Good Harbor Beach
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
- 2.3 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
- 19.9 mi off the Coastal Byway
- 22.9 mi off the Independence Byway
- 28.9 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Eagle Rock · 4 mi
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 15 mi
- Skywalk Observatory · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- 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
- James A. Babson Museum: 1.4 mi
- Maritime Gloucester: 1.5 mi
- Cape Ann Museum: 1.6 mi
- Cape Ann Historical Museum: 1.6 mi
- Sargent House Museum: 1.8 mi
- 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
- Robinson Reservation: 0.8 mi
- Conservation Land: 0.8 mi
- Spinney Reservation: 0.9 mi
- Harrison Avenue Conservation Area: 0.9 mi
- Nugent Stretch: 1.0 mi
- Solomon Jacobs Landing: 1.5 mi
- Coast Guard Aviation Monument: 2.0 mi
- Ten Pound Island Lighthouse: 2.1 mi
- Fishermens' Monument: 2.1 mi
- World War II Memorial: 2.4 mi
- 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
- Cold Frames: 8.7 mi
- Formal Garden: 8.8 mi
- Salem Community Gardens: 15.0 mi
- Bushee Garden: 15.1 mi
- Ropes Garden: 15.3 mi
- Fitz Hugh Lane: 1.6 mi
- Fishermen's Wives Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Winslow II: 13.7 mi
- Cat Witch: 14.9 mi
- Communion with Us: 14.9 mi
- Bass Rocks: 0.3 mi
- Brier Neck: 0.5 mi
- Stage Head: 2.5 mi
- The Headlands: 3.0 mi
- Town Head: 6.3 mi
- Ten Pound Island Light: 2.1 mi
- Ramp: 3.0 mi
- Boathouse: 3.0 mi
- Utility Building: 3.0 mi
- Tram Way: 3.1 mi
- 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
- Rail Spring: 15.8 mi
- Lion's Spring: 23.5 mi
- Newbury Falls: 17.6 mi
- Hampton Falls: 23.4 mi
- Dogtown: 1.9 mi
- Pinetops Picnic Area: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of Good Harbor Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Ann | W 263° | 78 m | 5.0 mi |
| Red Rock | W 268° | 70 m | 4.9 mi |
| Pool Hill | N 357° | 66 m | 2.6 mi |
| Morse Hill | W 259° | 62 m | 6.6 mi |
| Pigeon Hill | N 2° | 61 m | 3.6 mi |
| Browns Hill | W 268° | 61 m | 11.0 mi |
| Long Hill | WSW 248° | 60 m | 6.0 mi |
| Eveleth Hill | W 274° | 57 m | 9.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 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, 11 mi away.
Mean tidal range 8.8 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Gloucester Harbor, MA, 2 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358274436
Day trips start here
- Gloucester · 2 mi
- Rockport · 3 mi
- Essex · 8 mi
- Manchester · 8 mi
- North Shore · 9 mi
- Hamilton · 11 mi
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