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Sarah Island

Sarah Island from directly overhead

Sarah Island is a park in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Rattlesnake Hill stands 90 m to the west-southwest, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Langlee Island, a park 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 11 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.25789, -70.88557

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
  • Planters Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Otis Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Bradley Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Hampton Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Squirrel Hill: 1.4 mi
Historic sites
  • F. Arthur Edwards Memorial: 0.6 mi
  • Father Connolly: 1.3 mi
  • More-Brewer Stone: 2.6 mi
  • prs 2011 sun dial: 3.3 mi
  • Fort Revere: 3.4 mi
Museums
Beaches
Attractions
Gardens
Artworks
Cliffs: 46
Picnic sites: 21
  • Babcock Arboretum: 6.5 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 6.8 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 10.8 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 10.9 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 4
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 11.0 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 11.0 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 11.8 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 14.2 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 16.2 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 9.9 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 16.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Sarah Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rattlesnake HillWSW 257°90 m8.0 mi
Pine HillWSW 254°74 m7.6 mi
Prospect HillSSE 162°72 m4.7 mi
Judges HillSE 144°71 m5.6 mi
The CragsWSW 258°71 m8.2 mi
Mount BlueSSE 148°66 m5.7 mi
Black Pond HillSE 142°64 m6.7 mi
Penns HillWSW 255°61 m5.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0819:4220:24
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1015:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238485867737265544435
Precip in4.54.05.44.63.84.03.63.83.95.24.45.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hingham, 3 mi away.

  • eastern redcedar73 obs
  • White-tailed Deer64 obs
  • Common Periwinkle56 obs
  • Great Egret56 obs
  • European Green Crab55 obs
  • Atlantic Horseshoe Crab54 obs
  • American Herring Gull54 obs
  • Wild Turkey50 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/29693800

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