Parkwood Beach
Parkwood Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Manomet Hill stands 114 m to the north-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Standish Shores Preserve, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 11 miles off.
The story
beach in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States
Wikidata Q49322463, joined on its GNIS feature id.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3 m
How to reach it
- 10.9 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
- 29.5 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
- 29.3 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Standish Shores Preserve: 0.3 mi
- Standish Shores Preserve: 0.3 mi
- Standish Shores Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Standish Shores Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Standish Shores Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Minot Forest Beach: 0.6 mi
- Swifts Neck Association: 0.6 mi
- Swifts Beach: 0.8 mi
- Cedar Island: 1.3 mi
- Little Harbor Beach: 2.0 mi
- Wankinco Neck: 0.8 mi
- Brandy Hill: 1.2 mi
- Great Hill: 2.6 mi
- Lincoln Hill: 2.7 mi
- Tempes Knob: 2.7 mi
- Captain John Kendrick Maritime: 0.9 mi
- Kendrick House Museum: 1.6 mi
- Bourne Historical Society: 5.6 mi
- Saconesset Homestead and Museum: 10.1 mi
- Sandwich Glass Museum: 10.6 mi
- Mary Besse Park and Pier: 1.0 mi
- Wing Park: 1.9 mi
- Mary Besse Park: 2.0 mi
- Longwood Park: 2.1 mi
- Longwood Park: 2.1 mi
- Maritime Park: 4.2 mi
- Delano Memorial: 5.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 5.3 mi
- Sagamore Hill Trail: 9.9 mi
- Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: 10.6 mi
- Herring Run: 7.6 mi
- Butterflies of Cape Cod: 7.7 mi
- Edaville: 8.0 mi
- Green Briar Jam Kitchen: 12.2 mi
- The Green Briar Nature Center: 12.2 mi
- Hog Island: 3.8 mi
- The Cliffs: 4.1 mi
- Falmouth Cliffs: 9.0 mi
- Peaked Cliff: 9.7 mi
- Lookout Point: 10.7 mi
- Merchant Marine Memorial: 4.2 mi
- Tree of Bike: 8.1 mi
- The Pilgrim Maiden: 14.8 mi
- William Bradford Statue: 14.9 mi
- Massasoit: 14.9 mi
- Donald Marvin Daylily Garden: 10.2 mi
- Cape Cod Hydrangea Society Display Garden: 10.2 mi
- Hart Family Maze Garden: 10.2 mi
- North American Hydrangea Test Garden: 10.3 mi
- Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 10.3 mi
- Clark's Point Light: 14.5 mi
- Nobska Point Light: 16.0 mi
- Plymouth Light: 18.7 mi
- Pumphouse: 18.8 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 18.9 mi
- Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 5.5 mi
- Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 13.5 mi
- truck pull-off: 15.5 mi
- truck pull-off: 15.7 mi
- Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 21.8 mi
- Bourne Recreation Area: 6.0 mi
- Herring Run Recreational Area: 7.7 mi
- Crystal Spring: 7.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.0 miles of Parkwood Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manomet Hill | NNE 25° | 114 m | 14.0 mi |
| Pine Hills | NNE 24° | 95 m | 14.6 mi |
| Pine Hill | ESE 109° | 93 m | 7.6 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | E 94° | 85 m | 11.3 mi |
| Flatrock Hill | E 85° | 82 m | 8.6 mi |
| Avery Hill | E 96° | 80 m | 7.6 mi |
| Discovery Hill | E 96° | 77 m | 12.3 mi |
| Deer Horn Hill | SE 134° | 71 m | 8.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:40 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:05 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 15:31 | 16:16 |
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 | 31 | 37 | 46 | 57 | 66 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.7 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Wareham, 2 mi away.
Mean tidal range 3.97 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Great Hill, MA, 2 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358280117
Day trips start here
- Wareham · 2 mi
- Marion · 4 mi
- Rochester · 6 mi
- Mattapoisett · 8 mi
- Carver · 10 mi
- SouthCoast · 10 mi
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