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Herring Cove Beach

Herring Cove Beach from directly overhead

Herring Cove Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 5 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the south-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is stay, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 21 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
5 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.04892, -70.22227

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
  • Herring Cove Beach: 0.5 mi
  • Boys Beach: 1.0 mi
  • Town Beach: 1.6 mi
  • Race Point Beach: 1.6 mi
  • Ryder Street Beach: 1.8 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Pilgrim's First Landing Park: 1.6 mi
  • Jerome Smith Field: 1.7 mi
  • Motta Field: 1.7 mi
  • Bas Relief Park: 1.8 mi
  • Town Hall Grounds: 1.8 mi
Historic sites: 33
Artworks: 28
  • stay: 0.1 mi
  • Sugar aka Mama Shug: 0.4 mi
  • Wounded Warrior: 1.7 mi
  • Big Bird: 1.7 mi
  • Hearing Trumpet: 1.7 mi
Attractions: 10
Rest areas: 7
  • truck pull-off: 23.7 mi
  • Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 23.9 mi
  • truck pull-off: 24.5 mi
  • truck pull-off: 24.6 mi
  • truck pull-off: 24.6 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Cliffs: 6
Gardens: 4
Ghost towns: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnick Area: 22.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.4 miles of Herring Cove Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillSSE 154°165 m22.3 mi
Manomet HillWSW 246°114 m20.7 mi
Pine HillsWSW 247°95 m20.3 mi
Flagg HillWSW 244°64 m24.3 mi
Mountain HillSW 230°61 m22.4 mi
Signal HillS 175°60 m21.8 mi
Telegraph HillWSW 241°55 m21.5 mi
Hio HillSW 233°54 m21.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1618:53
June solstice05:0619:3820:21
September equinox06:2918:0318:40
December solstice07:0715:2816:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313339495968747366564637
Precip in4.84.25.84.73.73.83.53.64.35.04.44.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Plymouth-kingston, 25 mi away.

Mean tidal range 9.29 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/83432130

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