Coffins Beach
Coffins Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Mount Ann stands 78 m to the south, 3.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Twopenny Loaf, a peak 0.1 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 2.8 miles off.
The story
Beach in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States.
Wikidata Q49320422, matched on coordinates and name (11 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3 m
How to reach it
- 2.8 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
- 15.4 mi off the Coastal Byway
- 18.6 mi off the Independence Byway
- 27.9 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Eagle Rock · 2 mi
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 10 mi
- Skywalk Observatory · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Brown's Field & Apple Street Playground: 2.7 mi
- Plum Cove Landing: 2.9 mi
- Stanwood Point Landing: 3.1 mi
- Old Brussel Park: 3.5 mi
- Stubby Knowles Landing: 3.6 mi
- CAM Green: 3.5 mi
- Essex Historical Society and Shipbuilding Museum: 3.8 mi
- Essex Shipbuilding Museum: 3.8 mi
- James A. Babson Museum: 4.3 mi
- Sargent House Museum: 4.4 mi
- Twopenny Loaf: 0.1 mi
- Tompson Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Choate Hill: 2.2 mi
- Wigwam Hill: 2.3 mi
- Sunset Hill: 2.8 mi
- Wingaersheek Uplands: 0.5 mi
- Two Penny Loaf: 0.6 mi
- Coles Island: 0.6 mi
- Whitemore Salt Marsh: 1.0 mi
- Tommys Island: 1.2 mi
- Wingaersheek Beach: 1.8 mi
- Crane Beach: 2.0 mi
- Stoney Point: 2.3 mi
- Steep Hill Beach: 4.0 mi
- Folly Cove Shore Dive Site: 4.1 mi
- JAS MERRY: 3.5 mi
- FIRST ATTACKED: 3.6 mi
- Never Try Never Win: 3.6 mi
- D.T. SQ: 3.6 mi
- D.T SQ: 3.6 mi
- Reservoir: 3.6 mi
- World War II Memorial: 4.2 mi
- Hermit’s Plaque: 4.3 mi
- Fishermens' Monument: 4.3 mi
- Ten Pound Island Lighthouse: 4.4 mi
- Cold Frames: 3.4 mi
- Formal Garden: 3.6 mi
- Bushee Garden: 9.9 mi
- The Woodland Garden: 11.9 mi
- The Gentian Garden: 11.9 mi
- Fishermen's Wives Memorial: 4.3 mi
- Fitz Hugh Lane: 4.6 mi
- Sparrows: 12.6 mi
- Osprey: Pandion Haliaetus: 12.7 mi
- Clyde: 12.7 mi
- Coastal Bank Bluff: 3.5 mi
- Bar Head Cliff: 4.0 mi
- Stage Head: 4.5 mi
- Great Neck: 5.4 mi
- Brier Neck: 5.4 mi
- Ten Pound Island Light: 5.0 mi
- Ramp: 7.3 mi
- Boathouse: 7.3 mi
- Utility Building: 7.3 mi
- Tram Way: 7.4 mi
- I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 17.2 mi
- Seabrook Rest Area: 17.4 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 18.7 mi
- Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 20.0 mi
- Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 20.1 mi
- Newbury Falls: 12.3 mi
- Hampton Falls: 18.8 mi
- Cascade Falls: 23.6 mi
- Great Falls: 24.8 mi
- Lower Falls: 24.9 mi
- Dogtown: 3.4 mi
- Haywardville: 23.5 mi
- Rail Spring: 10.5 mi
- Lion's Spring: 18.3 mi
- Pinetops Picnic Area: 19.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Coffins Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Ann | S 190° | 78 m | 3.6 mi |
| Turkey Hill | W 280° | 74 m | 7.6 mi |
| Red Rock | S 189° | 70 m | 3.2 mi |
| Pool Hill | E 95° | 66 m | 4.3 mi |
| Morse Hill | SSW 207° | 62 m | 4.7 mi |
| Pigeon Hill | E 82° | 61 m | 4.6 mi |
| Bush Hill | W 276° | 61 m | 7.2 mi |
| Browns Hill | WSW 242° | 61 m | 7.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 19:42 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:05 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:27 | 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 | 27 | 28 | 35 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 41 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beverly, 8 mi away.
Mean tidal range 8.81 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Annisquam, Lobster Cove, MA, 2 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358275710
Day trips start here
- Essex · 4 mi
- Gloucester · 4 mi
- Rockport · 5 mi
- Ipswich · 6 mi
- Manchester · 6 mi
- North Shore · 6 mi
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