Grassy Nook
Grassy Nook rises to 6 m in Massachusetts. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the west-northwest, 0.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Picnick Area, a picnic site 0.7 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 1.5 miles off. 44 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.
Wikidata Q56281789, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 6 m
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Crosby Landing Beach: 2.1 mi
- Ellis Landing Beach: 2.2 mi
- Point of Rocks Landing Beach: 2.7 mi
- Skaket Beach: 2.9 mi
- Rock Harbor Beach: 3.2 mi
- Town of Brewster vacant structure: 1.7 mi
- Cape Cod Sea Camps: 1.9 mi
- Former Camp Wono: 2.4 mi
- Eldredge Park: 2.6 mi
- Windmill Park: 3.4 mi
- Rafe's Pond Property: 0.7 mi
- Town Land: 0.7 mi
- Rogers: 0.8 mi
- Camp Barney Conservation Area: 0.8 mi
- Hooper Lot: 1.0 mi
- Deer Park Hill: 0.7 mi
- Mill Hill: 1.9 mi
- Tawasentha Hill: 1.9 mi
- Cannon Hill: 4.5 mi
- Nauset Beach Dunes: 5.3 mi
- Brenton I Wixon Memorial Park: 2.3 mi
- Battle of Orleans Massachusetts 1814: 3.2 mi
- Coast Guard Motor Life Boat CG36500: 3.2 mi
- Jeremiah's Gutter: 3.6 mi
- Eagle Point: 4.9 mi
- French Cable Station Museum: 2.9 mi
- Cobb House Museum: 3.4 mi
- Chatham Marconi Maritime Center: 4.1 mi
- Stony Brook Grist Mill & Museum: 4.7 mi
- Cape Cod Museum of Natural History: 4.8 mi
- The Catch: 2.7 mi
- Chime: 8.9 mi
- The Great Green Whale: 14.9 mi
- James Otis Jr.: 15.0 mi
- Mercy Otis Warren: 15.0 mi
- Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat CG 36500: 3.2 mi
- Jonathan Young Windmill: 3.4 mi
- Brewster Historical Society Windmill Village: 5.0 mi
- Penniman House: 5.3 mi
- Fish Pier Observation Deck: 5.9 mi
- Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 8.9 mi
- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 16.7 mi
- PAAM Sculpture Garden: 22.3 mi
- Suzanne's Garden: 22.4 mi
- Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 23.0 mi
- U.S. Coast Guard Station: 6.9 mi
- Chatham Light: 6.9 mi
- Nauset Light: 8.1 mi
- Highland/Cape Cod Light: 19.8 mi
- Top of Eroding Coastal Bank (Spring 2025): 7.5 mi
- Indian Neck: 10.8 mi
- Salten Point: 15.0 mi
- Fullers Point: 18.9 mi
- Picnick Area: 0.7 mi
- Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 5.8 mi
- truck pull-off: 1.0 mi
- Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 14.5 mi
- Long Point: 20.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Grassy Nook. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park Hill | WNW 289° | 165 m | 0.7 mi |
| Discovery Hill | W 265° | 77 m | 23.1 mi |
| Signal Hill | W 260° | 60 m | 8.4 mi |
| Clay Hill | WSW 255° | 58 m | 17.9 mi |
| Black Ball Hill | W 259° | 45 m | 8.8 mi |
| Mill Hill | NE 37° | 41 m | 1.9 mi |
| The Highlands | N 354° | 41 m | 19.8 mi |
| Green Hill | N 357° | 38 m | 18.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 19:37 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:03 | 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 606431 — Grassy Nook, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.
OpenStreetMap element node/358268793
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