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Glendon Road Beach

Glendon Road Beach, a beach in Massachusetts
Glendon Road Beach, a beach in MassachusettsBenny Albro · CC BY 4.0

Glendon Road Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the northeast, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Haigis Beach, a beach 0.3 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 5.3 miles off. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

beach in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States

Wikidata Q49320819, joined on its GNIS feature id.

What the record says

Elevation
2 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.65067, -70.14224

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Bass River Park: 2.2 mi
  • Bass River Park: 2.2 mi
  • Bass River Park: 2.2 mi
  • Windmill Park: 2.8 mi
  • Wings Grove Beach & Park: 2.9 mi
Peaks: 48
  • German hill: 4.4 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 5.9 mi
  • Hokum Rock: 5.9 mi
  • Black Ball Hill: 6.0 mi
  • Signal Hill: 6.1 mi
Historic sites: 35
Museums: 35
Attractions: 18
Gardens: 12
  • Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 8.3 mi
  • Mashpee Community Garden: 17.7 mi
  • Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 17.7 mi
  • Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 18.0 mi
  • McInnes Garden: 19.8 mi
Rest areas: 10
  • rest area: 3.4 mi
  • truck pull-off: 3.4 mi
  • truck pull-off: 3.9 mi
  • truck pull-off: 5.6 mi
  • truck pull-off: 5.7 mi
Cliffs: 9
Artworks: 8
Lighthouses: 6
Picnic sites: 4
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
  • Picnick Area: 10.0 mi
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 23.2 mi
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 23.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Glendon Road Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillNE 37°165 m9.2 mi
Pine HillW 281°93 m22.2 mi
Telegraph HillWNW 288°85 m18.6 mi
Flatrock HillWNW 289°82 m21.7 mi
Avery HillWNW 285°80 m22.2 mi
Discovery HillWNW 287°77 m17.6 mi
Deer Horn HillW 272°71 m23.1 mi
Discovery HillWNW 290°61 m22.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1618:53
June solstice05:0719:3720:19
September equinox06:2918:0318:40
December solstice07:0515:2916:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313137455564717164544537
Precip in3.83.74.34.13.53.32.83.43.94.74.04.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Harwich, 2 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358275704

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