West Chop Woods
West Chop Woods is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Peaked Hill stands 95 m to the southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is West Chop Meadow, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 20 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Sheriff's Meadow Foundation
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 20.0 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- West Chop Meadow: 0.2 mi
- Carpenters Woods: 0.4 mi
- Eastville Beach Jetty: 1.2 mi
- Eastville Point Beach: 1.2 mi
- Lagoon Bridge Park & Boat Landing: 1.3 mi
- Tisbury Town Beach: 0.8 mi
- Owen Park Beach: 1.0 mi
- Eastville Beach: 1.2 mi
- Doug's Cove: 1.4 mi
- Lake Tashmoo Town Beach: 1.7 mi
- Owen Park: 1.2 mi
- Boch Park: 1.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 1.5 mi
- Prospect Park: 1.7 mi
- Morton Park: 1.9 mi
- Telegraph Hill: 1.8 mi
- Tashmoo Hill: 2.1 mi
- Pilot Hill: 2.4 mi
- Nobska Hill: 4.0 mi
- Mount Sod: 5.0 mi
- Soldiers Memorial: 2.6 mi
- War Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Nobska Lighthouse: 4.0 mi
- Woods Holl: 5.0 mi
- Katharine Lee Bates: 5.5 mi
- Old Schoolhouse Museum and Liberty Pole: 1.2 mi
- Martha's Vineyard Museum: 1.7 mi
- Cottage Museum: 2.4 mi
- Mariposa Museum: 2.6 mi
- Woods Hole Historical Museum: 4.9 mi
- Husselton Head: 0.4 mi
- North Head: 1.5 mi
- Makonikey Head: 3.6 mi
- Falmouth Heights: 4.2 mi
- Nobska Point: 5.7 mi
- Flying Horses Carousel: 2.6 mi
- Big Bridge: 4.8 mi
- The Liberté: 4.8 mi
- Falmouth Road Race Finish Line: 4.9 mi
- Falmouth Road Race Starting Line: 5.0 mi
- Garden of Our Lady: 5.2 mi
- Spohr Public Gardens: 5.2 mi
- Colonial Gardens: 5.7 mi
- Mashpee Community Garden: 13.5 mi
- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 19.0 mi
- Helen Keller: 5.1 mi
- Whale Tail: 5.1 mi
- Rachel Carson: 5.1 mi
- Whale Tail: 7.5 mi
- Buddha: 8.4 mi
- Keeper's House: 0.5 mi
- Keeper's House: 0.5 mi
- West Chop Light: 0.5 mi
- Oil House: 0.5 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 0.5 mi
- truck pull-off: 19.0 mi
- truck pull-off: 19.0 mi
- Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 21.2 mi
- Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 21.8 mi
- truck pull-off: 23.7 mi
- Bourne Recreation Area: 18.9 mi
- Herring Run Recreational Area: 20.8 mi
- Crystal Spring: 18.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.1 miles of West Chop Woods. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peaked Hill | SW 221° | 94.8 m | 10.8 mi |
| Pine Hill | N 6° | 93 m | 16.3 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | NNE 18° | 85 m | 18.9 mi |
| Flatrock Hill | N 9° | 82 m | 19.7 mi |
| Avery Hill | N 7° | 80 m | 18.0 mi |
| Prospect Hill | SW 225° | 78 m | 10.6 mi |
| Discovery Hill | NNE 22° | 77 m | 18.6 mi |
| Deer Horn Hill | N 3° | 71 m | 12.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:38 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:05 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 15:32 | 16:16 |
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 | 37 | 47 | 56 | 65 | 72 | 72 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woods Hole Golf Club, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29699505
Day trips start here
- Mattapoisett · 17 mi
- SouthCoast · 17 mi
- Marion · 18 mi
- Dartmouth · 21 mi
- New Bedford · 21 mi
- Rochester · 21 mi
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