Gay Head Town Beach
Gay Head Town Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Peaked Hill stands 95 m to the east-northeast, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Moshup Beach, a beach 0.4 miles away. Paradise Ave and Other Roads passes 24 miles off. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Beach in Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States.
Wikidata Q49320797, matched on coordinates and name (13 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 0 m
How to reach it
- 24.3 mi off the Paradise Ave and Other Roads
- 27.2 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Aquinnah Circle Park: 0.8 mi
- Valley Park: 13.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 14.2 mi
- Boch Park: 14.3 mi
- Owen Park: 14.4 mi
- Moshup Beach: 0.4 mi
- Lobsterville Beach: 1.8 mi
- Long Beach: 2.0 mi
- Squibnocket Beach: 3.0 mi
- Menemsha Beach: 3.7 mi
- Moshup Beach: 0.4 mi
- Wallen, Preston, and Shands Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Aquinnah Headlands Preserve – South Head: 0.6 mi
- Gay Head Beach/Cliffs/Dunes: 0.9 mi
- Wisniewski: 0.9 mi
- Squibnocket Ridge: 3.4 mi
- Prospect Hill: 4.7 mi
- Peaked Hill: 4.9 mi
- Abel Hill: 6.1 mi
- Ridge Hill: 7.0 mi
- Bartholomew Gosnold Memorial Tower: 8.2 mi
- Nobska Lighthouse: 15.3 mi
- Woods Holl: 15.3 mi
- War Memorial: 16.4 mi
- Soldiers Memorial: 16.4 mi
- Aquinnah Wampanoag History Museum: 0.8 mi
- Cuttyhunk Historical Society Museum: 7.8 mi
- Martha's Vineyard Museum: 14.2 mi
- Old Schoolhouse Museum and Liberty Pole: 14.3 mi
- Woods Hole Historical Museum: 15.4 mi
- Gay Head Cliffs: 1.0 mi
- Zacks Cliffs: 1.2 mi
- Nashaquitsa Cliffs: 3.6 mi
- Wequobsque Cliffs: 4.4 mi
- South Bluff: 8.5 mi
- Polly Hill Arboretum: 8.8 mi
- Falmouth Road Race Starting Line: 15.3 mi
- Big Bridge: 15.5 mi
- Flying Horses Carousel: 16.4 mi
- The Liberté: 18.4 mi
- Garden of Our Lady: 15.5 mi
- Spohr Public Gardens: 17.2 mi
- Colonial Gardens: 18.6 mi
- Rotch- Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum: 21.0 mi
- Helfand Farm Community Gardens: 21.2 mi
- Rachel Carson: 15.3 mi
- Whale Tail: 15.3 mi
- Helen Keller: 15.3 mi
- Spinwinder: 22.4 mi
- Buddha: 23.5 mi
- Nobska Point Light: 15.3 mi
- West Chop Light: 15.5 mi
- Clark's Point Light: 18.1 mi
- Crystal Spring: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gay Head Town Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peaked Hill | ENE 73° | 95 m | 4.9 mi |
| Prospect Hill | ENE 64° | 78 m | 4.7 mi |
| Whiting Hill | NE 54° | 68 m | 8.1 mi |
| Sherman Hill | NW 317° | 49 m | 20.3 mi |
| Mount Surat | NNE 23° | 48 m | 11.9 mi |
| Ridge Hill | ENE 73° | 47 m | 7.0 mi |
| Tarkiln Hill | NNW 347° | 45 m | 24.6 mi |
| Goat Rocks | NE 53° | 44 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:39 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:06 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 15:33 | 16:18 |
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 | 70 | 69 | 63 | 53 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vineyard Haven Marthas Vineyar, 12 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Gay Head, MA, 1 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358283149
Day trips start here
- Dartmouth · 21 mi
- Little Compton · 21 mi
- SouthCoast · 21 mi
- Mattapoisett · 22 mi
- New Bedford · 22 mi
- Westport · 24 mi
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