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Chapin Memorial Beach

Chapin Memorial Beach from directly overhead

Chapin Memorial Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the east, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Chapin Beach Conservation Land, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 1.8 miles off.

The story

beach in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States

Wikidata Q49320348, matched on coordinates and name (12 m apart).

What the record says

Elevation
3 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.73205, -70.23419

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Beaches
  • Grays Beach: 0.6 mi
  • Horsefoot Path Beach: 0.9 mi
  • Dunes Landing Beach: 1.0 mi
  • Mayflower Beach: 1.1 mi
  • Bayview Beach: 1.2 mi
Parks
  • Grays Beach: 0.6 mi
  • Nobscussett Park: 2.1 mi
  • Scargo Park: 2.9 mi
  • Peter Homer Park: 3.3 mi
  • Sunset Lane Beach Access: 3.5 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 51
Artworks: 29
Attractions: 21
Gardens: 16
  • Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 7.7 mi
  • Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 12.1 mi
  • McInnes Garden: 14.0 mi
  • Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 14.0 mi
  • Herb Garden: 14.0 mi
Rest areas: 11
  • truck pull-off: 3.2 mi
  • truck pull-off: 3.5 mi
  • rest area: 4.1 mi
  • Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 4.2 mi
  • truck pull-off: 5.5 mi
Cliffs: 9
Lighthouses: 7
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnick Area: 11.2 mi
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 12.9 mi
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 17.1 mi
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 18.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.2 miles of Chapin Memorial Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillE 80°165 m10.4 mi
Pine HillW 265°93 m17.2 mi
Telegraph HillW 271°85 m13.0 mi
Flatrock HillW 276°82 m15.8 mi
Avery HillW 270°80 m16.7 mi
Discovery HillW 268°77 m12.1 mi
Deer Horn HillWSW 255°71 m19.0 mi
Discovery HillW 277°61 m16.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1718:53
June solstice05:0719:3820:20
September equinox06:2918:0318:40
December solstice07:0615:2916:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323338475766737264554537
Precip in3.93.24.33.93.43.12.73.33.84.34.14.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hyannis Barnstable Muni AP, 5 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Barnstable Harbor, Beach Point, MA, 3 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358274829

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