pine Hills	NNE 20°	95 m	12.0 mi
Pine Hill	SE 130°	93 m	6.8 mi
Telegraph Hill	ESE 106°	85 m	9.6 mi
Monks Hill	NNW 348°	83 m	13.4 mi
Flatrock Hill	E 100°	82 m	6.7 mi
Avery Hill	ESE 116°	80 m	6.2 mi
Discovery Hill	ESE 108°	77 m	10.7 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:47	18:18	18:55
June solstice	05:09	19:39	20:22
September equinox	06:31	18:05	18:42
December solstice	07:07	15:31	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	30	31	37	46	57	66	73	71	64	54	44	36
Precip in	4.2	3.7	5.6	4.6	3.8	3.7	3.1	3.6	4.5	5.0	4.5	5.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Wareham, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29688173

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