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Pleasant Beach

Pleasant Beach from directly overhead

Pleasant Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Prospect Hill stands 72 m to the south-southwest, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Scott's Shore, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 14 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
0 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.26066, -70.81060

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Wadleigh Park: 0.8 mi
  • Wheelwright Park: 1.0 mi
  • John Paul Lyon Square: 1.1 mi
  • Herman E. Daley Square: 1.1 mi
  • Cohasset Town Common: 1.1 mi
Peaks
  • Green Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Deer Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Kent Rocks: 1.8 mi
  • Bear Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Center Hill: 1.8 mi
Gardens
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions
  • South Shore Model Railroad Club: 5.5 mi
  • Mann Farmhouse: 6.5 mi
  • Herring Run: 6.8 mi
  • South Shore Natural Science Center: 7.0 mi
  • House Rock: 7.6 mi
Cliffs: 46
Picnic sites: 21
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 9.4 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 10.3 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 14.5 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 14.6 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 5
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 10.0 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 10.0 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 15.0 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 18.0 mi
  • Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 23.7 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 18.6 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 13.6 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 19.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Pleasant Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillSSW 207°72 m5.2 mi
Judges HillS 187°71 m4.8 mi
Mount BlueS 190°66 m5.1 mi
Black Pond HillS 177°64 m5.5 mi
Penns HillW 260°61 m9.6 mi
Otis HillS 187°58 m5.7 mi
Paradise HillS 181°58 m6.8 mi
Marshfield HillsSSE 163°58 m9.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0819:4120:24
September equinox06:3118:0518:42
December solstice07:1015:2916:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238485867737265544435
Precip in4.54.05.44.63.84.03.63.83.95.24.45.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hingham, 6 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Cohasset Harbor (White Head), MA, 2 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358273556

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