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Texeira Conservation Area

Texeira Conservation Area from directly overhead

Texeira Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 17 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the north-northeast, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Cornelius Pond Woodlands, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 3.8 miles off. 45 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Harwich

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.70215, -70.06690

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Brooks Park: 1.1 mi
  • Former Camp Wono: 2.1 mi
  • Larsen Park: 2.4 mi
  • Belmont Park: 3.0 mi
  • Drummer Boy Park: 4.5 mi
Beaches
Peaks: 45
Historic sites: 44
Museums: 36
Artworks: 21
Attractions: 17
Gardens: 12
  • Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 13.0 mi
  • Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 13.0 mi
  • Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 20.9 mi
  • Mashpee Community Garden: 21.9 mi
  • McInnes Garden: 22.8 mi
Rest areas: 10
  • truck pull-off: 0.7 mi
  • truck pull-off: 1.8 mi
  • truck pull-off: 3.6 mi
  • truck pull-off: 3.8 mi
  • rest area: 5.5 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Cliffs: 5
Picnic sites: 2
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 4.2 mi
  • Picnick Area: 4.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillNNE 23°165 m4.2 mi
Telegraph HillW 276°85 m21.7 mi
Flatrock HillW 279°82 m24.6 mi
Discovery HillW 274°77 m20.7 mi
Signal HillWNW 290°60 m6.4 mi
Clay HillW 266°58 m15.1 mi
Black Ball HillWNW 287°45 m6.7 mi
Faunces MountainW 279°43 m23.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1618:53
June solstice05:0719:3720:19
September equinox06:2818:0318:39
December solstice07:0515:2916:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313137455564717164544537
Precip in3.83.74.34.13.53.32.83.43.94.74.04.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Harwich, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/230760010

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