Jetties Beach
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Jetties Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of -1 m. Folger Hill stands 33 m to the east-southeast, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is North Beach Street, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 29 miles off. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
beach in Nantucket County, Massachusetts, United States
Wikidata Q49321327, matched on coordinates and name (167 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- -01 m
How to reach it
- 28.9 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- North Beach Street: 0.3 mi
- Town Dock: 1.0 mi
- Grove Lane: 1.1 mi
- West Chester Street: 1.3 mi
- Nantucket Conservation Foundation: 1.4 mi
- Steps Beach: 0.3 mi
- Cliff Beach: 0.5 mi
- Childrens Beach: 0.7 mi
- South Beach: 1.2 mi
- Clean Shore: 1.3 mi
- Coffin Park: 0.5 mi
- Lilly Pond: 0.7 mi
- Lily Pond Park: 0.9 mi
- Greater Light Garden: 1.0 mi
- Mill Hill Park: 1.3 mi
- Oldest House: 0.6 mi
- Peter Foulger Museum: 0.7 mi
- Nantucket Whaling Museum: 0.8 mi
- Greater Light: 1.0 mi
- Quaker Meeting House: 1.0 mi
- Sunset Hill: 0.5 mi
- Popsquatchet Hills: 1.3 mi
- Swain Hill: 2.1 mi
- Trots Hills: 2.5 mi
- Fudge Hill: 2.5 mi
- Soldier and Sailors Monument: 1.0 mi
- Abiah Folger Franklin Fountain: 1.4 mi
- Sankaty Head Light: 7.3 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Dwelling: 7.3 mi
- cannon: 22.0 mi
- Nantucket Cliffs: 0.6 mi
- Squam Head: 6.2 mi
- Sankaty Head: 7.3 mi
- Wasque Point: 18.5 mi
- Oldest House Kitchen Garden: 0.6 mi
- Hadwen House Gardens: 1.0 mi
- First Congregational Church Bell Tower Climb: 0.7 mi
- Big Bridge: 24.5 mi
- Brant Point Light: 0.8 mi
- Whale Tail: 22.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Jetties Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folger Hill | ESE 102° | 33 m | 5.0 mi |
| Sampson Hill | WNW 286° | 28 m | 20.5 mi |
| Shawkemo Hills | ESE 106° | 26 m | 3.2 mi |
| Sauls Hills | ESE 103° | 23 m | 5.1 mi |
| Popsquatchet Hills | SSW 198° | 22 m | 1.3 mi |
| Washaqua Hill | WNW 284° | 22 m | 19.7 mi |
| Macys Hill | ESE 104° | 19 m | 4.2 mi |
| Fudge Hill | ESE 104° | 18 m | 2.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:36 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:03 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 15:31 | 16:15 |
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 | 33 | 34 | 38 | 46 | 54 | 62 | 69 | 69 | 64 | 55 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nantucket MEM AP, 4 mi away.
Mean tidal range 3.03 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station NANTUCKET, MA, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/516183927
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