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Water Department Land

Water Department Land from directly overhead

Water Department Land is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 31 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 0.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Barnstable Water Department
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.69060, -70.28150
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Cobbs Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Shootflying Hill: 3.2 mi
  • German hill: 3.7 mi
  • Clay Hill: 4.0 mi
Parks
  • Sunset Lane Beach Access: 1.5 mi
  • Park Square: 2.5 mi
  • Sandy Pond Recreation Area Park: 2.5 mi
  • Hyannis Village Green: 2.7 mi
  • Michael K. Aselton Memorial Park: 2.7 mi
Beaches
  • Millway Beach: 1.5 mi
  • Bay View Street Beach: 3.1 mi
  • Grays Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Plashes Pond: 3.4 mi
  • Wequaquet Estates Beach: 3.5 mi
Museums: 48
Historic sites: 45
Attractions: 22
  • Putter's Paradise: 2.5 mi
  • Wackenhammer's Clockwork Arcade and Carousel: 2.8 mi
  • Jump On Us!: 2.9 mi
  • Pirates Cove: 4.2 mi
  • Cape Cod Airfield Biplane Rides: 6.5 mi
Artworks: 15
Cliffs: 15
Gardens: 15
  • Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 10.4 mi
  • Mashpee Community Garden: 10.9 mi
  • McInnes Garden: 12.1 mi
  • Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 12.2 mi
Lighthouses: 12
Rest areas: 11
  • Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 0.5 mi
  • truck pull-off: 2.2 mi
  • truck pull-off: 4.5 mi
  • rest area: 5.6 mi
  • truck pull-off: 6.4 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnick Area: 14.3 mi
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 14.7 mi
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 15.5 mi
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 16.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.8 miles of Water Department Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillENE 70°165 m13.5 mi
Pine HillW 275°93 m14.7 mi
Telegraph HillWNW 286°85 m11.0 mi
Flatrock HillWNW 289°82 m14.0 mi
Avery HillWNW 281°80 m14.5 mi
Discovery HillWNW 284°77 m9.9 mi
Deer Horn HillW 263°71 m16.0 mi
Discovery HillWNW 289°61 m15.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1718:53
June solstice05:0819:3820:20
September equinox06:2918:0418:40
December solstice07:0615:3016:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323338475766737264554537
Precip in3.93.24.33.93.43.12.73.33.84.34.14.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hyannis Barnstable Muni AP, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/382361984

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