Quissett Beach
Quissett Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Peaked Hill stands 95 m to the south-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Trunk River Beach, a beach 0.1 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 17 miles off.
The story
beach in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States
Wikidata Q49324456, matched on coordinates and name (12 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2 m
How to reach it
- 16.9 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Trunk River Beach: 0.1 mi
- Trunk River Beach: 0.2 mi
- Falmouth Beach: 0.7 mi
- Surf Drive Beach: 0.9 mi
- Public Beach Quissett Harbor: 1.0 mi
- WHOI - Rose Garden: 0.5 mi
- Taft's Playground: 1.7 mi
- Falmouth Town Green: 1.7 mi
- Margaret E. Noonan Park: 1.8 mi
- Shiverick's Pond Pathway: 1.8 mi
- Salt Pond Frontage: 0.5 mi
- Salt Pond Frontage: 0.6 mi
- Surf Drive Beach Frontage: 0.6 mi
- Surf Drive Beach Frontage: 0.6 mi
- Salt Pond Frontage: 0.6 mi
- The Knob: 1.2 mi
- Nobska Hill: 1.5 mi
- Riddle Hill: 1.5 mi
- Swifts Hill: 2.3 mi
- Mount Sod: 3.2 mi
- Nobska Lighthouse: 1.5 mi
- Woods Holl: 1.7 mi
- Katharine Lee Bates: 1.8 mi
- Falmouth Police Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Soldiers Memorial: 6.9 mi
- Woods Hole Historical Museum: 1.7 mi
- Falmouth Museums on the Green: 1.7 mi
- Saconesset Homestead and Museum: 5.0 mi
- Old Schoolhouse Museum and Liberty Pole: 5.7 mi
- Martha's Vineyard Museum: 6.3 mi
- Falmouth Road Race Starting Line: 1.7 mi
- The Liberté: 1.8 mi
- Falmouth Road Race Finish Line: 2.3 mi
- Flying Horses Carousel: 6.8 mi
- Big Bridge: 9.5 mi
- Falmouth Heights: 1.1 mi
- Nobska Point: 3.2 mi
- Husselton Head: 5.0 mi
- Makonikey Head: 5.7 mi
- Falmouth Cliffs: 6.0 mi
- Spohr Public Gardens: 0.5 mi
- Garden of Our Lady: 1.7 mi
- Colonial Gardens: 1.8 mi
- Mashpee Community Garden: 11.2 mi
- Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 16.2 mi
- Helen Keller: 1.8 mi
- Whale Tail: 1.8 mi
- Rachel Carson: 1.8 mi
- Buddha: 7.9 mi
- Tree of Bike: 8.7 mi
- Nobska Point Light: 1.5 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 4.3 mi
- West Chop Light: 4.3 mi
- Keeper's House: 4.3 mi
- Oil House: 4.3 mi
- truck pull-off: 16.9 mi
- truck pull-off: 17.0 mi
- Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 17.0 mi
- Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 21.0 mi
- truck pull-off: 23.2 mi
- Bourne Recreation Area: 14.9 mi
- Herring Run Recreational Area: 17.0 mi
- Crystal Spring: 14.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.8 miles of Quissett Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peaked Hill | SSW 203° | 94.8 m | 13.3 mi |
| Pine Hill | NNE 18° | 93 m | 12.6 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | NNE 30° | 85 m | 15.9 mi |
| Flatrock Hill | NNE 19° | 82 m | 16.1 mi |
| Avery Hill | NNE 17° | 80 m | 14.3 mi |
| Prospect Hill | SSW 206° | 78 m | 12.9 mi |
| Discovery Hill | NE 34° | 77 m | 15.8 mi |
| Deer Horn Hill | NNE 17° | 71 m | 9.1 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 | 19:39 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:05 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 15:32 | 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 | 32 | 33 | 37 | 47 | 56 | 65 | 72 | 72 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woods Hole Golf Club, 1 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Little Harbor, MA, 2 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358274915
Day trips start here
- Mattapoisett · 12 mi
- Marion · 13 mi
- SouthCoast · 13 mi
- Rochester · 16 mi
- Wareham · 16 mi
- New Bedford · 17 mi
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