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Brayton Point Beach

Brayton Point Beach from directly overhead

Brayton Point Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Copicut Hill stands 109 m to the east, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Brayton Point Salt Marsh, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Route 114 and High Street passes 4.9 miles off.

The story

beach in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States

Wikidata Q49320238, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.71167, -71.18472

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
  • Fox Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Townsend Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Townsend Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Cook Hill: 3.5 mi
  • King Phillips Chair: 3.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Portas Da Cidade: 1.2 mi
  • Early Warren and the start of King Philip's War: 4.1 mi
  • In Memory of Hugh Cole: 4.1 mi
  • Warren Vietnam Memorial: 4.8 mi
  • King Philip's Remains: 5.2 mi
Museums
Beaches
Artworks: 59
  • Commonwealth Park "Green Monstah" Mural: 1.6 mi
  • John Muir Ecological Pier: 2.6 mi
  • Rachel Carson Ecological Pier: 2.7 mi
  • Marjorie Stoneman Douglas Ecological Pier: 2.7 mi
  • Wes Jackson Ecological Pier: 2.9 mi
Gardens: 27
Picnic sites: 22
  • Site #36: 18.7 mi
  • Little Beach: 19.7 mi
  • Big Beach: 19.7 mi
  • 4: 20.9 mi
  • 6: 20.9 mi
Cliffs: 20
Rest areas: 7
  • Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 4.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 4.8 mi
  • Bike Trail Parking - Rest Area: 20.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-295 (North Bound): 20.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 20.8 mi
Springs: 4
Waterfalls: 4
Lighthouses: 3

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of Brayton Point Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Copicut HillE 84°109 m6.5 mi
Pocasset HillS 185°95 m4.1 mi
Slate HillSSW 199°87 m12.6 mi
Cook HillS 182°85 m3.5 mi
Great Meadow HillN 352°78 m11.7 mi
Townsend HillS 179°77 m2.6 mi
Townsend HillS 179°77 m2.6 mi
Great RockNNW 333°71 m11.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:1119:4120:24
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:0915:3316:18

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313340506069757467554536
Precip in4.03.85.64.53.63.73.03.83.94.54.14.9

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

Mean tidal range 4.37 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Fall River, Massachusetts, MA, 1 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358272920

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