Merriam Beach
Merriam Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 6 m. Manomet Hill stands 114 m to the north, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Scraggy Neck Shoreline Res, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 9.8 miles off.
The story
Beach in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.
Wikidata Q49322025, joined on its GNIS feature id.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 6 m
How to reach it
- 9.8 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Saconesset Homestead and Museum: 4.1 mi
- Bourne Historical Society: 5.7 mi
- Captain John Kendrick Maritime: 7.3 mi
- Falmouth Museums on the Green: 7.8 mi
- Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Museum: 7.9 mi
- Deer Horn Hill: 2.5 mi
- Mt. Zig: 2.6 mi
- Mt. Otis: 2.6 mi
- Tempes Knob: 3.9 mi
- Pine Hill: 4.7 mi
- Nye Park: 1.4 mi
- Pocasset River Marine Park: 2.2 mi
- Picture Lake Park: 2.5 mi
- Monks Marine Park: 2.6 mi
- Chester Park: 3.8 mi
- Maritime Park: 5.0 mi
- HU-25 Falcon: 5.7 mi
- HU-16 Albatross: 5.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 5.9 mi
- Falmouth Police Memorial: 8.0 mi
- Eustis Beach: 0.3 mi
- Sunrise Beach: 0.3 mi
- Southwest Beach: 0.7 mi
- Barlow's Landing Beach: 1.8 mi
- North Shore Beach: 2.1 mi
- Scraggy Neck Shoreline Res: 0.2 mi
- Scraggy Neck Forest: 0.4 mi
- Bassetts Island Landing: 0.5 mi
- Lawrence Island: 0.8 mi
- Red Brook Harbor Overlook: 1.1 mi
- Herring Run: 8.2 mi
- Butterflies of Cape Cod: 8.4 mi
- The Liberté: 8.6 mi
- Falmouth Road Race Finish Line: 8.7 mi
- Falmouth Road Race Starting Line: 10.0 mi
- Falmouth Cliffs: 3.1 mi
- Hog Island: 3.9 mi
- The Cliffs: 4.8 mi
- bluff: 10.0 mi
- Falmouth Heights: 10.0 mi
- Colonial Gardens: 7.8 mi
- Mashpee Community Garden: 8.0 mi
- Spohr Public Gardens: 8.6 mi
- Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 8.7 mi
- Cape Cod Hydrangea Society Display Garden: 8.8 mi
- Tree of Bike: 2.0 mi
- Merchant Marine Memorial: 5.0 mi
- Helen Keller: 10.0 mi
- Whale Tail: 10.0 mi
- Rachel Carson: 10.0 mi
- Nobska Point Light: 10.5 mi
- West Chop Light: 13.0 mi
- Clark's Point Light: 14.6 mi
- Plymouth Light: 23.4 mi
- Pumphouse: 23.4 mi
- Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 8.0 mi
- truck pull-off: 12.1 mi
- Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 18.0 mi
- Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 18.7 mi
- Bourne Recreation Area: 6.1 mi
- Herring Run Recreational Area: 8.4 mi
- Crystal Spring: 10.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of Merriam Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manomet Hill | N 8° | 114 m | 18.2 mi |
| Pine Hill | NE 52° | 93 m | 4.7 mi |
| Flatrock Hill | NE 40° | 82 m | 7.9 mi |
| Avery Hill | NE 42° | 80 m | 6.1 mi |
| Deer Horn Hill | E 100° | 71 m | 2.5 mi |
| Flagg Hill | N 358° | 64 m | 15.6 mi |
| Pinnacle Hill | N 353° | 62 m | 16.8 mi |
| Discovery Hill | NNE 32° | 61 m | 7.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:39 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:05 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 15:31 | 16:16 |
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 | 30 | 31 | 37 | 46 | 57 | 66 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.7 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Wareham, 7 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Monument Beach, MA, 4 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358274664
Day trips start here
- Marion · 7 mi
- Wareham · 8 mi
- Mattapoisett · 9 mi
- Rochester · 10 mi
- SouthCoast · 11 mi
- New Bedford · 15 mi
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