Coatue Beach
Coatue Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Folger Hill stands 33 m to the southeast, 3.4 miles off. The nearest named place is South Pasture, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 28 miles off. 153 named places lie within 25 miles, 14 of them named summits.
The story
Beach in Nantucket County, Massachusetts, United States.
Wikidata Q49320416, matched on coordinates and name (14 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 0 m
How to reach it
- 28.3 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
153 named places within 25 miles
- Rest House Shore: 2.2 mi
- Pest House Shore: 2.3 mi
- Monomoy Beach: 2.7 mi
- Jetties Beach: 2.7 mi
- Childrens Beach: 2.7 mi
- South Pasture: 0.1 mi
- Coatue: 1.2 mi
- Shawkemo: 1.4 mi
- University of Massachusetts Boston - Nantucket Field Station: 1.6 mi
- Quaise: 1.6 mi
- Coffin Park: 3.0 mi
- Lilly Pond: 3.1 mi
- Consue Springs: 3.1 mi
- Greater Light Garden: 3.2 mi
- Mill Hill Park: 3.3 mi
- Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum: 1.6 mi
- Nantucket Whaling Museum: 2.8 mi
- Peter Foulger Museum: 2.9 mi
- Quaker Meeting House: 3.0 mi
- Oldest House: 3.0 mi
- Fudge Hill: 1.8 mi
- Shawkemo Hills: 2.1 mi
- Macys Hill: 2.7 mi
- Sunset Hill: 3.0 mi
- Folger Hill: 3.4 mi
- Soldier and Sailors Monument: 3.2 mi
- Abiah Folger Franklin Fountain: 4.0 mi
- Sankaty Head Light: 5.2 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Dwelling: 5.2 mi
- cannon: 24.0 mi
- Nantucket Cliffs: 3.3 mi
- Squam Head: 3.6 mi
- Sankaty Head: 5.3 mi
- Wasque Point: 20.6 mi
- Top of Eroding Coastal Bank (Spring 2025): 24.4 mi
- First Congregational Church Bell Tower Climb: 2.9 mi
- Pirates Cove: 24.8 mi
- Grand Slam Entertainment: 24.9 mi
- Oldest House Kitchen Garden: 3.0 mi
- Hadwen House Gardens: 3.2 mi
- Brant Point Light: 2.3 mi
- Whale Tail: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Coatue Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folger Hill | SE 131° | 33 m | 3.4 mi |
| Sampson Hill | WNW 282° | 28 m | 22.6 mi |
| Shawkemo Hills | SSE 162° | 26 m | 2.1 mi |
| Sauls Hills | SE 132° | 23 m | 3.5 mi |
| Popsquatchet Hills | SW 230° | 22 m | 3.7 mi |
| Washaqua Hill | W 280° | 22 m | 21.8 mi |
| Macys Hill | SE 141° | 19 m | 2.7 mi |
| Fudge Hill | S 179° | 18 m | 1.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:36 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:03 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 15:30 | 16:15 |
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 | 33 | 34 | 38 | 46 | 54 | 62 | 69 | 69 | 64 | 55 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
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, 3 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358275081
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