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Greystone Beach

Greystone Beach from directly overhead

Greystone Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 21 m. Burrill Hill stands 87 m to the west, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Devereaux Beach, a beach 0.4 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.

About

The story

beach in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States

Wikidata Q49320865, joined on its GNIS feature id.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
21 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.48648, -70.86439

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
  • Devereaux Beach: 0.4 mi
  • Riverhead Beach: 0.6 mi
  • Preston Beach: 1.0 mi
  • Phillips Beach: 1.6 mi
  • Garmet Beach: 1.7 mi
Parks
  • Seaside Park: 0.7 mi
  • Gatchell Playgound: 0.9 mi
  • William I Hammond Park: 0.9 mi
  • Beach Bluff Park: 1.0 mi
  • Memorial Park: 1.2 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Legg Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Burial Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Vinnin Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Coddon Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Gallows Hill: 3.3 mi
Artworks
Gardens
  • Pickman Park Community Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Salem Community Gardens: 2.3 mi
  • Ropes Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Herb Garden: 7.5 mi
  • Community Gardens: 7.8 mi
Museums
Attractions
Cliffs: 51
Picnic sites: 22
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 16.7 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 17.0 mi
  • Oak Lea: 17.0 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 17.1 mi
Lighthouses: 20
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 18.5 mi
  • Rock Falls: 21.0 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 24.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Commissioners Landing: 13.8 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 23.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 24.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 24.5 mi
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Rail Spring: 19.0 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 21.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Greystone Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Burrill HillW 272°87 m6.2 mi
Mount GileadW 272°77 m6.6 mi
Mount HermonW 277°76 m5.9 mi
Rocky HillW 268°74.4 m8.7 mi
Mount MoriahW 268°74 m6.8 mi
Breakheart HillW 269°71.3 m8.4 mi
Ash HillW 268°71 m8.6 mi
Waldens HillWNW 296°70 m8.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0719:4220:25
September equinox06:3118:0618:43
December solstice07:1115:2816:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272935455564716963524233
Precip in3.83.54.74.33.54.13.53.33.65.04.14.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marblehead, 1 mi away.

Tides

Mean tidal range 8.93 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Salem, Salem Harbor, MA, 3 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/82009248

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