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Lobsterville Beach

Lobsterville Beach, a beach in Massachusetts
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Lobsterville Beach, a beach in Massachusetts
Goldstein PZ, Nelson MW (2017) Two psammophilic noctuids newly associated with beach plum, Prunus maritima (Rosaceae): The Dune Noctuid (Sympistis riparia) and Coastal Heathland Cutworm (Abagrotis benjamini) in Northeastern North America (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). ZooKeys 661: 61-89. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.661.10867 · CC BY 4.0
Lobsterville Beach, a beach in Massachusetts
[Photo: A.O. Fisher] Goldstein PZ, Nelson MW (2017) Two psammophilic noctuids newly associated with beach plum, Prunus maritima (Rosaceae): The Dune Noctuid (Sympistis riparia) and Coastal Heathland Cutworm (Abagrotis benjamini) in Northeastern North America (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). ZooKeys 661: 61-89. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.661.10867 · CC BY 4.0
Lobsterville Beach, a beach in Massachusetts
Goldstein PZ, Nelson MW (2017) Two psammophilic noctuids newly associated with beach plum, Prunus maritima (Rosaceae): The Dune Noctuid (Sympistis riparia) and Coastal Heathland Cutworm (Abagrotis benjamini) in Northeastern North America (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). ZooKeys 661: 61-89. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.661.10867 · CC BY 4.0

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Lobsterville Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Peaked Hill stands 95 m to the east, 2.7 miles off. Paradise Ave and Other Roads passes 26 miles off. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

beach in Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States

Wikidata Q49321812, matched on coordinates and name (13 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Elevation
0 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.34983, -70.79058
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Aquinnah Circle Park: 2.3 mi
  • Valley Park: 11.3 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 12.0 mi
  • Boch Park: 12.2 mi
  • Owen Park: 12.3 mi
Peaks: 35
Historic sites: 29
Museums: 21
Cliffs: 16
Attractions: 11
  • Polly Hill Arboretum: 6.7 mi
  • Big Bridge: 13.3 mi
  • Falmouth Road Race Starting Line: 13.6 mi
  • Flying Horses Carousel: 14.2 mi
  • The Liberté: 16.4 mi
Gardens: 8
Lighthouses: 7
Artworks: 7
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lobsterville Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Peaked HillE 80°94.8 m2.7 mi
Prospect HillENE 64°78 m2.5 mi
Deer Horn HillNNE 26°71 m23.9 mi
Whiting HillNE 50°68 m6.0 mi
Nootas HillNW 307°50 m21.6 mi
Sherman HillNW 312°49 m21.1 mi
Mount SuratNNE 14°48 m10.4 mi
Ridge HillENE 76°47 m4.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:55
June solstice05:1119:3920:21
September equinox06:3118:0618:42
December solstice07:0715:3316:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313237465564706963534537
Precip in3.32.64.03.73.33.22.83.43.84.44.03.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vineyard Haven Marthas Vineyar, 10 mi away.

Tides

Mean tidal range 2.76 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Menemsha Harbor, MA, MA, 1 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358279672

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