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Fort Beach, a beach in Massachusetts
Fort Beach, a beach in MassachusettsFletcher6 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Fort Beach, a beach in Massachusetts
joefrogger · CC BY-SA 3.0
Fort Beach, a beach in Massachusetts
joefrogger · CC BY-SA 3.0
Fort Beach, a beach in Massachusetts
joefrogger · CC BY 3.0
Fort Beach, a beach in Massachusetts
joefrogger · CC BY-SA 3.0
Fort Beach, a beach in Massachusetts
Fletcher6 · CC BY 4.0

Fort Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Burrill Hill stands 87 m to the west, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Sewall, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 9.1 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.50818, -70.84312

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Fort Sewall: 0.1 mi
  • Fountain Park: 0.2 mi
  • Crocker Park: 0.5 mi
  • Chandler-Hovey Park: 0.5 mi
  • Reynolds Playground: 0.6 mi
Peaks
  • Burial Hill: 0.4 mi
  • Coddon Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Legg Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Vinnin Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Ledge Hill: 3.5 mi
Museums
Historic sites: 59
Beaches
  • Gas House Beach: 0.1 mi
  • Gas House Basin: 0.4 mi
  • Grace Oliver Beach: 0.5 mi
  • Garmet Beach: 0.8 mi
  • Stramski's Beach: 1.2 mi
Gardens: 56
  • Salem Community Gardens: 2.3 mi
  • Pickman Park Community Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Ropes Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Trinity Church Memorial Garden: 10.7 mi
  • SeaCoast Community Garden: 10.9 mi
Attractions: 56
Artworks: 55
Cliffs: 51
Nature reserves: 44
Picnic sites: 20
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 9.7 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 18.5 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 18.8 mi
  • Oak Lea: 18.9 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 18.9 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 12.7 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 17.3 mi
  • Rock Falls: 22.8 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 24.6 mi
Springs: 4
  • Quarry Spring: 14.3 mi
  • Rail Spring: 17.6 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 23.6 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 24.7 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Commissioners Landing: 15.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 23.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 23.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Fort Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Burrill HillW87 m7.4 mi
Mount GileadW77 m7.8 mi
Mount HermonW76 m7.0 mi
Mount MoriahWSW74 m8.1 mi
Weetamoo CliffW68 m7.9 mi
Fuller HillW68 m8.2 mi
Mount SpickettW62 m7.2 mi
Morse HillNNE62 m7.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0719:4220:25
September equinox06:3118:0518:43
December solstice07:1115:2816:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272935455564716963524233
Precip in3.83.54.74.33.54.13.53.33.65.04.14.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marblehead, 1 mi away.

Tides

Mean tidal range 8.93 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Salem, Salem Harbor, MA, 2 mi away — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358282007

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