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Glendale Cove Beach

Glendale Cove Beach from directly overhead

Glendale Cove Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 0 m. Burrill Hill stands 87 m to the west-southwest, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Pioneer Village, a museum 0.1 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.50865, -70.88711

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Beaches
  • Willow Ave Beach: 0.1 mi
  • Stramski's Beach: 1.1 mi
  • Collins Cove Beach: 1.3 mi
  • South Beach: 1.5 mi
  • Pebble Beach: 1.6 mi
Parks
  • Forest River Park: 0.3 mi
  • Sullivan Front Lawn: 0.3 mi
  • Upper Quad: 0.4 mi
  • Palmer Cove Park: 0.4 mi
  • Mary Jane Lee Park: 0.5 mi
Gardens
  • Salem Community Gardens: 0.4 mi
  • Pickman Park Community Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Ropes Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Community Gardens: 5.8 mi
  • Herb Garden: 6.8 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Lafayette's Tour: 0.6 mi
  • Salem Witch Trials Memorial: 0.9 mi
  • World War II Memorial: 1.0 mi
  • Roger Conant Statue: 1.0 mi
  • The First Muster: 1.1 mi
Attractions
Peaks
  • Legg Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Gallows Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Ledge Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Coddon Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Vinnin Hill: 1.8 mi
Cliffs: 52
Picnic sites: 22
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 17.4 mi
  • Oak Lea: 17.5 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 17.5 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 17.6 mi
Lighthouses: 20
Rest areas: 5
  • Commissioners Landing: 14.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 22.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 22.7 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 24.0 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 24.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 16.8 mi
  • Rock Falls: 22.1 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 22.5 mi
Springs: 4
  • Quarry Spring: 12.2 mi
  • Rail Spring: 17.5 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 22.7 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 24.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.9 miles of Glendale Cove Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Burrill HillWSW 256°87 m5.2 mi
Mount GileadWSW 257°77 m5.6 mi
Mount HermonW 260°76 m4.7 mi
Rocky HillWSW 257°74.4 m7.8 mi
Mount MoriahWSW 253°74 m5.9 mi
Breakheart HillWSW 257°71.3 m7.5 mi
Ash HillWSW 256°71 m7.7 mi
Waldens HillWNW 289°70 m6.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0719:4220:25
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
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, 1 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/82003788

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