Nauset Light Beach
Nauset Light Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the south-southwest, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Nauset Light, a lighthouse 0.1 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 6.2 miles off. 41 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Nauset Light Beach is a one-mile-long beach on the east coast of outer Cape Cod in Eastham, Massachusetts. It is part of Cape Cod National Seashore. Historic Nauset Light, which visitors can tour, is just inland from the beach. It is one mile north from Coast Guard Beach. The beach is backed by massive sand dunes which results in steep stairs down to the beautiful sandy beach. It is a very popular beach (the parking lot can fill by 10 a.m.) and often has large waves great for surfing and bodyboarding. Restrooms and bathhouse are open seasonally.
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How to reach it
- 6.2 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Coast Guard Beach: 1.0 mi
- Marconi Beach: 2.3 mi
- Wiley Park Beach: 2.9 mi
- Campground Beach: 2.9 mi
- Cooks Brook Beach: 2.9 mi
- Three Sisters of Nauset: 0.3 mi
- Windmill Green: 2.3 mi
- Mill Field: 2.8 mi
- Wiley Park: 2.8 mi
- Windmill Park: 4.8 mi
- Cook / Hake Cr: 1.3 mi
- Weiler Land: 1.5 mi
- Stoehr & Nicholsa Land: 1.6 mi
- Hollis Cr: 2.1 mi
- Krogmans Pond Property: 2.1 mi
- Skiff Hill: 2.6 mi
- Fort Hill: 2.9 mi
- Mill Hill: 6.3 mi
- Cannon Hill: 6.6 mi
- Tawasentha Hill: 6.8 mi
- Eastham Train Depot and Water Tower: 2.5 mi
- Capped Foundation of Former Gunn Dairy Barn: 2.8 mi
- Jeremiah's Gutter: 4.6 mi
- Coast Guard Motor Life Boat CG36500: 5.0 mi
- Battle of Orleans Massachusetts 1814: 5.0 mi
- Eastham 1869 Schoolhouse Museum: 1.8 mi
- French Cable Station Museum: 5.3 mi
- Wellfleet Historical Society Museum: 6.8 mi
- Atwood-Higgins House: 8.6 mi
- Cobb House Museum: 9.7 mi
- Chime: 2.8 mi
- The Catch: 5.6 mi
- They Also Faced the Sea: 17.7 mi
- Homage to the Fishermen (1989): 17.9 mi
- Bubbles the Humpback: 17.9 mi
- Penniman House: 2.9 mi
- Jonathan Young Windmill: 4.8 mi
- Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat CG 36500: 5.0 mi
- Brewster Historical Society Windmill Village: 11.4 mi
- Fish Pier Observation Deck: 11.8 mi
- Nauset Light: 0.1 mi
- U.S. Coast Guard Station: 13.0 mi
- Chatham Light: 13.0 mi
- Highland/Cape Cod Light: 13.7 mi
- Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 2.8 mi
- Suzanne's Garden: 17.9 mi
- PAAM Sculpture Garden: 18.0 mi
- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 23.9 mi
- Indian Neck: 5.2 mi
- Top of Eroding Coastal Bank (Spring 2025): 14.0 mi
- Salten Point: 21.0 mi
- Fullers Point: 24.1 mi
- Picnick Area: 7.5 mi
- Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
- truck pull-off: 8.8 mi
- Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 21.1 mi
- Long Point: 16.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Nauset Light Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park Hill | SSW 212° | 165 m | 8.2 mi |
| Signal Hill | SW 234° | 60 m | 14.7 mi |
| Clay Hill | WSW 240° | 58 m | 24.1 mi |
| Black Ball Hill | SW 234° | 45 m | 15.2 mi |
| Mill Hill | SSW 204° | 41 m | 6.3 mi |
| The Highlands | NNW 336° | 41 m | 13.7 mi |
| Green Hill | NNW 337° | 38 m | 11.7 mi |
| Scorton Hill | WSW 247° | 35 m | 24.8 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 | 16:12 |
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, 12 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Wellfleet, MA, 7 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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