Madequecham Beach
Madequecham Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Folger Hill stands 33 m to the northeast, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Toupchue Valley, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. 115 named places lie within 25 miles, 13 of them named summits.
The story
Beach in Nantucket County, Massachusetts, United States.
Wikidata Q49321906, joined on its GNIS feature id.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1 m
How to reach it
115 named places within 25 miles
- Toupchue Valley: 0.6 mi
- Tom Nevers: 1.3 mi
- Surfside: 1.8 mi
- Milestone Rd: 1.9 mi
- Sturgis Pines: 2.4 mi
- Nobadeer Beach: 0.8 mi
- Surfside Beach: 1.8 mi
- Fisherman's Beach: 2.3 mi
- Pebble Beach: 2.7 mi
- South Shore: 2.9 mi
- Shawkemo Hills: 2.9 mi
- Macys Hill: 2.9 mi
- Fudge Hill: 3.2 mi
- Sauls Hills: 3.2 mi
- Folger Hill: 3.2 mi
- Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum: 3.4 mi
- Museum of African American History: 3.7 mi
- Quaker Meeting House: 4.0 mi
- Hadwen House: 4.1 mi
- Maria Mitchell Natural Science Museum: 4.1 mi
- Labyrinth Nantucket Land Bank: 2.4 mi
- Camp Richard: 2.4 mi
- Winter Park: 3.5 mi
- Consue Springs: 3.5 mi
- Dead Horse Valley: 3.8 mi
- Soldier and Sailors Monument: 4.1 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Dwelling: 5.0 mi
- Sankaty Head Light: 5.0 mi
- Abiah Folger Franklin Fountain: 5.1 mi
- Sankaty Head: 5.0 mi
- Nantucket Cliffs: 5.2 mi
- Squam Head: 6.1 mi
- Wasque Point: 22.5 mi
- Hadwen House Gardens: 4.0 mi
- Oldest House Kitchen Garden: 4.5 mi
- Brant Point Light: 4.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Madequecham Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folger Hill | NE 35° | 33 m | 3.2 mi |
| Sampson Hill | WNW 292° | 28 m | 24.7 mi |
| Shawkemo Hills | N 359° | 26 m | 2.9 mi |
| Sauls Hills | NE 37° | 23 m | 3.2 mi |
| Popsquatchet Hills | NW 305° | 22 m | 4.3 mi |
| Washaqua Hill | WNW 291° | 22 m | 23.8 mi |
| Macys Hill | NNE 20° | 19 m | 2.9 mi |
| Fudge Hill | NNW 348° | 18 m | 3.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:36 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:03 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 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, 1 mi away.
Mean tidal range 3.03 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station NANTUCKET, MA, 4 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358279597
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