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Cliff Beach

Cliff Beach from directly overhead

Cliff Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Folger Hill stands 33 m to the east, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Nantucket Cliffs, a cliff 0.1 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 29 miles off. 145 named places lie within 25 miles, 14 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
0 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.29512, -70.11335

145 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 43
  • North Beach Street: 0.5 mi
  • Grove Lane: 0.8 mi
  • Nantucket Conservation Foundation: 0.9 mi
  • West Chester Street: 0.9 mi
  • Water Department Land: 1.2 mi
Beaches: 39
Parks: 17
Peaks: 14
  • Sunset Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Popsquatchet Hills: 1.2 mi
  • Swain Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Trots Hills: 2.0 mi
  • Long Hill: 2.2 mi
Historic sites: 6
Cliffs: 4
Gardens: 2
  • Oldest House Kitchen Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Hadwen House Gardens: 1.1 mi
Attractions: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Whale Tail: 21.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Folger HillE33 m5.5 mi
Sampson HillWNW28 m20.1 mi
Shawkemo HillsESE26 m3.6 mi
Sauls HillsESE23 m5.6 mi
Popsquatchet HillsS22 m1.2 mi
Washaqua HillWNW22 m19.2 mi
Macys HillESE19 m4.7 mi
Fudge HillE18 m3.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1618:53
June solstice05:0819:3620:18
September equinox06:2918:0318:40
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, 4 mi away.

Mean tidal range 3.03 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station NANTUCKET, MA, 1 mi away — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358275070

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