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County Beach

County Beach from directly overhead

County Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 450 m. Wadsworth Hill stands 606 m to the north-northwest, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Latimer Hill, a peak 0.4 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 5.4 miles off.

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Coordinates42.18318, -73.05052

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Latimer Hill: 0.4 mi
  • Larkum Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Jackson Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Church Hill: 2.5 mi
  • The Pinacle: 2.6 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Driftwood Community Association: 3.2 mi
  • Becket Historic Quarry and Forest trailhead: 5.0 mi
  • Watson Park: 6.4 mi
  • Hampden Street Park: 7.4 mi
  • School Street Park: 7.4 mi
Museums: 60
Historic sites
Waterfalls: 39
  • Goldmine Brook Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Waterfall: 9.3 mi
  • Marguerite Falls: 9.4 mi
  • cascade: 12.3 mi
  • cascade: 12.3 mi
Artworks: 38
Gardens: 31
  • Flower Gardens: 8.8 mi
  • Heritage Garden: 8.8 mi
  • Herb Gardens: 8.8 mi
  • Cathy's Garden & Gazebo: 14.1 mi
  • Henry Wefing Memorial Community Garden: 14.2 mi
Attractions: 30
Cliffs: 14
  • Corps Wall: 7.7 mi
  • Murdock Wall: 7.8 mi
  • Grotto: 7.8 mi
  • Progressive Buttress: 7.8 mi
  • Squirrel Wall: 7.8 mi
Springs: 8
  • Big Spring: 16.0 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 18.1 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 18.6 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 20.2 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 20.2 mi
Beaches: 6
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 20.4 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 24.0 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 24.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of County Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wadsworth HillNNW 342°606 m7.7 mi
Dorman MountainNW 307°595 m7.0 mi
Kingsbury MountainWNW 297°581 m5.3 mi
Baldy MountainNW 305°571 m8.1 mi
Church HillNNW 348°565 m2.5 mi
Morley HillW 259°561 m5.9 mi
Chestnut HillW 263°561 m6.3 mi
Abbey HillWSW 241°544 m6.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2819:04
June solstice05:1719:5020:33
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1815:3916:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735475867727163514030
Precip in4.03.63.94.74.25.14.33.84.45.24.15.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westfield 3 SW, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29749169

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