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Good Harbor Beach

Good Harbor Beach from directly overhead

Good Harbor Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Mount Ann stands 78 m to the west, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Bass Rocks, a cliff 0.3 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 2.3 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
0 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.61954, -70.63143

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Gordon Thomas Park: 1.0 mi
  • Friend Street Playground: 1.1 mi
  • Swinsons Farm Park: 1.3 mi
  • Fishermans Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
  • Green Street Park: 1.3 mi
Beaches
  • Long Beach: 1.1 mi
  • Cape Hedge Beach: 1.6 mi
  • Rocky Neck Beach: 1.7 mi
  • Pebble Beach: 1.9 mi
  • Niles Beach: 2.0 mi
Peaks
  • Railcut Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Nugent Boulders: 1.1 mi
  • Beacon Hill: 1.2 mi
  • High Rock: 1.7 mi
  • Great Hill: 1.8 mi
Attractions
  • Be True: 1.4 mi
  • Be Clean: 1.4 mi
  • Get A Job: 1.4 mi
  • Help Mother: 1.4 mi
  • Courage: 1.4 mi
Historic sites
Museums: 59
Gardens: 44
  • Cold Frames: 8.7 mi
  • Formal Garden: 8.8 mi
  • Rose Garden: 8.9 mi
  • Salem Community Gardens: 15.0 mi
  • Bushee Garden: 15.1 mi
Artworks: 38
Cliffs: 20
Lighthouses: 20
Rest areas: 5
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 22.1 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 22.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 23.9 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 24.7 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 24.9 mi
Springs: 2
  • Rail Spring: 15.8 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 23.5 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 22.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Good Harbor Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AnnW 263°78 m5.0 mi
Red RockW 268°70 m4.9 mi
Pool HillN 357°66 m2.6 mi
Morse HillW 259°62 m6.6 mi
Pigeon HillN 2°61 m3.6 mi
Browns HillW 268°61 m11.0 mi
Long HillWSW 248°60 m6.0 mi
Eveleth HillW 274°57 m9.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1818:55
June solstice05:0619:4220:25
September equinox06:3018:0518:42
December solstice07:1015:2716:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272835455564706962514133
Precip in3.73.64.64.23.54.03.43.43.85.04.04.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beverly, 11 mi away.

Mean tidal range 8.8 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358274436

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