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Water Department Land

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Water Department Land from directly overhead

Water Department Land is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Peter Homer Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 1.9 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.67747, -70.21533

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Peter Homer Park: 0.6 mi
  • Hazelmoor Park: 0.8 mi
  • Wings Grove Beach & Park: 1.3 mi
  • Wings Grove Beach & Park: 1.3 mi
  • Wings Grove Beach & Park: 1.3 mi
Beaches
Peaks
  • German hill: 0.9 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Black Ball Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Signal Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Hokum Rock: 4.3 mi
Historic sites: 40
Museums: 39
Attractions: 21
  • Pirates Cove: 1.9 mi
  • Jump On Us!: 2.5 mi
  • Putter's Paradise: 2.8 mi
  • Wackenhammer's Clockwork Arcade and Carousel: 4.2 mi
  • Grand Slam Entertainment: 6.3 mi
Gardens: 14
  • Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 13.9 mi
  • Mashpee Community Garden: 14.0 mi
  • McInnes Garden: 15.6 mi
  • Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 15.7 mi
Rest areas: 11
  • truck pull-off: 1.4 mi
  • truck pull-off: 1.5 mi
  • rest area: 2.5 mi
  • Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 3.8 mi
  • truck pull-off: 4.3 mi
Cliffs: 11
Lighthouses: 11
Artworks: 9
Picnic sites: 4
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 11.3 mi
  • Picnick Area: 11.6 mi
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 19.0 mi
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 19.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.7 miles of Water Department Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillENE 59°165 m10.8 mi
Pine HillW 277°93 m18.2 mi
Telegraph HillWNW 286°85 m14.5 mi
Flatrock HillWNW 288°82 m17.5 mi
Avery HillWNW 282°80 m18.1 mi
Discovery HillWNW 284°77 m13.4 mi
Deer Horn HillW 267°71 m19.3 mi
Discovery HillWNW 289°61 m18.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1618:53
June solstice05:0719:3720:20
September equinox06:2918:0318:40
December solstice07:0515:2916:14

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, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/380300588

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