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Old Garden Beach

Old Garden Beach, a beach in Massachusetts
Old Garden Beach, a beach in MassachusettsCos · CC BY-SA 4.0

Old Garden Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 9 m. Mount Ann stands 78 m to the west-southwest, 7.0 miles off. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 4.8 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
9 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.65827, -70.60725

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Old Garden Beach: 0.1 mi
  • The Headlands: 0.2 mi
  • Star Island Park: 0.3 mi
  • Harvey Park: 0.4 mi
  • Inner Harbor Park: 0.4 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Motif #1: 0.4 mi
  • The Paper House: 1.7 mi
  • Whale's Jaw: 2.1 mi
  • Peter's Pulpit: 2.3 mi
  • Prosperity Follows Service: 2.6 mi
Beaches
Peaks
  • High Rock: 1.3 mi
  • Pool Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Pigeon Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Great Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Nugent Boulders: 2.3 mi
Historic sites
Museums: 56
Gardens: 43
  • Cold Frames: 8.8 mi
  • Formal Garden: 9.0 mi
  • Rose Garden: 9.0 mi
  • Bushee Garden: 14.4 mi
  • Range Light Sculpture Garden: 16.8 mi
Artworks: 36
  • Fitz Hugh Lane: 4.2 mi
  • Fishermen's Wives Memorial: 4.8 mi
  • Winslow II: 16.3 mi
  • Osprey: Pandion Haliaetus: 16.8 mi
  • Sparrows: 16.9 mi
Cliffs: 17
Lighthouses: 14
Rest areas: 5
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 20.8 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 20.9 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 23.0 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Southbound: 23.3 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 23.5 mi
Springs: 2
  • Rail Spring: 15.4 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 22.7 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 24.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Old Garden Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AnnWSW 243°78 m7.0 mi
Red RockWSW 245°70 m6.8 mi
Pool HillW 266°66 m1.4 mi
Morse HillWSW 243°62 m8.7 mi
Pigeon HillNW 312°61 m1.5 mi
Browns HillWSW 256°61 m12.6 mi
Bush HillW 275°61 m12.8 mi
Long HillSW 234°60 m8.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1718:55
June solstice05:0519:4220:25
September equinox06:3018:0418:42
December solstice07:1015:2716:12

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272835455564706962514133
Precip in3.73.64.64.23.54.03.43.43.85.04.04.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beverly, 13 mi away.

Mean tidal range 8.7 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358274947

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