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Post Island Beach

Post Island Beach from directly overhead

Post Island Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Chickatawbut Hill stands 156 m to the west-southwest, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Heron Beach, a beach 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 7.1 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.26376, -70.97540

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
  • Heron Beach: 0.2 mi
  • Shea Beach: 0.2 mi
  • Back Beach: 0.4 mi
  • Norton Road Beach: 0.5 mi
  • Rhoda Beach: 0.7 mi
Parks
  • O'Hara Circle: 0.2 mi
  • Baker Beach Salt Marsh: 0.5 mi
  • Nancy McArdle Park: 0.6 mi
  • Snug Harbor Playground: 0.7 mi
  • Mound Street Field & Beach: 0.8 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Attractions
Artworks
  • Abigail Adams: 1.7 mi
  • John Adams: 1.7 mi
  • John Hancock: 1.7 mi
  • Constitution Common: 1.8 mi
  • The Lone Sailor: 3.7 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Gardens
  • Braintree Community Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Columbia Point Community Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Fanny Lou Hamer Community Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Wheatland Avenue Community Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Spencer Street Community Garden: 5.5 mi
Cliffs: 46
Picnic sites: 21
  • Babcock Arboretum: 1.9 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 6.4 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 6.5 mi
  • Oak Lea: 6.5 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 6
  • Commissioners Landing: 8.2 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 9.9 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 14.1 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 14.1 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 23.5 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 13.6 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 6.0 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 13.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.2 miles of Post Island Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chickatawbut HillWSW 237°156 m5.3 mi
Hancock HillWSW 243°155 m6.9 mi
Fenno PeakSW 236°151 m5.2 mi
Buck HillWSW 236°151 m6.1 mi
Nahanton HillWSW 237°145 m5.0 mi
Hemenway HillWSW 244°140 m7.1 mi
Kitchamakin HillSW 236°133 m5.1 mi
Tucker HillWSW 238°133 m6.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0819:4220:25
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1015:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °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, 4 mi away.

Tides

Mean tidal range 9.56 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Weymouth Fore River Bridge, MA, 1 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29691729

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