Scargo Hill
Scargo Hill rises to 22 m in Massachusetts. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the east, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Conseration Land/Scargo Hill R, a nature reserve less than a tenth of a mile away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 0.4 miles off.
The story
Scargo Tower is a 30-foot-tall (9.1 m) cobblestone tower located atop Scargo Hill in Dennis, Massachusetts on Cape Cod.
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Wikidata Q56280427, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 22 m
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Mayflower Beach: 1.8 mi
- Bayview Beach: 1.9 mi
- Sesuit Beach: 1.9 mi
- Dunes Landing Beach: 2.0 mi
- Horsefoot Path Beach: 2.1 mi
- Signal Hill: 0.4 mi
- Hokum Rock: 0.6 mi
- Black Ball Hill: 0.8 mi
- German hill: 3.7 mi
- Prospect Hill: 4.8 mi
- Scargo Park: 0.2 mi
- Nobscussett Park: 0.7 mi
- Johnny Kelley Park: 2.9 mi
- Grays Beach: 3.0 mi
- Drummer Boy Park: 3.2 mi
- Conseration Land/Scargo Hill R: 0.0 mi
- Conservation Land/Paddocks Rd: 0.4 mi
- Conservation Land/Deerfield St: 0.5 mi
- Hosley Land: 0.5 mi
- Luke Land: 0.6 mi
- Eagle Point: 3.6 mi
- Carroll A. DeSilver: 5.8 mi
- The Unitarian Church of Barnstable: 6.7 mi
- Baxter Grist Mill: 7.0 mi
- Brenton I Wixon Memorial Park: 7.2 mi
- Cape Cod Museum of Art: 0.7 mi
- Josiah Dennis Manse Museum: 0.9 mi
- Cape Cod Museum of Natural History: 3.5 mi
- Stony Brook Grist Mill & Museum: 3.5 mi
- Edward Gorey House: 4.0 mi
- James Otis Jr.: 6.9 mi
- Mercy Otis Warren: 6.9 mi
- The Great Green Whale: 7.9 mi
- Saint John Paul: 8.3 mi
- The Catch: 10.4 mi
- Brewster Historical Society Windmill Village: 3.2 mi
- Grand Slam Entertainment: 6.5 mi
- Pirates Cove: 6.5 mi
- Jump On Us!: 7.0 mi
- Putter's Paradise: 7.1 mi
- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 9.7 mi
- Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 13.7 mi
- Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 14.8 mi
- McInnes Garden: 16.7 mi
- Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 16.8 mi
- Salten Point: 6.8 mi
- Fullers Point: 10.6 mi
- Top of Eroding Coastal Bank (Spring 2025): 12.8 mi
- Indian Neck: 14.3 mi
- bluff: 17.4 mi
- Picnick Area: 8.4 mi
- Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
- Herring Run Recreational Area: 19.7 mi
- Bourne Recreation Area: 21.0 mi
- U.S. Coast Guard Station: 12.8 mi
- Chatham Light: 12.8 mi
- Nauset Light: 14.4 mi
- Highland/Cape Cod Light: 21.6 mi
- truck pull-off: 3.4 mi
- Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 6.7 mi
- Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 22.4 mi
- Long Point: 19.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.5 miles of Scargo Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park Hill | E 80° | 165 m | 7.6 mi |
| Pine Hill | W 264° | 93 m | 20.0 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | W 269° | 85 m | 15.7 mi |
| Flatrock Hill | W 273° | 82 m | 18.5 mi |
| Avery Hill | W 269° | 80 m | 19.4 mi |
| Discovery Hill | W 266° | 77 m | 14.8 mi |
| Deer Horn Hill | WSW 256° | 71 m | 21.8 mi |
| Mountain Hill | WNW 290° | 61 m | 20.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:07 | 19:37 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:03 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 15:29 | 16:14 |
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 | 31 | 31 | 37 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 71 | 71 | 64 | 54 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Harwich, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358274838
Day trips start here
- Wareham · 28 mi
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