Skip to content
Byway
Beach · Massachusetts

Long Pond Beach

Long Pond Beach from directly overhead

Long Pond Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Gross Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 12 miles off. 39 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

lake in Barnstable County, United States of America - Geonames ID = 4942456

Wikidata Q49304714, matched on coordinates and name (416 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Wellfleet
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.94523, -70.01137
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Nature reserves
Parks: 53
  • Cannon Hill Park: 1.0 mi
  • Snows Field: 4.6 mi
  • Mill Field: 4.9 mi
  • Mill Field: 5.0 mi
  • Three Sisters of Nauset: 6.6 mi
Peaks: 39
  • Gross Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Cannon Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Griffin Island: 2.7 mi
  • Bearberry Hill (West Summit): 4.0 mi
  • Bearberry Hill (East Summit): 4.0 mi
Historic sites: 33
Museums: 29
Artworks: 26
  • Chime: 4.5 mi
  • The Catch: 11.3 mi
  • They Also Faced the Sea: 11.3 mi
  • Homage to the Fishermen (1989): 11.5 mi
  • Windmill (demolished): 11.5 mi
Attractions: 13
Rest areas: 8
  • truck pull-off: 14.1 mi
  • truck pull-off: 15.7 mi
  • truck pull-off: 16.4 mi
  • truck pull-off: 18.1 mi
  • rest area: 19.3 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Cliffs: 4
Gardens: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnick Area: 12.5 mi
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 18.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillS 185°165 m13.0 mi
Signal HillSSW 211°60 m17.1 mi
Black Ball HillSSW 212°45 m17.5 mi
The HighlandsNNW 339°41 m7.0 mi
Mill HillS 177°41 m11.7 mi
Green HillNNW 343°38 m5.1 mi
Smalls HillNNW 342°34 m4.7 mi
Corn HillNW 319°34 m5.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4418:1518:52
June solstice05:0619:3720:20
September equinox06:2818:0218:39
December solstice07:0515:2716:12

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323338465564717164544537
Precip in3.83.64.44.03.32.92.83.03.64.24.55.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chatham Muni AP, 18 mi away.

Tides

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/369740839

More beaches in Massachusetts

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a driveMore beaches
Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Long Pond Beach.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens