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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. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

Beach in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.

Wikidata Q49320858, joined on its GNIS feature id.

What the record says

Elevation
0 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.01121, -70.09669

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Nature reserves
Parks: 40
  • 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: 38
Historic sites: 28
  • 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: 24
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: 8
Lighthouses: 4
Gardens: 3
Cliffs: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnick Area: 17.5 mi
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 24.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • truck pull-off: 19.1 mi
  • Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 24.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1

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 HillS165 m17.8 mi
Signal HillSSW60 m19.7 mi
Indian HillWSW49 m24.1 mi
Black Ball HillSSW45 m20.0 mi
The HighlandsNE41 m2.7 mi
Mill HillSSE41 m17.0 mi
Green HillE38 m2.9 mi
Corn HillESE34 m1.0 mi

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.

Mean tidal range 9.29 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358275105

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