Black Ball Hill

Black Ball Hill rises to 45 m in Massachusetts. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the east-northeast, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Conservation Land/So Yarmouth, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) runs past it.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 45 m
How to reach it
- On the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Conservation Land/So Yarmouth: 0.4 mi
- Howe Site: 0.6 mi
- Conservation Land/New Boston R: 0.6 mi
- Conservation Land/New Boston R: 0.7 mi
- Sundall Land: 0.7 mi
- Signal Hill: 0.5 mi
- Hokum Rock: 0.8 mi
- Scargo Hill: 0.8 mi
- German hill: 2.9 mi
- Prospect Hill: 4.0 mi
- Nobscussett Park: 0.5 mi
- Scargo Park: 1.0 mi
- Grays Beach: 2.4 mi
- Johnny Kelley Park: 2.6 mi
- Peter Homer Park: 3.4 mi
- Mayflower Beach: 1.5 mi
- Bayview Beach: 1.6 mi
- Mayflower Beach: 1.7 mi
- Dunes Landing Beach: 1.7 mi
- Horsefoot Path Beach: 1.8 mi
- Eagle Point: 4.0 mi
- Carroll A. DeSilver: 5.1 mi
- Abraham Blish: 6.0 mi
- The Unitarian Church of Barnstable: 6.0 mi
- Baxter Grist Mill: 6.2 mi
- Cape Cod Museum of Art: 0.7 mi
- Josiah Dennis Manse Museum: 0.8 mi
- Edward Gorey House: 3.2 mi
- Captain Bangs Hallet House: 3.2 mi
- Stony Brook Grist Mill & Museum: 4.1 mi
- James Otis Jr.: 6.2 mi
- Mercy Otis Warren: 6.2 mi
- The Great Green Whale: 7.1 mi
- Saint John Paul: 7.5 mi
- The Catch: 11.1 mi
- Brewster Historical Society Windmill Village: 3.9 mi
- Pirates Cove: 5.7 mi
- Jump On Us!: 6.2 mi
- Putter's Paradise: 6.3 mi
- Grand Slam Entertainment: 6.4 mi
- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 8.9 mi
- Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 14.4 mi
- Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 14.5 mi
- Mashpee Community Garden: 16.2 mi
- McInnes Garden: 16.2 mi
- truck pull-off: 2.7 mi
- rest area: 2.7 mi
- truck pull-off: 3.4 mi
- truck pull-off: 4.0 mi
- Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 5.9 mi
- Salten Point: 6.2 mi
- Fullers Point: 10.1 mi
- Top of Eroding Coastal Bank (Spring 2025): 13.0 mi
- Indian Neck: 15.1 mi
- bluff: 16.6 mi
- U.S. Coast Guard Station: 13.0 mi
- Oil House: 13.0 mi
- Chatham Light: 13.0 mi
- Keeper's House: 15.2 mi
- Nauset Light: 15.2 mi
- Picnick Area: 9.0 mi
- Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
- Herring Run Recreational Area: 19.3 mi
- Bourne Recreation Area: 20.5 mi
- Long Point: 20.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.8 miles of Black Ball Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park Hill | ENE 76° | 165 m | 8.2 mi |
| Pine Hill | W 266° | 93 m | 19.4 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | W 271° | 85 m | 15.2 mi |
| Flatrock Hill | W 275° | 82 m | 18.0 mi |
| Avery Hill | W 271° | 80 m | 19.0 mi |
| Discovery Hill | W 269° | 77 m | 14.3 mi |
| Deer Horn Hill | WSW 257° | 71 m | 21.1 mi |
| Discovery Hill | W 277° | 61 m | 19.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:07 | 19:37 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:03 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 15:29 | 16:14 |
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 | 38 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hyannis Barnstable Muni AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358274828
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