Wood Neck Reserve
Wood Neck Reserve is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. Peaked Hill stands 95 m to the south-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Sippewissett Marsh, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 14 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Falmouth
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 14.4 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Sippewissett Marsh: 0.1 mi
- CR #10: 0.2 mi
- Little Sippewissett Marsh: 0.2 mi
- Great Sippewissett Marsh: 0.5 mi
- Great Sippewissett Marsh: 0.8 mi
- Swifts Hill: 0.6 mi
- Riddle Hill: 1.3 mi
- Telegraph Hill: 1.7 mi
- The Knob: 2.6 mi
- Nobska Hill: 4.2 mi
- Cathedral Pines: 1.3 mi
- John L. Neill Youth Baseball Complex: 1.6 mi
- Falmouth Town Green: 1.7 mi
- Shiverick's Pond Pathway: 1.7 mi
- Trotting Park Skate Park: 1.7 mi
- Black Beach: 1.3 mi
- Chappaquoit Beach: 2.0 mi
- Big Beach: 2.3 mi
- Public Beach Quissett Harbor: 2.4 mi
- Surf Drive Beach: 2.4 mi
- Katharine Lee Bates: 1.9 mi
- Falmouth Police Memorial: 2.2 mi
- Woods Holl: 3.9 mi
- Nobska Lighthouse: 4.2 mi
- HU-25 Falcon: 8.4 mi
- Falmouth Museums on the Green: 1.6 mi
- Saconesset Homestead and Museum: 2.2 mi
- Woods Hole Historical Museum: 3.9 mi
- Cape Cod Children's Museum: 8.3 mi
- Old Schoolhouse Museum and Liberty Pole: 8.3 mi
- The Liberté: 2.6 mi
- Falmouth Road Race Finish Line: 2.9 mi
- Falmouth Road Race Starting Line: 3.9 mi
- Flying Horses Carousel: 9.1 mi
- Big Bridge: 11.8 mi
- Falmouth Cliffs: 3.3 mi
- Falmouth Heights: 3.7 mi
- Nobska Point: 5.2 mi
- Husselton Head: 7.6 mi
- South Bluff: 8.4 mi
- Colonial Gardens: 1.6 mi
- Spohr Public Gardens: 2.3 mi
- Garden of Our Lady: 3.7 mi
- Mashpee Community Garden: 9.3 mi
- Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 13.6 mi
- Helen Keller: 3.9 mi
- Whale Tail: 3.9 mi
- Rachel Carson: 3.9 mi
- Tree of Bike: 6.0 mi
- Buddha: 7.5 mi
- Nobska Point Light: 4.2 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 6.7 mi
- West Chop Light: 6.8 mi
- Keeper's House: 6.8 mi
- Oil House: 6.8 mi
- Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 14.3 mi
- truck pull-off: 14.9 mi
- truck pull-off: 15.0 mi
- Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 19.5 mi
- truck pull-off: 21.8 mi
- Bourne Recreation Area: 12.1 mi
- Herring Run Recreational Area: 14.3 mi
- Crystal Spring: 12.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Wood Neck Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peaked Hill | SSW 200° | 94.8 m | 16.0 mi |
| Pine Hill | NNE 21° | 93 m | 9.9 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | NE 35° | 85 m | 13.4 mi |
| Flatrock Hill | NNE 22° | 82 m | 13.4 mi |
| Avery Hill | NNE 20° | 80 m | 11.6 mi |
| Prospect Hill | SSW 202° | 78 m | 15.5 mi |
| Discovery Hill | NE 40° | 77 m | 13.5 mi |
| Deer Horn Hill | NNE 22° | 71 m | 6.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:39 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:05 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 15:32 | 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 | 32 | 33 | 37 | 47 | 56 | 65 | 72 | 72 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woods Hole Golf Club, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29702987
Day trips start here
- Marion · 11 mi
- Mattapoisett · 11 mi
- SouthCoast · 12 mi
- Rochester · 14 mi
- Wareham · 14 mi
- New Bedford · 16 mi
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