Thompson Land
Thompson Land is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Peaked Hill stands 95 m to the southwest, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Wood Island, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 22 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 21.6 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Wood Island: 0.4 mi
- Phillips Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Pilot Hill Farm: 0.5 mi
- Cranberry Acres: 0.6 mi
- Pilot Hill Farm: 0.7 mi
- Pilot Hill: 0.5 mi
- Tashmoo Hill: 1.6 mi
- Nobska Hill: 3.9 mi
- Mount Sod: 3.9 mi
- Telegraph Hill: 4.0 mi
- Lake Tashmoo Town Beach: 0.7 mi
- Lamberts Cove Beach: 1.6 mi
- Owen Park Beach: 2.2 mi
- Tisbury Town Beach: 2.2 mi
- Eastville Beach: 2.9 mi
- Owen Park: 2.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 2.2 mi
- Boch Park: 2.3 mi
- Valley Park: 2.5 mi
- Oriental Park: 3.4 mi
- Nobska Lighthouse: 3.9 mi
- Soldiers Memorial: 4.5 mi
- War Memorial: 4.5 mi
- Woods Holl: 4.6 mi
- Katharine Lee Bates: 6.5 mi
- Old Schoolhouse Museum and Liberty Pole: 2.0 mi
- Martha's Vineyard Museum: 2.4 mi
- Cottage Museum: 4.2 mi
- Mariposa Museum: 4.3 mi
- Woods Hole Historical Museum: 4.5 mi
- Flying Horses Carousel: 4.4 mi
- Falmouth Road Race Starting Line: 4.6 mi
- Polly Hill Arboretum: 4.8 mi
- Big Bridge: 5.7 mi
- The Liberté: 6.0 mi
- Makonikey Head: 1.2 mi
- Husselton Head: 2.5 mi
- North Head: 2.7 mi
- Cedar Tree Neck: 3.5 mi
- Falmouth Heights: 4.3 mi
- Garden of Our Lady: 4.9 mi
- Spohr Public Gardens: 5.7 mi
- Colonial Gardens: 6.7 mi
- Mashpee Community Garden: 15.4 mi
- Rotch- Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum: 18.9 mi
- Helen Keller: 4.7 mi
- Rachel Carson: 4.7 mi
- Whale Tail: 4.7 mi
- Whale Tail: 8.4 mi
- Buddha: 10.6 mi
- Keeper's House: 2.6 mi
- Keeper's House: 2.6 mi
- West Chop Light: 2.6 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 2.6 mi
- Oil House: 2.7 mi
- truck pull-off: 21.0 mi
- truck pull-off: 21.0 mi
- Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 22.2 mi
- Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 24.1 mi
- Bourne Recreation Area: 20.0 mi
- Herring Run Recreational Area: 22.0 mi
- Crystal Spring: 18.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.2 miles of Thompson Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peaked Hill | SW 215° | 94.8 m | 8.7 mi |
| Pine Hill | NNE 13° | 93 m | 17.6 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | NNE 23° | 85 m | 20.5 mi |
| Flatrock Hill | NNE 15° | 82 m | 21.0 mi |
| Avery Hill | NNE 13° | 80 m | 19.3 mi |
| Prospect Hill | SW 220° | 78 m | 8.5 mi |
| Discovery Hill | NNE 26° | 77 m | 20.4 mi |
| Deer Horn Hill | NNE 11° | 71 m | 14.1 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 | 19:39 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:05 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 15:32 | 16:17 |
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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29699047
Day trips start here
- Mattapoisett · 16 mi
- SouthCoast · 16 mi
- Marion · 18 mi
- Dartmouth · 20 mi
- New Bedford · 20 mi
- Rochester · 21 mi
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