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Crescent Beach

Crescent Beach from directly overhead

Crescent Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Prospect Hill stands 72 m to the south-southwest, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Green Hill, a peak 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 13 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.26728, -70.83148

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Green Hill: 0.1 mi
  • Center Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Atlantic Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Sagamore Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Hampton Hill: 1.8 mi
Parks
  • Wadleigh Park: 0.4 mi
  • Green Hill Playground: 0.5 mi
  • Joe Menice Ballfield: 0.9 mi
  • Wheelwright Park: 1.5 mi
  • Weir River Estuary Park: 1.6 mi
Artworks
Gardens: 57
Beaches
Historic sites: 53
Attractions: 51
  • South Shore Model Railroad Club: 4.7 mi
  • Herring Run: 6.2 mi
  • House Rock: 6.9 mi
  • South Shore Natural Science Center: 7.3 mi
  • USS Salem: 7.3 mi
Cliffs: 46
Picnic sites: 21
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 9.0 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 9.2 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 13.4 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 13.4 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 3
  • Commissioners Landing: 13.9 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 17.1 mi
  • Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 24.5 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 17.5 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 12.7 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 18.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Crescent Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillSSW72 m5.3 mi
Judges HillS71 m5.2 mi
Mount BlueS66 m5.5 mi
Black Pond HillSSE64 m6.1 mi
Penns HillWSW61 m8.7 mi
Paradise HillS58 m7.3 mi
Marshfield HillsSSE58 m10.0 mi
Turkey HillSSW57 m2.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0819:4120:24
September equinox06:3118:0618:43
December solstice07:1015:2916:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238485867737265544435
Precip in4.54.05.44.63.84.03.63.83.95.24.45.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hingham, 5 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Nantasket Beach, Weir River, MA, 2 mi away — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/29688389

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