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Little Beach

Little Beach from directly overhead

Little Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Pine Hill stands 74 m to the west-southwest, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Father Connolly, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 12 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.26929, -70.86394

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Hampton Hill: 0.1 mi
  • Sagamore Hill: 0.3 mi
  • White Head: 0.6 mi
  • Planters Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Atlantic Hill: 0.8 mi
Parks
  • Lt. Joseph McLaughlin Park: 0.1 mi
  • Hull Shore Common: 0.5 mi
  • Nantasket Bay Park: 0.5 mi
  • Worlds End Reservation: 0.6 mi
  • Weir River Estuary Park: 0.6 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • John Hancock: 7.2 mi
  • Abigail Adams: 7.2 mi
  • John Adams: 7.3 mi
  • Constitution Common: 7.5 mi
  • Scituate Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: 7.5 mi
Gardens: 57
Beaches
Historic sites: 53
  • Father Connolly: 0.0 mi
  • F. Arthur Edwards Memorial: 0.7 mi
  • Fort Revere: 3.2 mi
  • More-Brewer Stone: 3.7 mi
  • Fort Andrews: 4.0 mi
Attractions: 51
Cliffs: 46
Picnic sites: 21
  • Babcock Arboretum: 7.6 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 8.1 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 8.1 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 11.7 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 11.8 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 16.3 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 16.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.0 miles of Little Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine HillWSW74 m8.9 mi
Prospect HillS72 m5.3 mi
Judges HillSSE71 m5.8 mi
Mount BlueSSE66 m6.0 mi
Black Pond HillSSE64 m6.8 mi
Penns HillWSW61 m7.1 mi
Paradise HillSSE58 m7.8 mi
Turkey HillSSE57 m2.1 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/29691700

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