Fort Hill
Fort Hill rises to 8 m in Massachusetts. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the southwest, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Capped Foundation of Former Gunn Dairy Barn, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 3.5 miles off. 40 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 8 m
How to reach it
- 3.5 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Herring Pond Beach: 1.4 mi
- Coast Guard Beach: 2.0 mi
- Wiley Park Beach: 2.0 mi
- First Encounter Beach: 2.1 mi
- Herring Brook Beach: 2.3 mi
- Windmill Green: 1.1 mi
- Wiley Park: 2.0 mi
- Windmill Park: 2.0 mi
- Eldredge Park: 2.8 mi
- Three Sisters of Nauset: 2.9 mi
- Eastham Salt Marsh: 0.3 mi
- Heller Land: 0.5 mi
- Davis Cr: 0.6 mi
- Capowack Land Trust: 0.6 mi
- Deacon Paine: 0.6 mi
- Skiff Hill: 0.3 mi
- Mill Hill: 3.5 mi
- Tawasentha Hill: 4.4 mi
- Grassy Nook: 5.4 mi
- Deer Park Hill: 5.6 mi
- Capped Foundation of Former Gunn Dairy Barn: 0.1 mi
- Eastham Train Depot and Water Tower: 1.3 mi
- Jeremiah's Gutter: 1.8 mi
- Coast Guard Motor Life Boat CG36500: 2.7 mi
- Battle of Orleans Massachusetts 1814: 2.7 mi
- Eastham 1869 Schoolhouse Museum: 1.5 mi
- French Cable Station Museum: 2.5 mi
- Cobb House Museum: 7.6 mi
- Chatham Marconi Maritime Center: 8.0 mi
- Chatham Shark Center: 8.4 mi
- The Catch: 2.8 mi
- Chime: 4.7 mi
- James Otis Jr.: 19.4 mi
- Mercy Otis Warren: 19.4 mi
- They Also Faced the Sea: 19.5 mi
- Penniman House: 0.2 mi
- Jonathan Young Windmill: 2.0 mi
- Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat CG 36500: 2.7 mi
- Fish Pier Observation Deck: 9.0 mi
- Brewster Historical Society Windmill Village: 9.3 mi
- Nauset Light: 2.9 mi
- U.S. Coast Guard Station: 10.1 mi
- Chatham Light: 10.2 mi
- Highland/Cape Cod Light: 16.1 mi
- Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 4.8 mi
- Suzanne's Garden: 19.8 mi
- PAAM Sculpture Garden: 19.9 mi
- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 21.7 mi
- Indian Neck: 7.1 mi
- Top of Eroding Coastal Bank (Spring 2025): 11.1 mi
- Salten Point: 19.3 mi
- Fullers Point: 22.7 mi
- Picnick Area: 4.8 mi
- Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
- truck pull-off: 6.0 mi
- Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 19.1 mi
- Long Point: 18.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fort Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park Hill | SW 222° | 165 m | 5.6 mi |
| Signal Hill | WSW 243° | 60 m | 12.8 mi |
| Clay Hill | WSW 246° | 58 m | 22.4 mi |
| Black Ball Hill | WSW 243° | 45 m | 13.2 mi |
| Mill Hill | SW 215° | 41 m | 3.5 mi |
| The Highlands | NNW 342° | 41 m | 16.1 mi |
| Green Hill | NNW 343° | 38 m | 14.2 mi |
| Scorton Hill | WSW 253° | 35 m | 23.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 19:37 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:02 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 15:28 | 16:13 |
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 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 71 | 71 | 64 | 54 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chatham Muni AP, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 606886 — Fort Hill, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
OpenStreetMap element node/358269215
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