Windswept Cranberry Bog
Windswept Cranberry Bog is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Folger Hill stands 33 m to the south-southwest, 1.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Polpis Road, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Polpis Road: 0.4 mi
- Stump Pond Conservation Area: 0.5 mi
- Beechwood Farm Conservation Area: 0.7 mi
- Polpis Harbor: 0.7 mi
- Squam: 0.8 mi
- Quidnet Beach: 1.6 mi
- Coatue Beach: 3.0 mi
- Siasconset Beach: 3.3 mi
- Low Beach: 3.5 mi
- Pebble Beach: 3.8 mi
- Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum: 2.1 mi
- Nantucket Whaling Museum: 5.0 mi
- Peter Foulger Museum: 5.0 mi
- Museum of African American History: 5.1 mi
- Quaker Meeting House: 5.1 mi
- Folger Hill: 1.1 mi
- Sauls Hills: 1.2 mi
- Macys Hill: 1.5 mi
- Shawkemo Hills: 2.3 mi
- Cains Hill: 2.6 mi
- Sankaty Head Historical Site: 2.1 mi
- Labyrinth Nantucket Land Bank: 4.3 mi
- Consue Springs: 4.9 mi
- Camp Richard: 5.0 mi
- Mill Hill Park: 5.2 mi
- Squam Head: 1.8 mi
- Sankaty Head: 2.3 mi
- Nantucket Cliffs: 5.8 mi
- Wasque Point: 23.6 mi
- Sankaty Head Light: 2.2 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Dwelling: 2.2 mi
- Soldier and Sailors Monument: 5.3 mi
- Abiah Folger Franklin Fountain: 6.3 mi
- Hadwen House Gardens: 5.2 mi
- Oldest House Kitchen Garden: 5.3 mi
- Brant Point Light: 4.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Windswept Cranberry Bog. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folger Hill | SSW 194° | 33 m | 1.1 mi |
| Shawkemo Hills | WSW 248° | 26 m | 2.3 mi |
| Sauls Hills | S 189° | 23 m | 1.2 mi |
| Popsquatchet Hills | WSW 257° | 22 m | 5.7 mi |
| Washaqua Hill | WNW 281° | 22 m | 24.8 mi |
| Macys Hill | SW 227° | 19 m | 1.5 mi |
| Fudge Hill | WSW 257° | 18 m | 2.8 mi |
| Swain Hill | W 264° | 16 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:36 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:03 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 15:30 | 16:15 |
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 | 33 | 34 | 38 | 46 | 54 | 62 | 69 | 69 | 64 | 55 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nantucket MEM AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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