Quidnet Beach
Quidnet Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. Folger Hill stands 33 m to the southwest, 2.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Sesachacha Pond, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
beach in Nantucket County, Massachusetts, United States
Wikidata Q49324455, joined on its GNIS feature id.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Sesachacha Pond: 0.2 mi
- Cr #37: 0.6 mi
- Quidnet Road: 0.7 mi
- Squam Farm: 1.3 mi
- Windswept Cranberry Bog: 1.6 mi
- Siasconset Beach: 2.8 mi
- Low Beach: 3.5 mi
- Pebble Beach: 4.2 mi
- Coatue Beach: 4.4 mi
- Coskata Beach: 4.8 mi
- Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum: 3.7 mi
- Nantucket Whaling Museum: 6.5 mi
- Peter Foulger Museum: 6.6 mi
- Museum of African American History: 6.6 mi
- Quaker Meeting House: 6.6 mi
- Sankaty Head Historical Site: 1.2 mi
- Labyrinth Nantucket Land Bank: 5.8 mi
- Consue Springs: 6.4 mi
- Camp Richard: 6.5 mi
- Mill Hill Park: 6.8 mi
- Folger Hill: 2.3 mi
- Sauls Hills: 2.3 mi
- Cains Hill: 2.6 mi
- Macys Hill: 2.9 mi
- Shawkemo Hills: 3.9 mi
- Sankaty Head Light: 1.3 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Dwelling: 1.3 mi
- Soldier and Sailors Monument: 6.8 mi
- Abiah Folger Franklin Fountain: 7.9 mi
- Sankaty Head: 1.4 mi
- Squam Head: 1.5 mi
- Nantucket Cliffs: 7.4 mi
- Top of Eroding Coastal Bank (Spring 2025): 24.7 mi
- Hadwen House Gardens: 6.8 mi
- Oldest House Kitchen Garden: 6.9 mi
- Brant Point Light: 6.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Quidnet Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folger Hill | SW 233° | 33 m | 2.3 mi |
| Shawkemo Hills | WSW 252° | 26 m | 3.9 mi |
| Sauls Hills | SW 230° | 23 m | 2.3 mi |
| Popsquatchet Hills | WSW 258° | 22 m | 7.3 mi |
| Macys Hill | WSW 244° | 19 m | 2.9 mi |
| Fudge Hill | WSW 258° | 18 m | 4.4 mi |
| Swain Hill | W 263° | 16 m | 8.7 mi |
| Trots Hills | W 263° | 16 m | 9.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:35 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:03 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 15:30 | 16:14 |
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 | 33 | 34 | 38 | 46 | 54 | 62 | 69 | 69 | 64 | 55 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nantucket MEM AP, 5 mi away.
Mean tidal range 3.03 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station NANTUCKET, MA, 6 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358279623
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