Nauset Beach
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Nauset Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the west-southwest, 5.5 miles off. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 3.5 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Nauset Beach is a public beach on the east coast of outer Cape Cod in Orleans, Massachusetts, which extends south from a point opposite Nauset Bay to the mouth of Chatham Harbor. It is popular with swimmers, surfers, boogie boarders and fishermen. It, at times, offers some of the highest waves on Cape Cod. Furthermore, it is an excellent spot to view a sunrise. Facilities include restrooms, showers, snack bar, off-road vehicle trails (permit required), a bike rack and a picnic area. Surfing is permitted in the non-protected beach areas from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The beach is also available for off-road vehicles with the proper permit. There is striped bass and bluefish fishing. Nauset Beach has seen increases in erosion due to sea level rise and very intense winter storms. Its iconic seaside clam shack, Liam's, was demolished after the beach next to the clam shack was destroyed by 20-foot waves during a 2018 storm. The beach erosion has also revealed old wagon tracks and hoofprints at the water’s edge. The tracks had been lore among old timers. The tracks were likely formed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Old coins have also been found near the tracks. The tracks are seen after winter storms, and then within a few days are covered again. Anne McCaffrey's novel The Mark of Merln is set in a home on the imaginary "Pull-In Point Road", overlooking Nauset Beach.
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Wikidata Q49322186, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3 m
How to reach it
- 3.5 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Nauset Beach: 0.1 mi
- Herring Pond Beach: 3.7 mi
- Rock Harbor Beach: 3.8 mi
- Coast Guard Beach: 4.0 mi
- First Encounter Beach: 4.1 mi
- Dean Property: 0.2 mi
- Hannum Property: 0.4 mi
- Nickerson Home: 0.4 mi
- Nickerson Home: 0.4 mi
- Pochet Creek footbridge: 0.5 mi
- Windmill Park: 2.5 mi
- Eldredge Park: 2.7 mi
- Windmill Green: 3.6 mi
- Wiley Park: 4.4 mi
- Three Sisters of Nauset: 5.1 mi
- Fort Hill: 2.5 mi
- Skiff Hill: 2.8 mi
- Mill Hill: 3.4 mi
- Nauset Beach Dunes: 4.6 mi
- Grassy Nook: 5.0 mi
- Jeremiah's Gutter: 2.6 mi
- Capped Foundation of Former Gunn Dairy Barn: 2.6 mi
- Eastham Train Depot and Water Tower: 3.8 mi
- Coast Guard Motor Life Boat CG36500: 3.8 mi
- Battle of Orleans Massachusetts 1814: 3.8 mi
- French Cable Station Museum: 2.7 mi
- French Cable Station Museum: 2.7 mi
- Eastham 1869 Schoolhouse Museum: 4.1 mi
- Chatham Marconi Maritime Center: 6.2 mi
- Chatham Shark Center: 6.4 mi
- The Catch: 2.7 mi
- Chime: 7.2 mi
- The Great Green Whale: 19.9 mi
- James Otis Jr.: 19.9 mi
- Mercy Otis Warren: 19.9 mi
- Jonathan Young Windmill: 2.5 mi
- Penniman House: 2.7 mi
- Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat CG 36500: 3.8 mi
- Fish Pier Observation Deck: 6.9 mi
- Stick'n Rudder Aero Tours: 7.4 mi
- truck pull-off: 5.2 mi
- truck pull-off: 7.2 mi
- truck pull-off: 8.6 mi
- truck pull-off: 12.0 mi
- rest area: 13.8 mi
- Nauset Light: 5.1 mi
- Keeper's House: 5.1 mi
- Oil House: 5.1 mi
- U.S. Coast Guard Station: 8.0 mi
- Oil House: 8.0 mi
- Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 7.3 mi
- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 21.7 mi
- Suzanne's Garden: 22.4 mi
- PAAM Sculpture Garden: 22.4 mi
- Top of Eroding Coastal Bank (Spring 2025): 9.1 mi
- Indian Neck: 9.7 mi
- Salten Point: 19.9 mi
- Fullers Point: 23.6 mi
- Picnick Area: 4.7 mi
- Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 8.5 mi
- Long Point: 20.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Nauset Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park Hill | WSW 249° | 165 m | 5.5 mi |
| Signal Hill | WSW 254° | 60 m | 13.3 mi |
| Clay Hill | WSW 252° | 58 m | 22.9 mi |
| Black Ball Hill | WSW 253° | 45 m | 13.7 mi |
| Mill Hill | WSW 257° | 41 m | 3.4 mi |
| The Highlands | NNW 340° | 41 m | 18.6 mi |
| Green Hill | NNW 341° | 38 m | 16.7 mi |
| Scorton Hill | W 259° | 35 m | 24.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 19:37 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:02 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 15:28 | 16:13 |
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 | 32 | 33 | 38 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 71 | 71 | 64 | 54 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chatham Muni AP, 8 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Pleasant Bay, MA, 4 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358275409
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