Nature reserve · Massachusetts
Town Landing
Town Landing is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Pine Hill stands 93 m to the northwest, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is bluff, a cliff 0.2 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 8.8 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Mashpee
How to reach it
Coordinates41.60046, -70.46621
- 8.8 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Conservation Land: 0.4 mi
- Conservation Land: 0.4 mi
- Punkhorn Point: 0.5 mi
- Crocker Neck Conservation Area: 0.6 mi
- South Mashpee Pine Barrens Conservation Area: 0.6 mi
Beaches
- Oregon Beach: 1.2 mi
- Loop Beach: 1.6 mi
- Oyster Harbors Beach: 2.6 mi
- South Cape Beach: 4.1 mi
- South Cape Beach: 4.1 mi
Parks
- Historical Society of Santuit and Cotuit: 1.7 mi
- Cotuit Memorial Park: 2.0 mi
- Mashpee Community Park: 3.4 mi
- Collins Lot: 3.4 mi
- Fonseca Park: 3.6 mi
Peaks
- Mt. Otis: 7.3 mi
- Mt. Zig: 7.4 mi
- Deer Horn Hill: 7.6 mi
- Clay Hill: 8.1 mi
- Telegraph Hill: 8.4 mi
Historic sites: 49
- Trout's Grave: 3.3 mi
- Mashpee Veterans' War Monument: 3.4 mi
- Location of Hotel Attaquin: 3.5 mi
- Briant's Neck: 3.6 mi
- HU-16 Albatross: 5.4 mi
Museums: 44
- Cape Cod Children's Museum: 0.9 mi
- Historical Society of Santuit and Cotuit: 1.7 mi
- Cahoon Museum of American Art: 2.7 mi
- Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Museum: 3.5 mi
- Centerville Historical Museum: 7.0 mi
Attractions: 23
- Marstons Mills Herring Run: 4.4 mi
- Cape Cod Airfield Biplane Rides: 6.6 mi
- Falmouth Road Race Finish Line: 7.8 mi
- The Liberté: 8.3 mi
- Wackenhammer's Clockwork Arcade and Carousel: 9.8 mi
Cliffs: 19
- bluff: 0.2 mi
- Falmouth Cliffs: 9.3 mi
- Fullers Point: 10.0 mi
- Falmouth Heights: 11.0 mi
- Salten Point: 11.2 mi
Gardens: 15
- Mashpee Community Garden: 3.5 mi
- Colonial Gardens: 8.5 mi
- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 8.8 mi
- Spohr Public Gardens: 9.9 mi
- Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 10.0 mi
Artworks: 11
- Buddha: 2.9 mi
- Tree of Bike: 7.9 mi
- Saint John Paul: 9.9 mi
- The Great Green Whale: 10.5 mi
- Mercy Otis Warren: 10.9 mi
Rest areas: 10
- truck pull-off: 8.0 mi
- truck pull-off: 8.0 mi
- Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 10.9 mi
- truck pull-off: 13.1 mi
- Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 14.5 mi
Lighthouses: 7
- Oil House: 10.7 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 10.8 mi
- West Chop Light: 10.8 mi
- Keeper's House: 10.8 mi
- Keeper's House: 10.8 mi
Picnic sites: 3
- Bourne Recreation Area: 11.9 mi
- Herring Run Recreational Area: 12.9 mi
- Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 24.7 mi
Springs: 1
- Crystal Spring: 19.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.2 miles of Town Landing. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Hill | NW 325° | 93 m | 9.1 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | N 354° | 85 m | 9.2 mi |
| Flatrock Hill | NNW 341° | 82 m | 11.3 mi |
| Avery Hill | NNW 333° | 80 m | 10.2 mi |
| Discovery Hill | N 359° | 77 m | 8.6 mi |
| Deer Horn Hill | WNW 303° | 71 m | 7.6 mi |
| Whiting Hill | SW 222° | 68 m | 18.2 mi |
| Discovery Hill | NNW 337° | 61 m | 12.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:17 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:38 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:04 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 15:31 | 16:15 |
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 | 29 | 31 | 36 | 46 | 56 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 52 | 43 | 36 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 5.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Sandwich, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1423935988
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- Rochester · 20 mi
- SouthCoast · 20 mi
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