Marconi Beach
Marconi Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the south-southwest, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Belko Land, a nature reserve 1.3 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 8.1 miles off. 39 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Marconi Beach is part of the Cape Cod National Seashore in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. The beach is named for Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi. In 1903, the first transatlantic wireless communication originating in the United States was successfully transmitted from nearby Marconi Station; a message from U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt to King Edward VII of the United Kingdom. The beach was also used by the former Camp Wellfleet for artillery and rocket testing. There is a broad, sweeping view of the Atlantic Ocean and Cape Cod Bay from the overlook atop the steep sand cliff above the beach. The National Park Service has built a display on-site that describes the history of wireless telegraphy, though parts have been removed due to beach erosion. During the summer season, restrooms and outdoor showers are available to beachgoers, along with on-site parking and access from the nearby bike trail via a two-lane road. Admission is charged for vehicles and pedestrians at the rate for all Cape Cod National Seashore beaches. Marconi Beach is popular among locals and tourists for surfing and boogie boarding. It is one of five Cape Cod national seashore beaches that are on the ocean side of the Cape, generally providing a better surf than beaches on the bay side. Low tide exposes a fairly flat stretch of beach, making it also popular for skimboarding. Grey seals can often be seen in the waters at Marconi, frequently confounding the efforts of surfcasters to land the bluefish and striped bass cruising beyond the breakers during the summer and fall. At nighttime, the park is Bortle Scale Class 3, making it a popular stargazing site for those in Eastern Massachusetts.
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Wikidata Q14715696, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4 m
How to reach it
- 8.1 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Nauset Light Beach: 2.3 mi
- Lecount Hollow Beach: 2.3 mi
- Sunken Meadow Beach: 2.8 mi
- Cooks Brook Beach: 3.0 mi
- White Crest Beach: 3.2 mi
- Three Sisters of Nauset: 2.2 mi
- Mill Field: 2.4 mi
- Windmill Green: 4.3 mi
- Wiley Park: 4.3 mi
- Cannon Hill Park: 4.5 mi
- Cannon Hill: 4.6 mi
- Gross Hill: 4.7 mi
- Skiff Hill: 4.8 mi
- Fort Hill: 5.0 mi
- Little Beach Hill: 5.7 mi
- Belko Land: 1.3 mi
- Lieutenant Island Road: 1.5 mi
- Wellfleet Bay: 1.6 mi
- Stoehr & Nicholsa Land: 1.6 mi
- Moody"S Farm: 1.7 mi
- Eastham Train Depot and Water Tower: 4.3 mi
- Capped Foundation of Former Gunn Dairy Barn: 5.0 mi
- Indian Grave Stone: 6.2 mi
- Jeremiah's Gutter: 6.6 mi
- Coast Guard Motor Life Boat CG36500: 6.7 mi
- Eastham 1869 Schoolhouse Museum: 3.7 mi
- Wellfleet Historical Society Museum: 4.8 mi
- Atwood-Higgins House: 6.6 mi
- French Cable Station Museum: 7.3 mi
- Cobb House Museum: 11.1 mi
- Chime: 1.8 mi
- The Catch: 7.6 mi
- They Also Faced the Sea: 15.7 mi
- Homage to the Fishermen (1989): 15.9 mi
- Bubbles the Humpback: 15.9 mi
- Penniman House: 5.0 mi
- Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat CG 36500: 6.7 mi
- Jonathan Young Windmill: 6.8 mi
- Brewster Historical Society Windmill Village: 12.6 mi
- Fish Pier Observation Deck: 14.0 mi
- Nauset Light: 2.2 mi
- Highland/Cape Cod Light: 11.5 mi
- U.S. Coast Guard Station: 15.2 mi
- Chatham Light: 15.2 mi
- Indian Neck: 3.5 mi
- Top of Eroding Coastal Bank (Spring 2025): 16.2 mi
- Salten Point: 21.8 mi
- Fullers Point: 24.5 mi
- Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 1.8 mi
- Suzanne's Garden: 15.8 mi
- PAAM Sculpture Garden: 16.0 mi
- Picnick Area: 9.3 mi
- Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 15.2 mi
- truck pull-off: 10.7 mi
- Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 22.0 mi
- Long Point: 14.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Marconi Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park Hill | SSW 203° | 165 m | 9.9 mi |
| Signal Hill | SW 227° | 60 m | 15.7 mi |
| Clay Hill | SW 235° | 58 m | 24.9 mi |
| Black Ball Hill | SW 227° | 45 m | 16.2 mi |
| Mill Hill | SSW 194° | 41 m | 8.2 mi |
| The Highlands | NNW 334° | 41 m | 11.5 mi |
| Green Hill | NNW 335° | 38 m | 9.5 mi |
| Smalls Hill | NNW 334° | 34 m | 9.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 19:37 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:02 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 15:27 | 16:12 |
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 | 32 | 33 | 38 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 71 | 71 | 64 | 54 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chatham Muni AP, 14 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Wellfleet, MA, 5 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358276712
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