Mount Sod
Mount Sod rises to 9 m in Massachusetts. Peaked Hill stands 95 m to the south-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Nobska Point, a cliff 0.8 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 20 miles off.
The story
Mount Sod is a mountain in Dukes County, Massachusetts. It is east of Monsod Bay on Nonamesset Island.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q56280384, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 9 m
How to reach it
- 19.9 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
- 28.3 mi off the Paradise Ave and Other Roads
Named places within 25 miles
- Woods Hole Waterfront Park: 1.5 mi
- Taft's Playground: 1.8 mi
- WHOI - Rose Garden: 2.7 mi
- Falmouth Town Green: 4.9 mi
- Hotel Park: 4.9 mi
- Nobska Hill: 1.9 mi
- Mount Surat: 2.8 mi
- The Knob: 2.9 mi
- Mount Cary: 3.3 mi
- Riddle Hill: 4.3 mi
- Garbage Beach: 1.5 mi
- "Dinghy" Beach: 1.6 mi
- Nobska Beach: 1.7 mi
- Stoney Beach: 1.7 mi
- Public Beach Buzzards Bay: 3.0 mi
- Woods Holl: 1.6 mi
- Nobska Lighthouse: 1.8 mi
- Katharine Lee Bates: 5.0 mi
- Falmouth Police Memorial: 5.5 mi
- Soldiers Memorial: 7.6 mi
- Woods Hole Historical Museum: 1.6 mi
- Falmouth Museums on the Green: 4.9 mi
- Old Schoolhouse Museum and Liberty Pole: 5.6 mi
- Martha's Vineyard Museum: 6.0 mi
- Cottage Museum: 7.5 mi
- Haley Cr: 1.6 mi
- Gifford Cr: 1.7 mi
- MBL Cedar Swamp: 2.1 mi
- Ransom Road Parcel: 3.7 mi
- Salt Pond Frontage: 3.7 mi
- Falmouth Road Race Starting Line: 1.6 mi
- The Liberté: 4.9 mi
- Falmouth Road Race Finish Line: 5.4 mi
- Flying Horses Carousel: 7.6 mi
- Polly Hill Arboretum: 7.6 mi
- Nobska Point: 0.8 mi
- Falmouth Heights: 2.2 mi
- South Bluff: 3.2 mi
- Makonikey Head: 3.8 mi
- Cedar Tree Neck: 5.1 mi
- Garden of Our Lady: 1.7 mi
- Spohr Public Gardens: 3.5 mi
- Colonial Gardens: 4.9 mi
- Mashpee Community Garden: 14.4 mi
- Rotch- Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum: 15.1 mi
- Rachel Carson: 1.5 mi
- Whale Tail: 1.5 mi
- Helen Keller: 1.6 mi
- Buddha: 10.9 mi
- Tree of Bike: 11.4 mi
- Nobska Point Light: 1.8 mi
- West Chop Light: 4.9 mi
- Clark's Point Light: 12.5 mi
- Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 19.4 mi
- truck pull-off: 20.1 mi
- Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 24.1 mi
- Bourne Recreation Area: 17.4 mi
- Herring Run Recreational Area: 19.6 mi
- Crystal Spring: 14.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.7 miles of Mount Sod. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peaked Hill | SSW 194° | 95 m | 10.6 mi |
| Pine Hill | NNE 24° | 93 m | 15.3 mi |
| Flatrock Hill | NNE 24° | 82 m | 18.8 mi |
| Avery Hill | NNE 23° | 80 m | 17.0 mi |
| Prospect Hill | SSW 197° | 78 m | 10.2 mi |
| Discovery Hill | NE 37° | 77 m | 18.9 mi |
| Deer Horn Hill | NNE 26° | 71 m | 11.8 mi |
| Whiting Hill | S 186° | 68 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:39 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:05 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 15:32 | 16:17 |
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 | 37 | 47 | 56 | 65 | 72 | 72 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woods Hole Golf Club, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358269291
Day trips start here
- Mattapoisett · 12 mi
- SouthCoast · 12 mi
- Marion · 14 mi
- Dartmouth · 16 mi
- New Bedford · 16 mi
- Rochester · 17 mi
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