Coast Guard Beach
Coast Guard Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the southwest, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Cook / Hake Cr, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 5.4 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Coast Guard Beach is part of the Cape Cod National Seashore in Eastham, Massachusetts. From mid-June to Labor Day, the parking area at this location is closed to all but park staff and visitors who are disabled, and access is provided by shuttle bus from the Little Creek parking area (across from the Doane Area). Although the parking lot at Coast Guard Beach is open the remainder of the year, parking is limited. There are seasonal restrooms and a wheelchair-accessible rampway to the beach. Coast Guard Beach is popular among locals and tourists for surfing and boogie boarding. It is one of five Cape Cod National Seashore beaches that are on the ocean side of the Cape, generally providing a better surf than beaches on the bay side. Low tide exposes a fairly flat stretch of beach, making it also popular for skimboarding.
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What to expect
- Operated by
- Cape Cod National Seashore
How to reach it
- 5.4 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Cook / Hake Cr: 0.9 mi
- Opel / Emerson Cr: 1.8 mi
- Heller Land: 2.1 mi
- Heller Land: 2.1 mi
- Krogmans Pond Property: 2.1 mi
- Nauset Light Beach: 1.0 mi
- Wiley Park Beach: 2.6 mi
- Herring Pond Beach: 2.6 mi
- Thumpertown Beach: 3.0 mi
- Campground Beach: 3.1 mi
- Three Sisters of Nauset: 1.1 mi
- Windmill Green: 1.8 mi
- Wiley Park: 2.6 mi
- Mill Field: 3.4 mi
- Mill Field: 3.5 mi
- Skiff Hill: 1.8 mi
- Fort Hill: 2.0 mi
- Mill Hill: 5.5 mi
- Tawasentha Hill: 6.2 mi
- Grassy Nook: 7.4 mi
- Capped Foundation of Former Gunn Dairy Barn: 2.0 mi
- Eastham Train Depot and Water Tower: 2.0 mi
- Jeremiah's Gutter: 3.8 mi
- Coast Guard Motor Life Boat CG36500: 4.4 mi
- Battle of Orleans Massachusetts 1814: 4.4 mi
- Eastham 1869 Schoolhouse Museum: 1.5 mi
- French Cable Station Museum: 4.5 mi
- French Cable Station Museum: 4.5 mi
- Wellfleet Historical Society Museum: 7.7 mi
- Cobb House Museum: 9.2 mi
- Chime: 3.5 mi
- The Catch: 4.8 mi
- They Also Faced the Sea: 18.5 mi
- Homage to the Fishermen (1989): 18.7 mi
- Bubbles the Humpback: 18.8 mi
- Penniman House: 2.1 mi
- Jonathan Young Windmill: 4.0 mi
- Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat CG 36500: 4.4 mi
- Fish Pier Observation Deck: 10.8 mi
- Brewster Historical Society Windmill Village: 11.0 mi
- truck pull-off: 8.0 mi
- truck pull-off: 9.9 mi
- truck pull-off: 11.1 mi
- truck pull-off: 14.0 mi
- rest area: 15.6 mi
- Nauset Light: 1.1 mi
- Keeper's House: 1.1 mi
- Oil House: 1.1 mi
- U.S. Coast Guard Station: 12.0 mi
- Oil House: 12.0 mi
- Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 3.6 mi
- Suzanne's Garden: 18.7 mi
- PAAM Sculpture Garden: 18.9 mi
- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 23.4 mi
- Indian Neck: 6.0 mi
- Top of Eroding Coastal Bank (Spring 2025): 13.0 mi
- Salten Point: 20.8 mi
- Fullers Point: 24.0 mi
- Picnick Area: 6.8 mi
- Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
- Long Point: 17.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Coast Guard Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park Hill | SW 217° | 165 m | 7.5 mi |
| Signal Hill | WSW 238° | 60 m | 14.4 mi |
| Clay Hill | WSW 243° | 58 m | 23.9 mi |
| Black Ball Hill | WSW 238° | 45 m | 14.8 mi |
| Mill Hill | SSW 210° | 41 m | 5.5 mi |
| The Highlands | NNW 337° | 41 m | 14.6 mi |
| Green Hill | NNW 338° | 38 m | 12.7 mi |
| Scorton Hill | WSW 250° | 35 m | 24.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 19:37 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:02 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 15:28 | 16:13 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 33 | 38 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 71 | 71 | 64 | 54 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chatham Muni AP, 11 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Wellfleet, MA, 8 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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