Beach · Massachusetts

Front Beach

Front Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Mount Ann stands 78 m to the west-southwest, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Millbrook Meadow, a park 0.1 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 4.4 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 3 m

Getting there

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Coordinates42.65899, -70.62102

4.4 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
17.8 mi off the Coastal Byway
20.6 mi off the Independence Byway

Overlooks nearby

Eagle Rock · 5 mi
Wildlife Viewing Platform · 14 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Millbrook Meadow: 0.1 mi
Mill Pond Park: 0.2 mi
Barletta Park: 0.2 mi
Inner Harbor Park: 0.3 mi
Harvey Park: 0.3 mi

Beaches

Back Beach: 0.2 mi
Old Garden Beach: 0.7 mi
Cape Hedge Beach: 1.8 mi
Pebble Beach: 1.9 mi
Long Beach: 2.0 mi

Attractions

Motif #1: 0.3 mi
The Paper House: 1.2 mi
Whale's Jaw: 1.4 mi
Peter's Pulpit: 1.7 mi
Prosperity Follows Service: 2.0 mi

Nature reserves

Peaks

Pool Hill: 0.7 mi
Pigeon Hill: 1.0 mi
Great Hill: 1.0 mi
High Rock: 1.4 mi
Nugent Boulders: 1.9 mi

Historic sites

Museums56

James A. Babson Museum: 1.7 mi
CAM Green: 3.7 mi
Cape Ann Museum: 3.7 mi
Cape Ann Historical Museum: 3.7 mi
Maritime Gloucester: 3.8 mi

Gardens43

Cold Frames: 8.2 mi
Formal Garden: 8.3 mi
Rose Garden: 8.4 mi
Bushee Garden: 13.8 mi
The Gentian Garden: 16.3 mi

Artworks37

Fitz Hugh Lane: 3.8 mi
Fishermen's Wives Memorial: 4.4 mi
Winslow II: 15.8 mi
Osprey: Pandion Haliaetus: 16.2 mi
Sparrows: 16.3 mi

Cliffs17

The Headlands: 0.5 mi
Brier Neck: 2.3 mi
Bass Rocks: 3.1 mi
Stage Head: 4.6 mi
Coastal Bank Bluff: 8.1 mi

Lighthouses14

Ramp: 2.6 mi
Boathouse: 2.6 mi
Utility Building: 2.7 mi
Cistern: 2.7 mi
Tram Way: 2.7 mi

Rest areas6

I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 20.3 mi
Seabrook Rest Area: 20.4 mi
Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 22.6 mi
Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 22.8 mi
Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 22.9 mi

Springs2

Rail Spring: 14.7 mi
Lion's Spring: 22.1 mi

Waterfalls2

Newbury Falls: 16.9 mi
Hampton Falls: 21.4 mi

Ghost towns1

Dogtown: 2.6 mi

Picnic sites1

Pinetops Picnic Area: 23.9 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Front Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Mount Ann	WSW 239°	78 m	6.5 mi
Red Rock	WSW 242°	70 m	6.2 mi
Pool Hill	WSW 259°	66 m	0.7 mi
Morse Hill	WSW 241°	62 m	8.1 mi
Pigeon Hill	NNW 337°	61 m	1.0 mi
Browns Hill	WSW 254°	61 m	11.9 mi
Bush Hill	W 275°	61 m	12.1 mi
Long Hill	SW 231°	60 m	7.9 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:47	18:18	18:55
June solstice	05:05	19:42	20:25
September equinox	06:30	18:05	18:42
December solstice	07:10	15:27	16:13

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	27	28	35	45	55	64	70	69	62	51	41	33
Precip in	3.7	3.6	4.6	4.2	3.5	4.0	3.4	3.4	3.8	5.0	4.0	4.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beverly, 12 mi away.

Tides

Mean tidal range 8.7 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Rockport, MA, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/81680988

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