Beach · Massachusetts

Falmouth Beach

Falmouth Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Peaked Hill stands 95 m to the south-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Salt Pond Frontage, a nature reserve less than a tenth of a mile away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 16 miles off.

About

The story

beach in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States

Wikidata Q49320670, joined on its GNIS feature id.

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 0 m

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.54008, -70.62873

16.3 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Beaches

Parks

Falmouth Town Green: 1.1 mi
Margaret E. Noonan Park: 1.1 mi
Shiverick's Pond Pathway: 1.1 mi
WHOI - Rose Garden: 1.1 mi
Downtown Library Park: 1.2 mi

Peaks

Riddle Hill: 1.3 mi
The Knob: 1.7 mi
Swifts Hill: 2.0 mi
Nobska Hill: 2.1 mi
Mount Sod: 3.9 mi

Historic sites51

Katharine Lee Bates: 1.1 mi
Falmouth Police Memorial: 1.7 mi
Nobska Lighthouse: 2.2 mi
Woods Holl: 2.4 mi
Soldiers Memorial: 6.9 mi

Museums41

Falmouth Museums on the Green: 1.1 mi
Woods Hole Historical Museum: 2.3 mi
Saconesset Homestead and Museum: 4.6 mi
Old Schoolhouse Museum and Liberty Pole: 5.9 mi
Martha's Vineyard Museum: 6.5 mi

Attractions27

The Liberté: 1.2 mi
Falmouth Road Race Finish Line: 1.7 mi
Falmouth Road Race Starting Line: 2.4 mi
Flying Horses Carousel: 6.8 mi
Big Bridge: 9.5 mi

Cliffs21

Gardens17

Spohr Public Gardens: 0.7 mi
Colonial Gardens: 1.1 mi
Garden of Our Lady: 2.3 mi
Mashpee Community Garden: 10.6 mi
Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 15.6 mi

Artworks12

Helen Keller: 2.4 mi
Whale Tail: 2.5 mi
Rachel Carson: 2.5 mi
Buddha: 7.3 mi
Tree of Bike: 8.2 mi

Lighthouses7

Rest areas6

truck pull-off: 16.3 mi
truck pull-off: 16.3 mi
Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 16.6 mi
Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 20.3 mi
truck pull-off: 22.5 mi

Picnic sites2

Bourne Recreation Area: 14.4 mi
Herring Run Recreational Area: 16.5 mi

Springs1

Crystal Spring: 14.5 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of Falmouth Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Peaked Hill	SSW 204°	94.8 m	13.9 mi
Pine Hill	NNE 16°	93 m	12.1 mi
Telegraph Hill	NNE 29°	85 m	15.3 mi
Flatrock Hill	NNE 17°	82 m	15.5 mi
Avery Hill	NNE 15°	80 m	13.8 mi
Prospect Hill	SSW 207°	78 m	13.5 mi
Discovery Hill	NNE 33°	77 m	15.2 mi
Deer Horn Hill	NNE 14°	71 m	8.6 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:47	18:18	18:55
June solstice	05:09	19:39	20:21
September equinox	06:31	18:05	18:42
December solstice	07:06	15:32	16:16

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	32	33	37	47	56	65	72	72	66	56	46	38

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woods Hole Golf Club, 2 mi away.

Tides

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Falmouth Heights, MA, 2 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/82313720

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