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The Creeks

The Creeks from directly overhead

The Creeks is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. Folger Hill stands 33 m to the east, 4.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Monomoy Beach, a beach 0.2 miles away. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.27790, -70.08621

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Beaches: 33
Museums: 16
Parks: 14
Peaks: 14
  • Sunset Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Popsquatchet Hills: 1.3 mi
  • Fudge Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Shawkemo Hills: 2.2 mi
  • Swain Hill: 2.9 mi
Historic sites: 7
Cliffs: 4
Gardens: 2
  • Hadwen House Gardens: 0.9 mi
  • Oldest House Kitchen Garden: 1.3 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Whale Tail: 23.3 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Folger HillE 87°33 m4.0 mi
Sampson HillWNW 289°28 m21.8 mi
Shawkemo HillsE 80°26 m2.2 mi
Sauls HillsE 89°23 m4.1 mi
Popsquatchet HillsW 270°22 m1.3 mi
Washaqua HillWNW 287°22 m20.9 mi
Macys HillE 85°19 m3.2 mi
Fudge HillENE 68°18 m1.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1618:53
June solstice05:0819:3620:18
September equinox06:2818:0318:39
December solstice07:0315:3116:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333438465462696964554639
Precip in3.22.83.83.63.03.02.73.03.64.43.83.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nantucket MEM AP, 2 mi away.

  • Mallard144 obs
  • American Herring Gull130 obs
  • Atlantic Horseshoe Crab118 obs
  • rugosa rose93 obs
  • Song Sparrow89 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail87 obs
  • Great Egret77 obs
  • common milkweed76 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/29800323

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