Low Beach
Low Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 6 m. Folger Hill stands 33 m to the northwest, 2.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Willfield, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. 108 named places lie within 25 miles, 11 of them named summits.
The story
Beach in Nantucket County, Massachusetts, United States.
Wikidata Q49321873, matched on coordinates and name (14 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 6 m
How to reach it
108 named places within 25 miles
- Willfield: 0.7 mi
- Tom Nevers Pond: 0.8 mi
- Tom Nevers: 0.8 mi
- Milestone Road Conservation Area: 1.7 mi
- Milestone Cranberry Bog: 2.2 mi
- Siasconset Beach: 1.0 mi
- Pebble Beach: 1.1 mi
- Quidnet Beach: 3.5 mi
- Madequecham Beach: 3.7 mi
- Nobadeer Beach: 4.4 mi
- Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum: 4.6 mi
- Museum of African American History: 6.7 mi
- Quaker Meeting House: 6.9 mi
- Nantucket Whaling Museum: 6.9 mi
- Peter Foulger Museum: 7.0 mi
- Cains Hill: 1.0 mi
- Sauls Hills: 2.7 mi
- Folger Hill: 2.8 mi
- Macys Hill: 3.4 mi
- Shawkemo Hills: 4.3 mi
- Sankaty Head Historical Site: 2.4 mi
- Labyrinth Nantucket Land Bank: 5.5 mi
- Camp Richard: 5.8 mi
- Consue Springs: 6.5 mi
- Winter Park: 6.8 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Dwelling: 2.4 mi
- Sankaty Head Light: 2.4 mi
- Soldier and Sailors Monument: 7.0 mi
- Abiah Folger Franklin Fountain: 8.2 mi
- Sankaty Head: 2.3 mi
- Squam Head: 4.9 mi
- Nantucket Cliffs: 8.0 mi
- Hadwen House Gardens: 7.0 mi
- Oldest House Kitchen Garden: 7.3 mi
- Brant Point Light: 6.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Low Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folger Hill | NW 319° | 33 m | 2.8 mi |
| Shawkemo Hills | WNW 302° | 26 m | 4.3 mi |
| Sauls Hills | NW 319° | 23 m | 2.7 mi |
| Popsquatchet Hills | WNW 285° | 22 m | 7.4 mi |
| Macys Hill | NW 310° | 19 m | 3.4 mi |
| Fudge Hill | WNW 301° | 18 m | 5.0 mi |
| Swain Hill | WNW 286° | 16 m | 9.0 mi |
| Trots Hills | WNW 284° | 16 m | 9.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:35 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:03 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 15:30 | 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, 7 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358275179
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