Coskata Beach
Coskata Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Folger Hill stands 33 m to the south, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Great Point, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 26 miles off. 205 named places lie within 25 miles, 16 of them named summits.
The story
Beach in Nantucket County, Massachusetts, United States.
Wikidata Q49320445, matched on coordinates and name (13 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1 m
How to reach it
- 26.0 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
205 named places within 25 miles
- Coatue Beach: 3.6 mi
- Quidnet Beach: 4.8 mi
- Rest House Shore: 5.8 mi
- Pest House Shore: 5.9 mi
- Jetties Beach: 6.0 mi
- Great Point: 0.2 mi
- The Haulover: 1.4 mi
- Great Pt.: 2.0 mi
- Fisher Land: 2.1 mi
- Coatue: 2.4 mi
- Sankaty Head Historical Site: 6.0 mi
- Coffin Park: 6.4 mi
- Lilly Pond: 6.5 mi
- Greater Light Garden: 6.7 mi
- Consue Springs: 6.7 mi
- Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum: 4.8 mi
- Nantucket Whaling Museum: 6.3 mi
- Peter Foulger Museum: 6.4 mi
- Oldest House: 6.5 mi
- Quaker Meeting House: 6.6 mi
- Fudge Hill: 5.2 mi
- Shawkemo Hills: 5.3 mi
- Macys Hill: 5.3 mi
- Folger Hill: 5.4 mi
- Sauls Hills: 5.5 mi
- Sankaty Head Light: 6.0 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Dwelling: 6.0 mi
- Soldier and Sailors Monument: 6.7 mi
- Abiah Folger Franklin Fountain: 7.3 mi
- Original Prop: 21.9 mi
- First Congregational Church Bell Tower Climb: 6.4 mi
- Grand Slam Entertainment: 22.0 mi
- Pirates Cove: 22.6 mi
- Fish Pier Observation Deck: 23.1 mi
- Jump On Us!: 23.6 mi
- Squam Head: 3.3 mi
- Sankaty Head: 6.1 mi
- Nantucket Cliffs: 6.5 mi
- Top of Eroding Coastal Bank (Spring 2025): 20.9 mi
- Wasque Point: 22.2 mi
- Brant Point Light: 5.8 mi
- Chatham Light: 22.0 mi
- U.S. Coast Guard Station: 22.0 mi
- Oldest House Kitchen Garden: 6.5 mi
- Hadwen House Gardens: 6.7 mi
- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 23.7 mi
- The Great Green Whale: 23.8 mi
- Saint John Paul: 24.1 mi
- Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 21.7 mi
- truck pull-off: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Coskata Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folger Hill | S 172° | 33 m | 5.4 mi |
| German hill | NNW 337° | 30 m | 24.8 mi |
| Sampson Hill | W 273° | 28 m | 23.9 mi |
| Shawkemo Hills | SSW 192° | 26 m | 5.3 mi |
| Sauls Hills | S 171° | 23 m | 5.5 mi |
| Popsquatchet Hills | SW 219° | 22 m | 7.2 mi |
| Washaqua Hill | W 271° | 22 m | 23.2 mi |
| Macys Hill | S 180° | 19 m | 5.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 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 | 16:14 |
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, 7 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Great Point, MA, 2 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358275158
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