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Gun Rock Beach

Gun Rock Beach from directly overhead

Gun Rock Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Pine Hill stands 74 m to the west-southwest, 10.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Green Hill Playground, a park 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 13 miles off.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates42.26754, -70.84046

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Green Hill Playground: 0.1 mi
  • Joe Menice Ballfield: 0.5 mi
  • Wadleigh Park: 0.8 mi
  • Weir River Estuary Park: 1.2 mi
  • Lt. Joseph McLaughlin Park: 1.3 mi
Peaks
  • Center Hill: 0.3 mi
  • Atlantic Hill: 0.4 mi
  • Green Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Sagamore Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Hampton Hill: 1.3 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Scituate Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: 6.5 mi
  • John Hancock: 8.4 mi
  • Abigail Adams: 8.4 mi
  • John Adams: 8.4 mi
  • Constitution Common: 8.6 mi
Gardens: 57
Nature reserves
Beaches
Historic sites: 53
Attractions: 51
  • South Shore Model Railroad Club: 4.3 mi
  • Herring Run: 5.8 mi
  • House Rock: 6.5 mi
  • USS Salem: 6.9 mi
  • South Shore Natural Science Center: 7.3 mi
Cliffs: 46
Picnic sites: 21
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 8.7 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 8.8 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 12.9 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 13.0 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 3
  • Commissioners Landing: 13.4 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 16.6 mi
  • Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 24.7 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 17.2 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 17.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Gun Rock Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine HillWSW74 m10.0 mi
Prospect HillS72 m5.2 mi
Judges HillS71 m5.3 mi
Mount BlueS66 m5.6 mi
Black Pond HillSSE64 m6.2 mi
Penns HillWSW61 m8.2 mi
Paradise HillS58 m7.4 mi
Turkey HillSSW57 m2.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0819:4120:24
September equinox06:3118:0618:43
December solstice07:1015:2916:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238485867737265544435
Precip in4.54.05.44.63.84.03.63.83.95.24.45.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hingham, 5 mi away.

Tides

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Nantasket Beach, Weir River, MA, 1 mi away — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29692403

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