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Black Rock Beach

Black Rock Beach from directly overhead

Black Rock Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Cairn Hill stands 92 m to the west, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Lowlands Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 8.5 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
3 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.42649, -70.93560

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lowlands Park: 0.2 mi
  • Flash Road Playground: 0.3 mi
  • Baileys Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Marjoram Park: 1.0 mi
  • East Point/Henry Cabot Lodge,Jr., Memorial Park: 1.7 mi
Museums
Historic sites: 60
  • Civil War Monument: 3.0 mi
  • World War I Memorial: 3.1 mi
  • Francis J. Cassidy (1928–1990): 3.1 mi
  • Robert J. Haas Hr.: 3.9 mi
  • Steve Pini Memorial: 4.0 mi
Peaks
  • Baileys Hill: 0.6 mi
  • High Rock: 2.9 mi
  • Youngs Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Pine Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Baker Hill: 3.8 mi
Gardens: 57
  • SeaCoast Community Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Pickman Park Community Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Anita's Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Chelsea Community Garden: 5.8 mi
  • 6 Chelsea Terrace: 6.3 mi
Beaches
  • Doggie Beach: 0.3 mi
  • Short Beach: 0.4 mi
  • Pond Beach: 0.5 mi
  • Tudor Beach: 0.8 mi
  • Crystal Beach: 0.9 mi
Artworks: 55
  • Curci Studio 20 Madison Avenue: 4.2 mi
  • Orange Dinosaur: 4.9 mi
  • Viking Statue: 5.8 mi
  • Chelsea Conversation: 5.9 mi
  • Heart of the Ocean: 6.1 mi
Cliffs: 52
Attractions: 51
  • CCUS (Christian congregation): 2.3 mi
  • Lynn Woods Rose Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Dungeon Rock: 4.6 mi
  • Union Rock: 4.7 mi
  • Steel Tower: 5.2 mi
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 20
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 11.4 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 11.4 mi
  • Oak Lea: 11.5 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 11.6 mi
Lighthouses: 13
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Rock Falls: 16.0 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 22.4 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 23.1 mi
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 8.7 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 16.5 mi
  • Rail Spring: 23.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of Black Rock Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cairn HillW92 m7.8 mi
Castle RockNW87 m7.0 mi
Burrill HillNNW87 m5.1 mi
Boojum RockW83 m7.6 mi
Crow HillNW83 m7.0 mi
Mount HoodWNW79 m5.2 mi
Mount GileadNW77 m5.3 mi
Mount HermonNNW76 m5.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0819:4220:25
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1115:2916:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238495868747366554536
Precip in3.43.24.23.63.23.93.33.23.64.03.74.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boston, 6 mi away.

Tides

Mean tidal range 9.16 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Lynn, Lynn Harbor, MA, 2 mi away — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358273293

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