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West Barnstable Conservation Area

West Barnstable Conservation Area from directly overhead

West Barnstable Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 32 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the east-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Town of Barnstable Land Bank Property, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 2.1 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1996/11/05
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.69306, -70.41203
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Discover Flying RC- Cape Cod Airfield: 0.6 mi
  • Rolling Ridge Park: 1.3 mi
  • Burgess Park: 1.9 mi
  • Hamblin Pond Beach: 2.1 mi
  • Ellen A. McBarron Field: 2.3 mi
Beaches
  • Hamblini Pond Beach: 2.1 mi
  • Triangle Beach: 2.2 mi
  • Camp Burgess Waterfront: 2.3 mi
  • Sandwich Beach: 2.4 mi
  • Wequaquet Lake Beach: 3.4 mi
Peaks
  • Scorton Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Clay Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Discovery Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Shootflying Hill: 3.6 mi
  • White Hill: 3.7 mi
Museums: 59
Historic sites: 47
Attractions: 26
  • Cape Cod Airfield Biplane Rides: 0.6 mi
  • Marstons Mills Herring Run: 2.9 mi
  • Green Briar Jam Kitchen: 4.6 mi
  • The Green Briar Nature Center: 4.7 mi
  • Wackenhammer's Clockwork Arcade and Carousel: 7.0 mi
Cliffs: 18
Artworks: 16
Gardens: 14
  • Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Mashpee Community Garden: 4.8 mi
  • McInnes Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 6.1 mi
  • North American Hydrangea Test Garden: 6.2 mi
Rest areas: 12
  • truck pull-off: 1.0 mi
  • truck pull-off: 1.1 mi
  • Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 6.4 mi
  • truck pull-off: 8.9 mi
  • truck pull-off: 11.2 mi
Lighthouses: 11
Picnic sites: 4
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 9.5 mi
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 9.8 mi
  • Picnick Area: 20.7 mi
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 21.5 mi
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of West Barnstable Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillENE 77°165 m19.9 mi
Manomet HillNNW 330°114 m18.6 mi
Pine HillsNNW 332°95 m19.0 mi
Pine HillW 278°93 m8.0 mi
Telegraph HillNW 306°85 m4.7 mi
Flatrock HillWNW 303°82 m7.8 mi
Avery HillWNW 290°80 m8.0 mi
Discovery HillNW 307°77 m3.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:1718:54
June solstice05:0819:3820:20
September equinox06:3018:0418:41
December solstice07:0615:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293136465664706962524336
Precip in4.94.05.34.63.94.13.83.03.95.34.75.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Sandwich, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/29904602

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