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Childrens Beach

Childrens Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Folger Hill stands 33 m to the east, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Nantucket Whaling Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 29 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
3 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.28749, -70.09710

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Beaches: 34
Museums: 16
Parks: 14
Peaks: 14
  • Sunset Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Popsquatchet Hills: 1.0 mi
  • Fudge Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Swain Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Shawkemo Hills: 2.7 mi
Historic sites: 7
Cliffs: 4
Gardens: 2
  • Oldest House Kitchen Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Hadwen House Gardens: 0.5 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Whale Tail: 22.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Childrens Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Folger HillE 96°33 m4.6 mi
Sampson HillWNW 287°28 m21.0 mi
Shawkemo HillsE 96°26 m2.7 mi
Sauls HillsE 97°23 m4.7 mi
Popsquatchet HillsSW 229°22 m1.0 mi
Washaqua HillWNW 286°22 m20.2 mi
Macys HillE 96°19 m3.8 mi
Fudge HillE 91°18 m2.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1618:53
June solstice05:0819:3620:18
September equinox06:2818:0318:39
December solstice07:0415:3116:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333438465462696964554639
Precip in3.22.83.83.63.03.02.73.03.64.43.83.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nantucket MEM AP, 3 mi away.

Mean tidal range 3.03 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station NANTUCKET, MA, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/677496248

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