Whites Brook Floodplain
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Whites Brook Floodplain is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the east-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Grays Beach, a park 0.6 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 0.7 miles off.
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Grays Beach: 0.6 mi
- Chapin Memorial Beach: 1.2 mi
- Horsefoot Path Beach: 1.8 mi
- Dunes Landing Beach: 1.8 mi
- Mayflower Beach: 1.9 mi
- German hill: 2.0 mi
- Prospect Hill: 2.0 mi
- Black Ball Hill: 2.2 mi
- Signal Hill: 2.6 mi
- Hokum Rock: 2.9 mi
- Grays Beach: 0.6 mi
- Peter Homer Park: 2.2 mi
- Nobscussett Park: 2.2 mi
- Hazelmoor Park: 3.1 mi
- Scargo Park: 3.1 mi
- The Unitarian Church of Barnstable: 3.8 mi
- Carroll A. DeSilver: 4.2 mi
- Baxter Grist Mill: 4.4 mi
- Sachem Iyanough: 5.2 mi
- John F Kennedy Memorial: 5.7 mi
- Blizzard Land: 0.9 mi
- Town of Yarmouth Land Bank: 1.1 mi
- Conservation Land/New Boston R: 1.1 mi
- Chapin Beach Conservation Land: 1.1 mi
- Strawberry Lane Cr: 1.1 mi
- Edward Gorey House: 1.0 mi
- Captain Bangs Hallet House: 1.1 mi
- Josiah Dennis Manse Museum: 2.2 mi
- Cape Cod Museum of Art: 2.4 mi
- US Coast Guard Heritage Museum: 3.8 mi
- James Otis Jr.: 4.0 mi
- Mercy Otis Warren: 4.1 mi
- The Great Green Whale: 5.2 mi
- Saint John Paul: 5.5 mi
- The Catch: 13.2 mi
- Putter's Paradise: 4.4 mi
- Jump On Us!: 4.4 mi
- Pirates Cove: 4.5 mi
- Wackenhammer's Clockwork Arcade and Carousel: 5.5 mi
- Brewster Historical Society Windmill Village: 6.1 mi
- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 6.9 mi
- Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 12.5 mi
- Mashpee Community Garden: 14.0 mi
- McInnes Garden: 14.4 mi
- Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 14.5 mi
- Salten Point: 4.1 mi
- Fullers Point: 8.3 mi
- bluff: 14.5 mi
- Top of Eroding Coastal Bank (Spring 2025): 14.5 mi
- Indian Neck: 17.0 mi
- Picnick Area: 11.1 mi
- Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
- Herring Run Recreational Area: 17.6 mi
- Bourne Recreation Area: 18.7 mi
- U.S. Coast Guard Station: 14.7 mi
- Chatham Light: 14.7 mi
- Nauset Light: 17.3 mi
- Highland/Cape Cod Light: 23.9 mi
- truck pull-off: 2.1 mi
- Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 3.7 mi
- Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 20.3 mi
- Long Point: 21.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.3 miles of Whites Brook Floodplain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park Hill | ENE 74° | 165 m | 10.4 mi |
| Pine Hill | W 268° | 93 m | 17.4 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | W 275° | 85 m | 13.4 mi |
| Flatrock Hill | W 280° | 82 m | 16.2 mi |
| Avery Hill | W 274° | 80 m | 17.0 mi |
| Discovery Hill | W 273° | 77 m | 12.4 mi |
| Deer Horn Hill | WSW 258° | 71 m | 19.0 mi |
| Mountain Hill | WNW 297° | 61 m | 18.9 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 | 19:38 | 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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29800415
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