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Parkwood Beach

Parkwood Beach from directly overhead

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

Coordinates41.74372, -70.70476

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Peaks
  • 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
Museums: 60
Parks
  • 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
Historic sites: 60
Attractions: 36
  • 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
Cliffs: 19
Artworks: 18
Gardens: 18
  • 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
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 6
  • 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
Picnic sites: 2
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 6.0 mi
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 7.7 mi
Springs: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Manomet HillNNE 25°114 m14.0 mi
Pine HillsNNE 24°95 m14.6 mi
Pine HillESE 109°93 m7.6 mi
Telegraph HillE 94°85 m11.3 mi
Flatrock HillE 85°82 m8.6 mi
Avery HillE 96°80 m7.6 mi
Discovery HillE 96°77 m12.3 mi
Deer Horn HillSE 134°71 m8.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1818:55
June solstice05:0919:4020:22
September equinox06:3118:0518:42
December solstice07:0715:3116:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303137465766737164544436
Precip in4.23.75.64.63.83.73.13.64.55.04.55.0

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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358280117

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