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Memorial Beach

Memorial Beach from directly overhead

Memorial Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 74 m. Nobscot Hill stands 183 m to the east-southeast, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Memorial Beach Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
74 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.37449, -71.53115

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Memorial Beach Park: 0.0 mi
  • Simpson Playground: 0.3 mi
  • Simpson Road Park: 0.3 mi
  • Colaianni Playground: 0.9 mi
  • Stevens Street Land: 1.5 mi
Attractions
  • “The Rock” in Marlborough: 1.6 mi
  • Mini Monster Hedge Maze: 2.6 mi
  • Petting Zoo: 2.7 mi
  • Big Green Monster Hedge Maze: 2.7 mi
  • Rice Tavern Foundation: 4.8 mi
Museums
Artworks
Peaks
Gardens
Historic sites: 54
  • Marlborough Minute Man Statue: 2.2 mi
  • Old Well: 3.3 mi
  • Old Foundation: 3.5 mi
  • Hermit Cave: 3.8 mi
  • Stow War Memorial: 4.5 mi
Beaches: 32
  • Centennial Beach: 0.2 mi
  • Stow Town Beach: 2.7 mi
  • Bolton Town Beach: 4.4 mi
  • Lake Chauncy Public Beach: 7.0 mi
  • Hopkinton Reservoir Beach: 8.0 mi
Cliffs: 20
Picnic sites: 18
  • Picnic Site 8: 14.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 9: 14.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 6: 14.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 7: 14.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 14.1 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Emerson Falls: 20.1 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 21.2 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 23.7 mi
  • Trap Falls: 24.1 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 13.4 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 21.9 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 23.4 mi
Springs: 2
  • Mystery Spring: 15.4 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 22.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.6 miles of Memorial Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Nobscot HillESE183 m4.6 mi
Sligo HillSW172 m2.7 mi
Pleasant HillSSW164 m2.7 mi
Fairmount HillSSW161 m2.6 mi
Jericho HillSSW161 m3.6 mi
West HillWSW160 m2.4 mi
Bear HillSW154 m3.2 mi
Shoestring HillSSW153 m3.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:1019:4520:27
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1315:3216:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836485968747264524132
Precip in3.63.34.64.43.74.24.04.43.95.13.84.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maynard 2, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/226321270

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