Water Department Land
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Water Department Land is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 13 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the east-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is German hill, a peak 0.3 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 0.8 miles off.
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- German hill: 0.3 mi
- Prospect Hill: 1.7 mi
- Black Ball Hill: 2.7 mi
- Signal Hill: 3.1 mi
- Hokum Rock: 3.2 mi
- Peter Homer Park: 0.7 mi
- Hazelmoor Park: 1.4 mi
- Wings Grove Beach & Park: 1.9 mi
- Wings Grove Beach & Park: 1.9 mi
- Wings Grove Beach & Park: 2.0 mi
- Flax Pond: 1.6 mi
- Plashes Pond: 1.9 mi
- Grays Beach: 2.3 mi
- Swan Lake Association Beach: 2.4 mi
- Salt Box Beach: 2.5 mi
- Carroll A. DeSilver: 2.6 mi
- Baxter Grist Mill: 3.6 mi
- Abraham Blish: 4.5 mi
- The Unitarian Church of Barnstable: 4.5 mi
- Sachem Iyanough: 4.6 mi
- Edward Gorey House: 1.7 mi
- Captain Bangs Hallet House: 1.7 mi
- Whydah Pirate Museum: 3.1 mi
- Josiah Dennis Manse Museum: 3.2 mi
- Cape Cod Museum of Art: 3.3 mi
- The Great Green Whale: 4.5 mi
- James Otis Jr.: 4.7 mi
- Mercy Otis Warren: 4.8 mi
- Saint John Paul: 4.9 mi
- The Catch: 13.1 mi
- Pirates Cove: 3.1 mi
- Jump On Us!: 3.5 mi
- Putter's Paradise: 3.6 mi
- Wackenhammer's Clockwork Arcade and Carousel: 5.0 mi
- Brewster Historical Society Windmill Village: 6.2 mi
- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 6.3 mi
- Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 13.6 mi
- Mashpee Community Garden: 14.4 mi
- McInnes Garden: 15.5 mi
- Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 15.5 mi
- truck pull-off: 1.0 mi
- truck pull-off: 1.5 mi
- rest area: 2.1 mi
- truck pull-off: 3.9 mi
- Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 3.9 mi
- U.S. Coast Guard Station: 13.6 mi
- Oil House: 13.7 mi
- Chatham Light: 13.7 mi
- Keeper's House: 17.6 mi
- Nauset Light: 17.6 mi
- Salten Point: 5.0 mi
- Fullers Point: 9.3 mi
- Top of Eroding Coastal Bank (Spring 2025): 13.4 mi
- bluff: 14.4 mi
- Indian Neck: 17.8 mi
- Picnick Area: 11.0 mi
- Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 11.2 mi
- Herring Run Recreational Area: 18.7 mi
- Bourne Recreation Area: 19.7 mi
- Long Point: 23.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of Water Department Land. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park Hill | ENE 64° | 165 m | 10.1 mi |
| Pine Hill | W 273° | 93 m | 18.2 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | W 281° | 85 m | 14.3 mi |
| Flatrock Hill | WNW 284° | 82 m | 17.3 mi |
| Avery Hill | W 278° | 80 m | 18.0 mi |
| Discovery Hill | W 279° | 77 m | 13.3 mi |
| Deer Horn Hill | W 263° | 71 m | 19.6 mi |
| Discovery Hill | WNW 285° | 61 m | 18.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:07 | 19:37 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:03 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 15:29 | 16:14 |
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 | 32 | 33 | 38 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.7 |
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.
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