Dowses Beach
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Dowses Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the east-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Public Beach, a beach 0.3 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 5.2 miles off.
The story
Beach in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.
Wikidata Q49320548, matched on coordinates and name (12 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1 m
How to reach it
- 5.2 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Public Beach: 0.3 mi
- Long Beach: 0.6 mi
- Wianno Beach: 0.7 mi
- Craigville Beach: 0.8 mi
- Christian Camp Meeting Beach: 1.8 mi
- Sunset Hill: 3.1 mi
- Clay Hill: 4.4 mi
- Shootflying Hill: 4.4 mi
- Cobbs Hill: 6.5 mi
- Scorton Hill: 6.9 mi
- Armstrong-Kelley Park: 0.9 mi
- Osterville Library Park: 1.0 mi
- Playground/Field: 2.4 mi
- Mothers Park: 2.5 mi
- Aaron S. Crosby Park: 2.5 mi
- Centerville Historical Museum: 2.0 mi
- Historical Society of Santuit and Cotuit: 3.8 mi
- Zion Union Heritage Museum: 4.3 mi
- Cahoon Museum of American Art: 4.5 mi
- Guyer Barn: 4.7 mi
- Railroad Wharf: 4.1 mi
- American Legion Post 206: 4.7 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 4.7 mi
- John F Kennedy Memorial: 4.7 mi
- Sachem Iyanough: 4.8 mi
- Isham Marsh: 1.4 mi
- Skunknett River Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.8 mi
- Small Cr: 2.4 mi
- Barnstable Land Trust: 2.5 mi
- Lumbert Pond Conservation Area: 2.6 mi
- Marstons Mills Herring Run: 3.2 mi
- Wackenhammer's Clockwork Arcade and Carousel: 4.4 mi
- Cape Cod Airfield Biplane Rides: 4.8 mi
- Putter's Paradise: 5.9 mi
- Jump On Us!: 6.2 mi
- bluff: 5.2 mi
- Salten Point: 6.8 mi
- Fullers Point: 7.6 mi
- Falmouth Cliffs: 14.3 mi
- Hog Island: 15.6 mi
- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 3.4 mi
- Mashpee Community Garden: 6.4 mi
- Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 10.0 mi
- McInnes Garden: 11.2 mi
- Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 11.2 mi
- Saint John Paul: 4.6 mi
- The Great Green Whale: 5.1 mi
- Mercy Otis Warren: 6.3 mi
- James Otis Jr.: 6.3 mi
- Buddha: 7.6 mi
- Bourne Recreation Area: 14.3 mi
- Herring Run Recreational Area: 14.5 mi
- Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
- Picnick Area: 20.3 mi
- West Chop Light: 15.5 mi
- Nobska Point Light: 16.7 mi
- U.S. Coast Guard Station: 21.7 mi
- Chatham Light: 21.8 mi
- Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 6.0 mi
- truck pull-off: 6.1 mi
- Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 16.7 mi
- Crystal Spring: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.0 miles of Dowses Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park Hill | ENE 61° | 165 m | 19.5 mi |
| Pine Hill | WNW 300° | 93 m | 11.9 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | NW 321° | 85 m | 9.9 mi |
| Flatrock Hill | NW 316° | 82 m | 12.7 mi |
| Avery Hill | NW 308° | 80 m | 12.5 mi |
| Discovery Hill | NW 323° | 77 m | 8.8 mi |
| Deer Horn Hill | WNW 283° | 71 m | 11.8 mi |
| Mountain Hill | NNW 327° | 61 m | 17.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:17 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:38 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:04 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 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 | 31 | 32 | 37 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 71 | 70 | 64 | 54 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hyannis, 4 mi away.
Mean tidal range 3.19 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Hyannis Port, MA, 4 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358274775
Day trips start here
- Marion · 21 mi
- Wareham · 21 mi
- Mattapoisett · 23 mi
- Rochester · 25 mi
- SouthCoast · 25 mi
- Carver · 27 mi
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