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Great Hollow Beach

Great Hollow Beach from directly overhead

Great Hollow Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the south, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Corn Hill, a peak 1.0 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 17 miles off. 39 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

beach in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States

Wikidata Q49320858, joined on its GNIS feature id.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
0 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.01121, -70.09669
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Beaches
Parks: 45
  • Pilgrim Pond Park: 1.5 mi
  • Snows Field: 2.1 mi
  • Town Hall Grounds: 5.4 mi
  • Pilgrim's First Landing Park: 5.4 mi
  • Bas Relief Park: 5.5 mi
Peaks: 39
Historic sites: 30
  • Steamer Portland: 2.6 mi
  • Cape Cod (Highland) Light original location plaque: 2.7 mi
  • Linda J Walker Memorial: 4.8 mi
  • Provincetown Players Marker (Lewis Wharf): 5.1 mi
  • Rose's Wharf: 5.3 mi
Museums: 25
Artworks: 24
  • They Also Faced the Sea: 5.1 mi
  • Windmill (demolished): 5.2 mi
  • James and Frances Bakker Sculpture Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Dr. Donald Butterfield Sculpture Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Berta Walker Sculpture Garden: 5.3 mi
Attractions: 9
Rest areas: 8
  • truck pull-off: 19.1 mi
  • truck pull-off: 20.4 mi
  • truck pull-off: 20.7 mi
  • truck pull-off: 21.6 mi
  • rest area: 22.3 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Gardens: 3
Cliffs: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnick Area: 17.5 mi
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 24.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillS 170°165 m17.8 mi
Signal HillSSW 193°60 m19.7 mi
Indian HillWSW 249°49 m24.1 mi
Black Ball HillSSW 194°45 m20.0 mi
The HighlandsNE 43°41 m2.7 mi
Mill HillSSE 163°41 m17.0 mi
Green HillE 84°38 m2.9 mi
Corn HillESE 119°34 m1.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1618:53
June solstice05:0619:3820:20
September equinox06:2818:0318:40
December solstice07:0615:2716:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323338465564717164544537
Precip in3.83.64.44.03.32.92.83.03.64.24.55.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chatham Muni AP, 23 mi away.

Tides

Mean tidal range 9.29 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Provincetown, MA, 5 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358275105

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