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Museum Beach

Museum Beach from directly overhead

Museum Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Carolina Hill stands 77 m to the south, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Sand Hills Beach, a beach 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 20 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.20498, -70.72392

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Historic sites
Parks
  • Town Marina: 0.7 mi
  • Roach Field: 1.1 mi
  • Cudworth Field: 1.6 mi
  • Central Field: 1.6 mi
  • Egypt Park: 2.0 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Mann Farmhouse: 1.3 mi
  • South Shore Natural Science Center: 6.8 mi
  • Pembroke Herring Run: 9.7 mi
  • South Shore Model Railroad Club: 10.0 mi
  • Herring Run: 10.4 mi
Artworks
Peaks
  • Brushy Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Coleman Hills: 1.9 mi
  • Mann Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Doctors Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Walnut Tree Hill: 2.8 mi
Cliffs: 38
Lighthouses: 8
Picnic sites: 7
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 11.8 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 15.4 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 19.8 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 19.9 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 6.7 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 6.7 mi
  • Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 18.8 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 20.8 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 22.2 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 14.3 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 24.5 mi
Springs: 1
  • Pakomet Spring: 17.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Museum Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carolina HillS 183°77 m5.5 mi
Prospect HillW 263°72 m6.9 mi
Judges HillW 260°71 m5.1 mi
Mount BlueWSW 257°66 m5.4 mi
Black Pond HillWSW 248°64 m4.5 mi
Telegraph HillSSE 167°61 m6.4 mi
Marshfield HillsSSW 199°58 m5.2 mi
Paradise HillWSW 237°58 m5.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1818:55
June solstice05:0719:4120:23
September equinox06:3118:0518:42
December solstice07:0915:2916:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238485867737265544435
Precip in4.54.05.44.63.84.03.63.83.95.24.45.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hingham, 10 mi away.

Mean tidal range 8.94 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Scituate, Scituate Harbor, MA, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/283871420

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