Colony Beach
Colony Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Manomet Hill stands 114 m to the northwest, 3.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Pilgrim Beach, a beach 0.1 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 9.3 miles off.
The story
Beach in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States.
Wikidata Q49320427, joined on its GNIS feature id.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 0 m
How to reach it
- 9.3 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Plimoth Plantation: 5.9 mi
- Harlow Old Fort House: 7.7 mi
- Jabez Howland House: 8.0 mi
- The Plimoth Grist Mill: 8.1 mi
- Richard Sparrow House: 8.1 mi
- Pilgrim Beach: 0.1 mi
- Surfside Beach: 1.2 mi
- Pilgrim Shorefront: 4.2 mi
- Main Beach: 4.3 mi
- The Strand: 5.8 mi
- Indian Hill: 0.6 mi
- Hio Hill: 2.4 mi
- Telegraph Hill: 2.9 mi
- Mountain Hill: 3.8 mi
- Manomet Hill: 3.9 mi
- Fresh Pond Park: 1.5 mi
- Briggs Playground: 1.5 mi
- Emerson Field: 3.2 mi
- Saint Catherine's Chapel Park: 3.2 mi
- Cleft Rock Park: 4.0 mi
- Sagamore Hill Trail: 8.0 mi
- Plymouth Rock: 8.2 mi
- National Monument to the Forefathers: 8.8 mi
- Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: 9.3 mi
- Samuel M. Beale, Jr, M.D.: 9.6 mi
- The Pilgrim Maiden: 8.1 mi
- William Bradford Statue: 8.1 mi
- Massasoit: 8.1 mi
- Pilgrim Mother Statue: 8.2 mi
- Merchant Marine Memorial: 11.5 mi
- Indian Brook Conservation Area: 0.6 mi
- Manomet Recreation Area: 0.8 mi
- Shallow Pond: 1.1 mi
- Briggs Property: 1.9 mi
- Manomet Bird Observatory: 2.1 mi
- Butterflies of Cape Cod: 8.1 mi
- Mayflower II: 8.2 mi
- Mayflower Experience: 8.2 mi
- Herring Run: 8.3 mi
- The Green Briar Nature Center: 10.5 mi
- Lookout Point: 3.9 mi
- Peaked Cliff: 5.6 mi
- High Cliff: 9.6 mi
- Hog Island: 12.7 mi
- Fullers Point: 13.3 mi
- Hart Family Maze Garden: 9.8 mi
- The McGraw Family Garden of the Senses: 9.9 mi
- Donald Marvin Daylily Garden: 9.9 mi
- North American Hydrangea Test Garden: 9.9 mi
- Cape Cod Hydrangea Society Display Garden: 10.0 mi
- Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 7.4 mi
- Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 8.6 mi
- truck pull-off: 14.1 mi
- Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 18.9 mi
- Herring Run Recreational Area: 8.2 mi
- Bourne Recreation Area: 10.4 mi
- Plymouth Light: 8.6 mi
- Pumphouse: 8.6 mi
- Long Point: 20.8 mi
- Crystal Spring: 21.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.3 miles of Colony Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manomet Hill | NW 310° | 114 m | 3.9 mi |
| Pine Hills | NW 317° | 95 m | 4.2 mi |
| Pine Hill | S 188° | 93 m | 12.7 mi |
| Monks Hill | WNW 297° | 83 m | 10.9 mi |
| Flatrock Hill | S 182° | 82 m | 9.4 mi |
| Avery Hill | S 187° | 80 m | 11.0 mi |
| Deer Horn Hill | S 190° | 71 m | 16.2 mi |
| Flagg Hill | W 271° | 64 m | 5.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:39 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:05 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 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 | 29 | 31 | 37 | 46 | 56 | 66 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 52 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.0 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Plymouth Muni AP, 10 mi away.
Mean tidal range 7.9 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Cape Cod Canal, Sagamore, MA, 8 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358279806
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