Thad Ellis Natural Heritage Area
Thad Ellis Natural Heritage Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 19 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the east-southeast, 1.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Shaw Lot, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) runs past it. 52 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1993
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- On the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Shaw Lot: 0.4 mi
- Nickerson: 0.4 mi
- Ellis Landing: 0.6 mi
- Macgregor Lot: 0.7 mi
- Harden/Chapman: 0.9 mi
- Ellis Landing Beach: 0.7 mi
- Point of Rocks Landing Beach: 0.8 mi
- Crosby Landing Beach: 1.7 mi
- Robbins Hill Beach: 1.9 mi
- Robbins Hill Beach: 2.7 mi
- Town of Brewster vacant structure: 1.0 mi
- Cape Cod Sea Camps: 1.0 mi
- Former Camp Wono: 2.3 mi
- Drummer Boy Park: 3.4 mi
- Eldredge Park: 3.7 mi
- Deer Park Hill: 1.2 mi
- Tawasentha Hill: 1.6 mi
- Grassy Nook: 1.9 mi
- Mill Hill: 3.0 mi
- Fort Hill: 6.1 mi
- Brenton I Wixon Memorial Park: 2.9 mi
- Battle of Orleans Massachusetts 1814: 3.4 mi
- Coast Guard Motor Life Boat CG36500: 3.5 mi
- Eagle Point: 3.8 mi
- Jeremiah's Gutter: 4.4 mi
- Cobb House Museum: 1.6 mi
- Cape Cod Museum of Natural History: 3.1 mi
- Stony Brook Grist Mill & Museum: 3.2 mi
- French Cable Station Museum: 3.9 mi
- French Cable Station Museum: 3.9 mi
- The Catch: 3.8 mi
- Chime: 8.7 mi
- James Otis Jr.: 13.5 mi
- Mercy Otis Warren: 13.5 mi
- The Great Green Whale: 13.8 mi
- Brewster Historical Society Windmill Village: 3.4 mi
- Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat CG 36500: 3.5 mi
- Jonathan Young Windmill: 4.2 mi
- Penniman House: 6.0 mi
- Stick'n Rudder Aero Tours: 6.3 mi
- Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 8.7 mi
- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 15.6 mi
- PAAM Sculpture Garden: 21.1 mi
- Suzanne's Garden: 21.2 mi
- Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 21.2 mi
- truck pull-off: 2.7 mi
- truck pull-off: 3.3 mi
- truck pull-off: 3.8 mi
- truck pull-off: 6.1 mi
- rest area: 7.8 mi
- Keeper's House: 8.4 mi
- Nauset Light: 8.4 mi
- Oil House: 8.5 mi
- U.S. Coast Guard Station: 8.5 mi
- Oil House: 8.5 mi
- Top of Eroding Coastal Bank (Spring 2025): 9.0 mi
- Indian Neck: 10.1 mi
- Salten Point: 13.5 mi
- Fullers Point: 17.2 mi
- bluff: 23.8 mi
- Picnick Area: 1.8 mi
- Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 7.1 mi
- Long Point: 19.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Thad Ellis Natural Heritage Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park Hill | ESE 115° | 165 m | 1.2 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | W 264° | 85 m | 22.2 mi |
| Flatrock Hill | W 268° | 82 m | 24.8 mi |
| Discovery Hill | W 263° | 77 m | 21.4 mi |
| Signal Hill | WSW 252° | 60 m | 6.9 mi |
| Clay Hill | WSW 250° | 58 m | 16.5 mi |
| Black Ball Hill | WSW 250° | 45 m | 7.3 mi |
| Faunces Mountain | W 268° | 43 m | 23.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 19:37 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:03 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 15:28 | 16:13 |
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 | 32 | 33 | 38 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 71 | 71 | 64 | 54 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chatham Muni AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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