Massacre beach
Massacre beach is a beach in Alaska, at a modelled elevation of 65 m. Attu Mountain stands 898 m to the west-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Sarana Beach, a beach 2.4 miles away. 52 named places lie within 25 miles, 30 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Built
- 1942
How to reach it
52 named places within 25 miles
- Engineer Hill: 2.5 mi
- Terrible Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Vanderlann Peak: 2.9 mi
- Henderson Ridge: 3.1 mi
- Buffalo Head: 3.7 mi
- Sarana Beach: 2.4 mi
- Casco Beach: 3.0 mi
- Alexai Beach: 4.0 mi
- Big Mike Beach: 4.3 mi
- Hidalgo Beach: 4.9 mi
- Japanese Peace Monument: 2.5 mi
- US Coast Guard USCG-1600: 5.4 mi
- Northeast Bluff: 9.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Massacre beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attu Mountain | WNW 286° | 897.9 m | 10.1 mi |
| Devils Mountain | W 277° | 788 m | 3.7 mi |
| Cold Mountain | NW 320° | 693 m | 4.1 mi |
| Terrible Mountain | W 274° | 692 m | 2.5 mi |
| Middle Peak | NNE 28° | 648 m | 4.5 mi |
| Southwest Peak | N 356° | 619 m | 4.0 mi |
| Newman Peak | N 350° | 605 m | 3.8 mi |
| Matthews Mountain | E 96° | 595 m | 4.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 09:32 | 20:54 | 21:39 |
| June solstice | 07:02 | 23:00 | 23:57 |
| September equinox | 09:12 | 20:44 | 21:29 |
| December solstice | 10:38 | 17:08 | 18:13 |
Local time (America/Adak).
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station MASSACRE BAY, AK, 1 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 85002729OpenStreetMap- National Register of Historic Places — Attu Battlefield and U.S. Army and Navy Airfields on Attu, reference 85002729, listed 02/04/85.
OpenStreetMap element way/1272507216
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