Great Pond Beach
Great Pond Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Long Pond Beach, a beach 0.7 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 11 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Lake in Barnstable County, United States of America - Geonames ID = 4938249.
Wikidata Q49302712, matched on coordinates and name (221 m apart).
What to expect
- Step-free access
- No
How to reach it
- 11.1 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Long Pond Beach: 0.7 mi
- Cahoon Hollow Beach: 1.0 mi
- White Crest Beach: 1.1 mi
- Gull Pond Beach: 1.3 mi
- Newcomb Hollow Beach: 1.7 mi
- Cannon Hill Park: 1.3 mi
- Mill Field: 4.4 mi
- Snows Field: 5.3 mi
- Three Sisters of Nauset: 5.9 mi
- Wiley Park: 7.2 mi
- Gross Hill: 1.0 mi
- Cannon Hill: 1.4 mi
- Griffin Island: 3.2 mi
- Little Beach Hill: 4.5 mi
- Bearberry Hill (West Summit): 4.6 mi
- Adams Cottage: 1.1 mi
- Duck Creek: 1.2 mi
- Duck Creek (Dubeau) Cr: 1.2 mi
- Ralph & Dorthy Clover Conservation Land: 1.2 mi
- Norm & Edward Simon Land: 1.3 mi
- Indian Grave Stone: 3.5 mi
- Eastham Train Depot and Water Tower: 7.5 mi
- Cape Cod (Highland) Light original location plaque: 7.6 mi
- Steamer Portland: 7.7 mi
- Capped Foundation of Former Gunn Dairy Barn: 8.4 mi
- Wellfleet Historical Society Museum: 1.5 mi
- Atwood-Higgins House: 3.2 mi
- Eastham 1869 Schoolhouse Museum: 7.0 mi
- Highland House Museum: 7.7 mi
- French Cable Station Museum: 10.4 mi
- Chime: 3.9 mi
- The Catch: 10.7 mi
- They Also Faced the Sea: 12.0 mi
- Homage to the Fishermen (1989): 12.2 mi
- Windmill (demolished): 12.3 mi
- Penniman House: 8.5 mi
- Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat CG 36500: 9.6 mi
- Jonathan Young Windmill: 10.0 mi
- Dolphin Fleet Whale Watch: 12.2 mi
- Dolphin Fleet · Whale Watch: 12.3 mi
- Indian Neck: 2.3 mi
- Top of Eroding Coastal Bank (Spring 2025): 19.5 mi
- Salten Point: 22.3 mi
- Fullers Point: 24.5 mi
- Nauset Light: 5.9 mi
- Highland/Cape Cod Light: 7.6 mi
- U.S. Coast Guard Station: 18.6 mi
- Chatham Light: 18.6 mi
- Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 3.9 mi
- Suzanne's Garden: 12.1 mi
- PAAM Sculpture Garden: 12.3 mi
- Picnick Area: 12.0 mi
- Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
- truck pull-off: 13.6 mi
- Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 22.9 mi
- Long Point: 10.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Great Pond Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park Hill | S 188° | 165 m | 12.6 mi |
| Signal Hill | SSW 214° | 60 m | 16.9 mi |
| Black Ball Hill | SW 214° | 45 m | 17.4 mi |
| The Highlands | NNW 336° | 41 m | 7.6 mi |
| Mill Hill | S 180° | 41 m | 11.2 mi |
| Green Hill | NNW 339° | 38 m | 5.7 mi |
| Smalls Hill | NNW 338° | 34 m | 5.4 mi |
| Corn Hill | NW 318° | 34 m | 6.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 19:37 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:02 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 15:27 | 16:12 |
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 | 32 | 33 | 38 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 71 | 71 | 64 | 54 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chatham Muni AP, 17 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Wellfleet, MA, 2 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/593118354
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