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Hampton Beach

Hampton Beach from directly overhead

Hampton Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Pine Hill stands 74 m to the west-southwest, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Hampton Hill, a peak 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 11 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.27056, -70.86816

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Hampton Hill: 0.1 mi
  • Sagamore Hill: 0.3 mi
  • White Head: 0.5 mi
  • Planters Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Atlantic Hill: 1.1 mi
Parks
  • Lt. Joseph McLaughlin Park: 0.2 mi
  • Nantasket Bay Park: 0.4 mi
  • Worlds End Reservation: 0.4 mi
  • Hull Shore Common: 0.5 mi
  • Monument Square: 0.6 mi
Museums
  • Paragon Park Museum and Museum Shop: 0.6 mi
  • Benjamin Lincoln House: 2.3 mi
  • Hull Lifesaving Museum: 2.9 mi
  • Bare Cove Fire Museum: 3.2 mi
  • Windmill Point Boathouse: 3.5 mi
Artworks
  • John Hancock: 7.0 mi
  • Abigail Adams: 7.0 mi
  • John Adams: 7.1 mi
  • Constitution Common: 7.3 mi
  • Scituate Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: 7.7 mi
Gardens: 57
Historic sites: 55
  • Father Connolly: 0.2 mi
  • F. Arthur Edwards Memorial: 0.6 mi
  • Fort Revere: 3.0 mi
  • More-Brewer Stone: 3.7 mi
  • Fort Andrews: 3.8 mi
Beaches
Attractions: 51
Cliffs: 46
Picnic sites: 21
  • Babcock Arboretum: 7.4 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 8.0 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 11.5 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 11.6 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 16.1 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 11.0 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 16.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Hampton Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine HillWSW74 m8.7 mi
Prospect HillS72 m5.4 mi
Judges HillSSE71 m5.9 mi
Mount BlueSSE66 m6.1 mi
Black Pond HillSSE64 m7.0 mi
Penns HillWSW61 m6.9 mi
Paradise HillSSE58 m8.0 mi
Turkey HillSSE57 m2.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0819:4220:24
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, 4 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29688288

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