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Mount Cary

Mount Cary, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Cary rises to 30 m in Massachusetts. Copicut Hill stands 109 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Silver Beach, a beach 0.4 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 23 miles off.

The story

Mount Cary is a mountain in Dukes County, Massachusetts. It is located on Naushon Island 0.8 miles (1.3 km) north of Tarpaulin Cove in the Town of Gosnold. Mount Surat is located northeast of Mount Cary.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q56280003, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
30 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.48983, -70.74809

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Peaks
  • Mount Surat: 0.5 mi
  • Mount Sod: 3.3 mi
  • Nobska Hill: 5.1 mi
  • The Knob: 5.8 mi
  • Goat Rocks: 6.1 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Woods Hole Waterfront Park: 4.6 mi
  • Taft's Playground: 4.8 mi
  • WHOI - Rose Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Owen Park: 7.9 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 8.0 mi
Historic sites: 44
  • Woods Holl: 4.7 mi
  • Nobska Lighthouse: 5.1 mi
  • Katharine Lee Bates: 8.2 mi
  • Falmouth Police Memorial: 8.7 mi
  • Soldiers Memorial: 10.2 mi
Attractions: 23
  • Falmouth Road Race Starting Line: 4.7 mi
  • Polly Hill Arboretum: 7.4 mi
  • The Liberté: 8.2 mi
  • Falmouth Road Race Finish Line: 8.7 mi
  • Flying Horses Carousel: 10.1 mi
Cliffs: 18
Gardens: 18
Artworks: 8
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 21.3 mi
  • truck pull-off: 23.1 mi
  • truck pull-off: 23.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 19.6 mi
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 21.9 mi
Springs: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.2 miles of Mount Cary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Copicut HillNW 315°109 m22.7 mi
Peaked HillS 177°94.8 m9.2 mi
Pine HillNNE 32°93 m17.8 mi
Telegraph HillNE 39°85 m21.6 mi
Flatrock HillNNE 31°82 m21.3 mi
Avery HillNNE 30°80 m19.4 mi
Prospect HillS 180°78 m8.6 mi
Discovery HillNE 42°77 m21.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1918:55
June solstice05:1019:3920:21
September equinox06:3118:0618:42
December solstice07:0715:3216:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323337475665727266564638

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woods Hole Golf Club, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 614971 — Mount Cary, Dukes County, Massachusetts.

OpenStreetMap element node/358274371

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