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Riverhead Beach

Riverhead Beach, a beach in Massachusetts
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Riverhead Beach, a beach in Massachusetts
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Riverhead Beach, a beach in Massachusetts
bynyalcin · CC BY 3.0
Riverhead Beach, a beach in Massachusetts
bynyalcin · CC BY 3.0
Riverhead Beach, a beach in Massachusetts
bynyalcin · CC BY 3.0

Riverhead Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 5 m. Burrill Hill stands 87 m to the west, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Seaside Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.

About

The story

beach in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States

Wikidata Q49324507, matched on coordinates and name (50 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Elevation
5 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.49213, -70.85501

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Seaside Park: 0.2 mi
  • William I Hammond Park: 0.4 mi
  • Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
  • Washington Square: 0.7 mi
  • Crocker Park: 0.8 mi
Beaches
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums
Peaks
  • Burial Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Coddon Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Legg Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Vinnin Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Gallows Hill: 3.5 mi
Gardens
  • Pickman Park Community Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Salem Community Gardens: 2.3 mi
  • Ropes Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Community Gardens: 7.8 mi
  • Herb Garden: 8.0 mi
Attractions
Cliffs: 51
Picnic sites: 22
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 17.2 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 17.6 mi
  • Oak Lea: 17.6 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 17.7 mi
Lighthouses: 20
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 18.2 mi
  • Rock Falls: 21.5 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 24.4 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Commissioners Landing: 14.5 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 24.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 24.3 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 24.5 mi
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 13.3 mi
  • Rail Spring: 18.6 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 22.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Riverhead Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Burrill HillW 269°87 m6.7 mi
Mount GileadW 269°77 m7.1 mi
Mount HermonW 273°76 m6.3 mi
Mount MoriahW 265°74 m7.3 mi
Weetamoo CliffW 274°68 m7.2 mi
Fuller HillW 268°68 m7.5 mi
Prospect HillW 275°63 m5.8 mi
Mount SpickettW 273°62 m6.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0719:4220:25
September equinox06:3118:0618:43
December solstice07:1115:2816:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272935455564716963524233
Precip in3.83.54.74.33.54.13.53.33.65.04.14.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marblehead, under a mile away.

Tides

Mean tidal range 8.93 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Salem, Salem Harbor, MA, 2 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/82003921

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