Miacomet Beach
Miacomet Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Folger Hill stands 33 m to the east-northeast, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Surfside Beach, a beach 1.1 miles away. 129 named places lie within 25 miles, 14 of them named summits.
The story
Beach in Nantucket County, Massachusetts, United States.
Wikidata Q49322026, joined on its GNIS feature id.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 0 m
How to reach it
129 named places within 25 miles
- Smooth Hummocks: 1.1 mi
- Folgar Property: 1.3 mi
- Miacomet Heath Natural Heritage Area: 1.3 mi
- Miacomet: 1.7 mi
- Cisco: 1.9 mi
- Surfside Beach: 1.1 mi
- South Shore: 1.1 mi
- Fisherman's Beach: 1.7 mi
- Cisco Beach: 2.2 mi
- Nobadeer Beach: 2.2 mi
- Museum of African American History: 3.2 mi
- Maria Mitchell Natural Science Museum: 3.3 mi
- Historic Mitchell House: 3.3 mi
- Old Gaol: 3.3 mi
- Thomas Macy House: 3.4 mi
- Winter Park: 2.1 mi
- Camp Richard: 2.3 mi
- Dead Horse Valley: 3.1 mi
- Labyrinth Nantucket Land Bank: 3.1 mi
- Mill Hill Park: 3.1 mi
- Popsquatchet Hills: 3.0 mi
- Swain Hill: 3.7 mi
- Trots Hills: 3.8 mi
- Sunset Hill: 3.8 mi
- Long Hill: 4.5 mi
- Soldier and Sailors Monument: 3.3 mi
- Abiah Folger Franklin Fountain: 3.4 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Dwelling: 8.6 mi
- Sankaty Head Light: 8.6 mi
- cannon: 22.8 mi
- Nantucket Cliffs: 4.2 mi
- Sankaty Head: 8.6 mi
- Squam Head: 9.0 mi
- Wasque Point: 19.2 mi
- Hadwen House Gardens: 3.3 mi
- Oldest House Kitchen Garden: 3.8 mi
- Brant Point Light: 4.1 mi
- Whale Tail: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Miacomet Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folger Hill | ENE 60° | 33 m | 6.5 mi |
| Sampson Hill | WNW 298° | 28 m | 21.4 mi |
| Shawkemo Hills | NE 48° | 26 m | 5.1 mi |
| Sauls Hills | ENE 61° | 23 m | 6.5 mi |
| Popsquatchet Hills | N 6° | 22 m | 3.0 mi |
| Washaqua Hill | WNW 296° | 22 m | 20.5 mi |
| Macys Hill | NE 56° | 19 m | 5.8 mi |
| Fudge Hill | NE 41° | 18 m | 4.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:36 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:03 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 15:31 | 16:15 |
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 | 33 | 34 | 38 | 46 | 54 | 62 | 69 | 69 | 64 | 55 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nantucket MEM AP, 3 mi away.
Mean tidal range 3.03 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station NANTUCKET, MA, 4 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358279601
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