Menemsha Beach
Menemsha Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Peaked Hill stands 95 m to the east, 1.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Bliss Pond Farm, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Paradise Ave and Other Roads passes 27 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Beach in Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States.
Wikidata Q49322019, joined on its GNIS feature id.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1 m
How to reach it
- 26.7 mi off the Paradise Ave and Other Roads
- 29.6 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Aquinnah Circle Park: 3.8 mi
- Valley Park: 9.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 10.5 mi
- Boch Park: 10.7 mi
- Owen Park: 10.7 mi
- Menemsha Hills Reservation Beach: 1.0 mi
- Lobsterville Beach: 1.6 mi
- Stonewall Beach: 2.5 mi
- Lucy Vincent Beach: 2.5 mi
- Long Beach: 3.6 mi
- Bliss Pond Farm: 0.8 mi
- Prospect Hill: 0.9 mi
- Englander: 1.0 mi
- Menemsha Hills: 1.1 mi
- Nell Howell: 1.2 mi
- Prospect Hill: 0.9 mi
- Peaked Hill: 1.3 mi
- Abel Hill: 2.7 mi
- Ridge Hill: 3.3 mi
- Squibnocket Ridge: 3.6 mi
- Bartholomew Gosnold Memorial Tower: 10.3 mi
- Nobska Lighthouse: 12.1 mi
- Woods Holl: 12.3 mi
- War Memorial: 12.7 mi
- Soldiers Memorial: 12.7 mi
- Aquinnah Wampanoag History Museum: 3.9 mi
- Cuttyhunk Historical Society Museum: 9.6 mi
- Martha's Vineyard Museum: 10.5 mi
- Old Schoolhouse Museum and Liberty Pole: 10.6 mi
- Woods Hole Historical Museum: 12.3 mi
- Wequobsque Cliffs: 2.2 mi
- Nashaquitsa Cliffs: 2.6 mi
- Zacks Cliffs: 3.7 mi
- Gay Head Cliffs: 3.8 mi
- Cedar Tree Neck: 6.1 mi
- Polly Hill Arboretum: 5.1 mi
- Big Bridge: 11.8 mi
- Falmouth Road Race Starting Line: 12.3 mi
- Flying Horses Carousel: 12.6 mi
- The Liberté: 15.1 mi
- Garden of Our Lady: 12.5 mi
- Spohr Public Gardens: 14.1 mi
- Colonial Gardens: 15.4 mi
- Rotch- Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum: 20.6 mi
- Helfand Farm Community Gardens: 21.5 mi
- Rachel Carson: 12.3 mi
- Whale Tail: 12.3 mi
- Helen Keller: 12.4 mi
- Buddha: 19.9 mi
- Tree of Bike: 22.2 mi
- West Chop Light: 11.9 mi
- Nobska Point Light: 12.1 mi
- Clark's Point Light: 17.6 mi
- Crystal Spring: 22.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Menemsha Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peaked Hill | E 98° | 95 m | 1.3 mi |
| Prospect Hill | ENE 63° | 78 m | 0.9 mi |
| Deer Horn Hill | NNE 23° | 71 m | 22.6 mi |
| Whiting Hill | NE 45° | 68 m | 4.5 mi |
| Sherman Hill | NW 308° | 49 m | 21.7 mi |
| Mount Surat | N 7° | 48 m | 9.4 mi |
| Ridge Hill | E 82° | 47 m | 3.3 mi |
| Tarkiln Hill | NNW 338° | 45 m | 24.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:39 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:06 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 15:33 | 16:17 |
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 | 31 | 32 | 37 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 63 | 53 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vineyard Haven Marthas Vineyar, 8 mi away.
Mean tidal range 2.76 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Menemsha Harbor, MA, MA, under a mile away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/128824382
Day trips start here
- SouthCoast · 20 mi
- Dartmouth · 21 mi
- Mattapoisett · 21 mi
- New Bedford · 22 mi
- Little Compton · 23 mi
- Marion · 24 mi
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