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Mayflower Beach

Mayflower Beach from directly overhead

Mayflower Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the east, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Bayview Beach, a beach 0.1 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 1.1 miles off.

The story

beach in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States

Wikidata Q49322003, joined on its GNIS feature id.

What the record says

Elevation
4 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.74344, -70.21446

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
  • Bayview Beach: 0.1 mi
  • Mayflower Beach: 0.2 mi
  • Dunes Landing Beach: 0.3 mi
  • Horsefoot Path Beach: 0.4 mi
  • Chapin Memorial Beach: 1.3 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Nobscussett Park: 1.1 mi
  • Grays Beach: 1.8 mi
  • Scargo Park: 1.9 mi
  • Peter Homer Park: 4.0 mi
  • Johnny Kelley Park: 4.1 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 51
Artworks: 29
Attractions: 21
Gardens: 15
  • Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 8.9 mi
  • Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 13.1 mi
  • Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 14.8 mi
  • McInnes Garden: 14.9 mi
  • Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 15.0 mi
Rest areas: 11
  • truck pull-off: 3.7 mi
  • rest area: 4.1 mi
  • truck pull-off: 4.2 mi
  • truck pull-off: 5.0 mi
  • Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 5.5 mi
Cliffs: 9
Lighthouses: 7
Picnic sites: 4
  • Picnick Area: 10.0 mi
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 18.0 mi
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 19.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.9 miles of Mayflower Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillE 84°165 m9.3 mi
Pine HillW 263°93 m18.3 mi
Telegraph HillW 267°85 m14.0 mi
Flatrock HillW 273°82 m16.7 mi
Avery HillW 268°80 m17.7 mi
Discovery HillW 264°77 m13.1 mi
Deer Horn HillWSW 254°71 m20.2 mi
Discovery HillW 274°61 m17.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1618:53
June solstice05:0719:3820:20
September equinox06:2918:0318:40
December solstice07:0515:2916:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323338475766737264554537
Precip in3.93.24.33.93.43.12.73.33.84.34.14.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hyannis Barnstable Muni AP, 6 mi away.

Mean tidal range 9.73 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Sesuit Harbor, East Dennis, MA, 3 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358283230

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