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Wood Island

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Wood Island from directly overhead

Wood Island is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of -9 m. Peaked Hill stands 95 m to the southwest, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Lake Tashmoo Town Beach, a beach 0.3 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 21 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates41.46363, -70.63596

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Pilot Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Tashmoo Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Telegraph Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Nobska Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Mount Sod: 4.0 mi
Parks
  • Owen Park: 1.8 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 1.9 mi
  • Boch Park: 2.0 mi
  • Valley Park: 2.4 mi
  • Oriental Park: 3.2 mi
Historic sites: 50
  • Nobska Lighthouse: 3.7 mi
  • Soldiers Memorial: 4.2 mi
  • War Memorial: 4.2 mi
  • Woods Holl: 4.6 mi
  • Katharine Lee Bates: 6.2 mi
Attractions: 25
  • Flying Horses Carousel: 4.1 mi
  • Falmouth Road Race Starting Line: 4.6 mi
  • Polly Hill Arboretum: 5.1 mi
  • Big Bridge: 5.6 mi
  • The Liberté: 5.7 mi
Cliffs: 20
Gardens: 17
Artworks: 12
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 4
  • truck pull-off: 20.6 mi
  • truck pull-off: 20.6 mi
  • Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 21.9 mi
  • Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 23.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 19.7 mi
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 21.8 mi
Springs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.1 miles of Wood Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Peaked HillSW 216°94.8 m9.1 mi
Pine HillNNE 12°93 m17.3 mi
Telegraph HillNNE 23°85 m20.2 mi
Flatrock HillNNE 14°82 m20.7 mi
Avery HillNNE 12°80 m19.0 mi
Prospect HillSW 221°78 m8.9 mi
Discovery HillNNE 26°77 m20.0 mi
Deer Horn HillN 10°71 m13.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1818:55
June solstice05:1019:3920:20
September equinox06:3118:0518:42
December solstice07:0615:3216:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323337475665727266564638

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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29699538

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