Highland Beach
Highland Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 10 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the south, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Highland House Museum, a museum 0.7 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 19 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 10 m
How to reach it
- 18.9 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- High Head: 1.8 mi
- High Head: 1.9 mi
- High Head: 1.9 mi
- Cronin Beach: 2.0 mi
- Castle Road Cr: 3.4 mi
- Longnook Beach: 2.6 mi
- Great Hollow Beach: 2.9 mi
- Ballston Beach: 4.2 mi
- Fisher Beach: 4.4 mi
- Brush Valley: 4.6 mi
- The Highlands: 0.8 mi
- Peters Hill: 1.9 mi
- Green Hill: 2.7 mi
- Corn Hill: 3.0 mi
- Smalls Hill: 3.1 mi
- Pilgrim Pond Park: 1.4 mi
- Snows Field: 3.3 mi
- Town Hall Grounds: 6.0 mi
- Bas Relief Park: 6.0 mi
- Old Ann Page Park: 6.0 mi
- Steamer Portland: 0.7 mi
- Cape Cod (Highland) Light original location plaque: 0.8 mi
- Linda J Walker Memorial: 4.8 mi
- Provincetown Players Marker (Lewis Wharf): 5.2 mi
- Rose's Wharf: 5.9 mi
- Windmill (demolished): 5.6 mi
- James and Frances Bakker Sculpture Garden: 5.6 mi
- Dr. Donald Butterfield Sculpture Garden: 5.6 mi
- Berta Walker Sculpture Garden: 5.6 mi
- They Also Faced the Sea: 5.7 mi
- Highland House Museum: 0.7 mi
- Provincetown Art Association & Museum;Provincetown Art Association and Museum: 5.6 mi
- Atlantic White Shark Conservancy: 5.7 mi
- Provincetown Museum: 6.1 mi
- Atwood-Higgins House: 6.5 mi
- Dolphin Fleet Whale Watch: 5.8 mi
- Dolphin Fleet · Whale Watch: 5.9 mi
- Penniman House: 16.8 mi
- Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat CG 36500: 17.4 mi
- Jonathan Young Windmill: 18.1 mi
- Highland/Cape Cod Light: 0.8 mi
- Oil House: 14.3 mi
- Keeper's House: 14.3 mi
- Nauset Light: 14.3 mi
- truck pull-off: 21.3 mi
- truck pull-off: 22.7 mi
- truck pull-off: 23.2 mi
- truck pull-off: 24.3 mi
- Suzanne's Garden: 5.1 mi
- PAAM Sculpture Garden: 5.6 mi
- Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 12.1 mi
- Long Point: 5.4 mi
- Indian Neck: 9.8 mi
- Picnick Area: 19.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Highland Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park Hill | S 175° | 165 m | 20.1 mi |
| Signal Hill | SSW 195° | 60 m | 22.4 mi |
| Black Ball Hill | SSW 196° | 45 m | 22.8 mi |
| The Highlands | SE 137° | 41 m | 0.8 mi |
| Mill Hill | S 169° | 41 m | 19.1 mi |
| Green Hill | SE 146° | 38 m | 2.7 mi |
| Peters Hill | SSW 194° | 34 m | 1.9 mi |
| Corn Hill | S 189° | 34 m | 3.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:05 | 19:38 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:03 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 15:27 | 16:12 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 33 | 38 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 71 | 71 | 64 | 54 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chatham Muni AP, 25 mi away.
Mean tidal range 9.29 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Provincetown, MA, 6 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358275109
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