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Great Pond Beach

Great Pond Beach from directly overhead

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. 39 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

lake in Barnstable County, United States of America - Geonames ID = 4938249

Wikidata Q49302712, matched on coordinates and name (221 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

Step-free access
No
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.93831, -70.00069
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Nature reserves
Parks: 53
  • Cannon Hill Park: 1.3 mi
  • Mill Field: 4.4 mi
  • Mill Field: 4.5 mi
  • Snows Field: 5.3 mi
  • Three Sisters of Nauset: 5.9 mi
Peaks: 39
  • 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
Historic sites: 34
Museums: 29
Artworks: 26
  • 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
Attractions: 13
Rest areas: 8
  • truck pull-off: 13.6 mi
  • truck pull-off: 15.3 mi
  • truck pull-off: 16.0 mi
  • truck pull-off: 17.9 mi
  • rest area: 19.1 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Cliffs: 4
Gardens: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnick Area: 12.0 mi
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillS 188°165 m12.6 mi
Signal HillSSW 214°60 m16.9 mi
Black Ball HillSW 214°45 m17.4 mi
The HighlandsNNW 336°41 m7.6 mi
Mill HillS 180°41 m11.2 mi
Green HillNNW 339°38 m5.7 mi
Smalls HillNNW 338°34 m5.4 mi
Corn HillNW 318°34 m6.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4418:1518:52
June solstice05:0619:3720:20
September equinox06:2818:0218:39
December solstice07:0515:2716:12

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, 17 mi away.

Tides

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/593118354

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