Sampson Hill
Sampson Hill rises to 28 m in Massachusetts. Peaked Hill stands 95 m to the west, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Chappy Av/Narraganset Av Ames, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 23 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States.
Wikidata Q56280090, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 28 m
How to reach it
- 23.1 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Enos Lots: 0.9 mi
- Cannonball Park: 2.1 mi
- Robinson Road Recreation Area: 2.2 mi
- Waban Park: 6.3 mi
- Veira Park: 6.4 mi
- Chappaquiddick Beach: 0.9 mi
- Lighthouse Beach: 1.3 mi
- Fuller Street Beach: 1.7 mi
- East Beach: 1.8 mi
- Norton Point Beach: 2.1 mi
- Chappy Av/Narraganset Av Ames: 0.1 mi
- Sampson Hill (Ames): 0.1 mi
- Chappy Indian Lot: 0.3 mi
- Chappy Ave/Rogers Rd Ames: 0.3 mi
- Brine's Pond: 0.3 mi
- Washaqua Hill: 1.0 mi
- Mill Hill: 1.8 mi
- Telegraph Hill: 7.7 mi
- Tashmoo Hill: 8.4 mi
- Pilot Hill: 9.6 mi
- The Carnegie Heritage Center: 1.7 mi
- Vincent House Museum: 1.9 mi
- Doctor Daniel Fisher House Museum: 1.9 mi
- Mariposa Museum: 6.6 mi
- Cottage Museum: 6.7 mi
- cannon: 1.5 mi
- ship's anchor: 1.7 mi
- War Memorial: 6.6 mi
- Soldiers Memorial: 6.6 mi
- Nobska Lighthouse: 13.0 mi
- Wasque Point: 2.4 mi
- North Head: 7.6 mi
- Husselton Head: 8.6 mi
- Makonikey Head: 10.8 mi
- Cedar Tree Neck: 11.8 mi
- Big Bridge: 4.3 mi
- Flying Horses Carousel: 6.7 mi
- Polly Hill Arboretum: 10.1 mi
- Falmouth Road Race Finish Line: 13.0 mi
- The Liberté: 13.1 mi
- Whale Tail: 1.6 mi
- Buddha: 12.8 mi
- Helen Keller: 14.1 mi
- Rachel Carson: 14.1 mi
- Tree of Bike: 20.2 mi
- Spohr Public Gardens: 14.0 mi
- Colonial Gardens: 14.1 mi
- Garden of Our Lady: 14.2 mi
- Mashpee Community Garden: 18.7 mi
- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 20.0 mi
- West Chop Light: 9.3 mi
- Nobska Point Light: 13.0 mi
- Brant Point Light: 21.3 mi
- truck pull-off: 23.1 mi
- Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 23.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sampson Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peaked Hill | W 264° | 95 m | 13.3 mi |
| Pine Hill | N 350° | 93 m | 23.3 mi |
| Avery Hill | N 351° | 80 m | 24.8 mi |
| Prospect Hill | W 267° | 78 m | 13.7 mi |
| Discovery Hill | N 2° | 77 m | 24.0 mi |
| Deer Horn Hill | NNW 344° | 71 m | 20.3 mi |
| Whiting Hill | W 280° | 68 m | 11.4 mi |
| Clay Hill | NNE 17° | 58 m | 22.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:38 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:05 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 15:32 | 16:16 |
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 | 33 | 34 | 39 | 48 | 57 | 66 | 72 | 72 | 66 | 56 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Edgartown, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358275018
Day trips start here
- Mattapoisett · 26 mi
- SouthCoast · 26 mi
- Marion · 27 mi
- Wareham · 29 mi
- Dartmouth · 30 mi
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