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Whites Brook Floodplain

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Whites Brook Floodplain from directly overhead

Whites Brook Floodplain is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the east-northeast, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Conservation Land/New Boston R, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 1.0 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.72208, -70.22036

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
  • Grays Beach: 0.8 mi
  • Chapin Memorial Beach: 1.0 mi
  • Horsefoot Path Beach: 1.3 mi
  • Dunes Landing Beach: 1.3 mi
  • Mayflower Beach: 1.4 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • Grays Beach: 0.8 mi
  • Nobscussett Park: 1.7 mi
  • Peter Homer Park: 2.5 mi
  • Scargo Park: 2.5 mi
  • Hazelmoor Park: 3.3 mi
Historic sites: 47
Nature reserves
Artworks: 29
Attractions: 20
Gardens: 14
  • Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 7.5 mi
  • Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 12.9 mi
  • Mashpee Community Garden: 14.5 mi
  • McInnes Garden: 14.7 mi
  • Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 14.8 mi
Cliffs: 9
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnick Area: 10.6 mi
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 17.9 mi
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 19.0 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Rest areas: 3
  • truck pull-off: 2.5 mi
  • Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 4.3 mi
  • Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 20.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.0 miles of Whites Brook Floodplain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillENE165 m9.9 mi
Pine HillW93 m17.8 mi
Telegraph HillW85 m13.7 mi
Flatrock HillW82 m16.5 mi
Avery HillW80 m17.4 mi
Discovery HillW77 m12.8 mi
Deer Horn HillWSW71 m19.5 mi
Mountain HillWNW61 m19.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1618:53
June solstice05:0719:3820:20
September equinox06:2918:0318:40
December solstice07:0515:2916:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323338475766737264554537
Precip in3.93.24.33.93.43.12.73.33.84.34.14.7

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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29799784

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