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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. Prospect Hill stands 72 m to the south, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Green Hill Playground, a park 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 13 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
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
Beaches
Nature reserves
Museums
Historic sites
Gardens
Attractions
  • 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
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
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: 9
Rest areas: 5
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 10.8 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 10.8 mi
  • 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 9.6 miles of Gun Rock Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillS 189°72 m5.2 mi
Judges HillS 169°71 m5.3 mi
Mount BlueS 173°66 m5.6 mi
Black Pond HillSSE 163°64 m6.2 mi
Penns HillWSW 255°61 m8.2 mi
Otis HillS 172°58 m6.2 mi
Paradise HillS 169°58 m7.4 mi
Turkey HillSSW 199°57 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 miaway — 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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