Griffin Island
Griffin Island rises to 24 m in Massachusetts. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Duck Harbor Beach, a beach 0.7 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 12 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Griffin Island is a mountain in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. It is located on 1.7 miles (2.7 km) west-northwest of Wellfleet in the Town of Wellfleet. Great Beach Hill is located south of Griffin Island.
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Wikidata Q56282351, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 24 m
How to reach it
- 11.6 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Duck Harbor Beach: 0.7 mi
- Powers Landing: 1.1 mi
- Mayo Beach: 1.4 mi
- Ryder Beach: 1.7 mi
- Long Pond Beach: 2.7 mi
- Cannon Hill Park: 2.0 mi
- Snows Field: 4.1 mi
- Mill Field: 5.6 mi
- Pilgrim Pond Park: 6.4 mi
- Three Sisters of Nauset: 7.9 mi
- Cannon Hill: 1.9 mi
- Little Beach Hill: 2.9 mi
- Gross Hill: 3.2 mi
- Tom Hill: 4.0 mi
- Corn Hill: 4.4 mi
- Pole Dyke Swamp: 0.9 mi
- The Gut: 1.0 mi
- Mayo Creek: 1.4 mi
- Lewis Farm Cr: 1.8 mi
- Breakwater Beach Ii: 2.1 mi
- Indian Grave Stone: 0.7 mi
- Steamer Portland: 6.7 mi
- Cape Cod (Highland) Light original location plaque: 6.8 mi
- Eastham Train Depot and Water Tower: 8.8 mi
- Pilgrim's First Landing Memorial: 9.5 mi
- Atwood-Higgins House: 0.9 mi
- Wellfleet Historical Society Museum: 1.7 mi
- Highland House Museum: 6.7 mi
- Eastham 1869 Schoolhouse Museum: 8.5 mi
- Atlantic White Shark Conservancy: 9.6 mi
- Chime: 5.4 mi
- They Also Faced the Sea: 9.6 mi
- Homage to the Fishermen (1989): 9.8 mi
- Bubbles the Humpback: 9.8 mi
- ART: 9.8 mi
- Dolphin Fleet Whale Watch: 9.7 mi
- Dolphin Fleet · Whale Watch: 9.8 mi
- Penniman House: 9.9 mi
- Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat CG 36500: 10.2 mi
- Jonathan Young Windmill: 11.0 mi
- Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 5.4 mi
- Suzanne's Garden: 9.8 mi
- PAAM Sculpture Garden: 9.9 mi
- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 24.6 mi
- Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 24.9 mi
- Indian Neck: 2.9 mi
- Salten Point: 20.3 mi
- Top of Eroding Coastal Bank (Spring 2025): 20.4 mi
- Fullers Point: 22.1 mi
- Highland/Cape Cod Light: 6.7 mi
- Nauset Light: 8.0 mi
- U.S. Coast Guard Station: 19.6 mi
- Chatham Light: 19.6 mi
- Picnick Area: 12.4 mi
- Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 18.9 mi
- truck pull-off: 14.0 mi
- Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 21.1 mi
- Long Point: 8.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Griffin Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park Hill | S 174° | 165 m | 12.8 mi |
| Signal Hill | SSW 203° | 60 m | 15.6 mi |
| Clay Hill | SW 221° | 58 m | 23.3 mi |
| Indian Hill | W 261° | 49 m | 24.5 mi |
| Black Ball Hill | SSW 204° | 45 m | 16.0 mi |
| The Highlands | N 1° | 41 m | 6.8 mi |
| Mill Hill | SSE 164° | 41 m | 11.9 mi |
| Green Hill | NNE 13° | 38 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 19:37 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:03 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 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, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358275135
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