Nature reserve · Massachusetts

Weweantic River

Marked private. Do not count on getting in.

Weweantic River from directly overhead

Weweantic River is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Pine Hill stands 93 m to the east, 9.4 miles off. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 13 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built: 1989-12-26

Getting there

How to reach it

Coordinates41.73047, -70.74521

13.1 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
27.2 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
27.0 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
29.3 mi off the Paradise Ave and Other Roads

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Parks

Point Road Park: 0.6 mi
Charles E Washburn Memorial Park: 1.5 mi
Town Field: 2.3 mi
Mary Besse Park and Pier: 2.4 mi
Silver Shell Beach: 2.6 mi

Beaches

Cedar Island: 0.9 mi
Swifts Beach: 1.5 mi
Swifts Neck Association: 1.7 mi
Parkwood Beach: 2.3 mi
Minot Forest Beach: 2.6 mi

Peaks

Great Hill: 2.0 mi
Lincoln Hill: 2.8 mi
Wankinco Neck: 3.0 mi
Brandy Hill: 3.4 mi
Fearing Hill: 4.2 mi

Historic sites60

Delano Memorial: 3.2 mi
Maritime Park: 6.3 mi
Veterans Memorial: 7.5 mi
Acushnet Veterans Memorial: 8.7 mi
Fort Phoenix: 10.9 mi

Museums59

Captain John Kendrick Maritime: 2.4 mi
Kendrick House Museum: 2.5 mi
Bourne Historical Society: 7.7 mi
Saconesset Homestead and Museum: 10.3 mi
New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center: 11.3 mi

Attractions34

Edaville: 8.3 mi
Herring Run: 9.8 mi
Butterflies of Cape Cod: 10.0 mi
Buzzards Bay Coalition: 11.2 mi
Rodman Candleworks: 11.2 mi

Cliffs19

The Cliffs: 3.2 mi
Hog Island: 5.7 mi
Falmouth Cliffs: 9.2 mi
White Banks: 11.1 mi
Peaked Cliff: 12.0 mi

Gardens18

Rotch- Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum: 11.7 mi
Donald Marvin Daylily Garden: 12.3 mi
Cape Cod Hydrangea Society Display Garden: 12.4 mi
Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 12.4 mi
North American Hydrangea Test Garden: 12.4 mi

Artworks17

Merchant Marine Memorial: 6.3 mi
Tree of Bike: 9.1 mi
Whale Tail: 14.7 mi
Rachel Carson: 14.7 mi
Helen Keller: 14.7 mi

Lighthouses9

Rest areas5

Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 7.7 mi
Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 14.9 mi
truck pull-off: 17.4 mi
truck pull-off: 17.7 mi
Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 23.8 mi

Picnic sites2

Bourne Recreation Area: 8.2 mi
Herring Run Recreational Area: 10.0 mi

Springs1

Crystal Spring: 5.6 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Weweantic River. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Pine Hill	E 99°	93 m	9.4 mi
Telegraph Hill	E 89°	85 m	13.4 mi
Flatrock Hill	E 81°	82 m	10.8 mi
Avery Hill	E 89°	80 m	9.7 mi
Discovery Hill	E 92°	77 m	14.3 mi
Deer Horn Hill	ESE 121°	71 m	9.4 mi
Flagg Hill	NNE 25°	64 m	12.3 mi
Tinkham Hill	WNW 302°	64 m	14.2 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:47	18:19	18:55
June solstice	05:09	19:40	20:22
September equinox	06:31	18:05	18:42
December solstice	07:08	15:31	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	30	31	37	46	57	66	73	71	64	54	44	36
Precip in	4.2	3.7	5.6	4.6	3.8	3.7	3.1	3.6	4.5	5.0	4.5	5.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Wareham, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29697131

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