Orchard Beach
Orchard Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of -1 m. Chickatawbut Hill stands 156 m to the south-southwest, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Moon Island Flume Pilings, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 4.4 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 4.4 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 10.5 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 25.8 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 5 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 22 mi
- Lookout Point · 26 mi
- Eagle Rock · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Moon Island Flume Pilings: 0.4 mi
- Myles Standish cairn: 0.5 mi
- Moon Island Sewage Facility: 0.9 mi
- Moswetuset Hummock Historical Marker: 1.0 mi
- Naval Air Station Squantum Ammunition Bunkers: 1.2 mi
- Nickerson Beach: 0.5 mi
- Wollaston Beach: 1.2 mi
- Wollaston Beach: 1.3 mi
- Tenean Beach: 1.9 mi
- Norton Road Beach: 2.6 mi
- Nickerson Rock Park: 0.5 mi
- Moon Island: 0.9 mi
- Quincy Navy Park at Squantum: 1.2 mi
- Irving B. Patten Park: 1.3 mi
- Wollaston Beach Playground: 1.5 mi
- The Lone Sailor: 1.2 mi
- Sunflowers for Vincent: 2.2 mi
- Constitution Common: 2.9 mi
- John Adams: 3.2 mi
- Edward Everett Statue: 3.2 mi
- Josiah Quincy House: 1.8 mi
- Commonwealth Museum: 1.9 mi
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum: 1.9 mi
- Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate: 2.0 mi
- Pierce House: 2.5 mi
- Quincy Shore Reservation: 2.0 mi
- Furnace Brook Parkway: 2.4 mi
- Furnace Brook Parkway: 2.6 mi
- Furnace Brook Parkway: 2.8 mi
- Neponset River Reservation: 2.9 mi
- Savin Hill: 2.4 mi
- Popes Hill: 2.5 mi
- Mount Wollaston: 2.7 mi
- Meeting House Hill: 2.9 mi
- Forbes Hill: 3.0 mi
- Columbia Point Community Garden: 2.5 mi
- Fanny Lou Hamer Community Garden: 3.3 mi
- Audrey Jacobs Memorial Community Garden: 3.5 mi
- Monadnock Street Garden: 3.5 mi
- Bullard Community garden: 3.5 mi
- United First Parish Church: 3.2 mi
- John Adams Birthplace: 4.0 mi
- John Quincy Adams Birthplace: 4.0 mi
- Wildebeest: 4.2 mi
- Hartmann's Mountain Zebra: 4.2 mi
- Moon Head: 1.1 mi
- Pererea Point: 1.6 mi
- West Head: 1.8 mi
- Nut Island: 2.9 mi
- Houghs Neck Great Hill: 3.2 mi
- Babcock Arboretum: 1.8 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 4.2 mi
- Pine Knoll: 4.3 mi
- Oak Lea: 4.3 mi
- Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
- Boathouse: 6.2 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 6.2 mi
- Oil Shed: 6.3 mi
- Boston Light: 6.3 mi
- Rainshed: 6.3 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 5.4 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 9.6 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 16.9 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 16.9 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 24.3 mi
- Rock Falls: 6.7 mi
- Cascade Falls: 10.8 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 6.9 mi
- Quarry Spring: 10.8 mi
- Haywardville: 12.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.0 miles of Orchard Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chickatawbut Hill | SSW 209° | 156 m | 5.9 mi |
| Fenno Peak | SSW 208° | 151 m | 5.9 mi |
| Buck Hill | SSW 212° | 151 m | 6.7 mi |
| Nahanton Hill | SSW 207° | 145 m | 5.7 mi |
| Kitchamakin Hill | SSW 207° | 133 m | 5.8 mi |
| Hawk Hill | SSW 207° | 120 m | 6.5 mi |
| Wampatuck Hill | SSW 203° | 103 m | 5.1 mi |
| Fox Hill | SSW 206° | 95 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:42 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:30 | 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 | 30 | 32 | 38 | 49 | 58 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boston, 4 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Moon Head, MA, 1 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/282534384
Day trips start here
- Boston/Dorchester · 3 mi
- Boston Harbor Islands · 3 mi
- Boston/South Boston · 3 mi
- Quincy · 3 mi
- Boston · 5 mi
- Boston/Back Bay-Beacon Hill · 5 mi
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