Rock Harbor Beach
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Rock Harbor Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the south-southwest, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Battle of Orleans Massachusetts 1814, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 1.5 miles off. 43 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Beach in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.
Wikidata Q49324512, joined on its GNIS feature id.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3 m
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Skaket Beach: 0.5 mi
- First Encounter Beach: 1.3 mi
- Crosby Landing Beach: 1.7 mi
- Herring Pond Beach: 1.9 mi
- Herring Brook Beach: 2.1 mi
- Windmill Park: 1.4 mi
- Eldredge Park: 1.6 mi
- Cape Cod Sea Camps: 2.4 mi
- Wiley Park: 2.4 mi
- Town of Brewster vacant structure: 2.5 mi
- Rock Harbor Marsh: 0.0 mi
- Beals Cr: 0.4 mi
- Donham Property: 0.4 mi
- Vankeuren & Feldman Land: 0.4 mi
- Proctor Property: 0.5 mi
- Mill Hill: 1.7 mi
- Tawasentha Hill: 1.8 mi
- Fort Hill: 2.7 mi
- Skiff Hill: 2.8 mi
- Deer Park Hill: 3.2 mi
- Battle of Orleans Massachusetts 1814: 0.0 mi
- Coast Guard Motor Life Boat CG36500: 0.0 mi
- Jeremiah's Gutter: 1.3 mi
- Eastham Train Depot and Water Tower: 2.5 mi
- Capped Foundation of Former Gunn Dairy Barn: 2.7 mi
- French Cable Station Museum: 1.4 mi
- Eastham 1869 Schoolhouse Museum: 3.2 mi
- Cobb House Museum: 4.9 mi
- Cape Cod Museum of Natural History: 6.4 mi
- Stony Brook Grist Mill & Museum: 6.6 mi
- The Catch: 1.6 mi
- Chime: 5.7 mi
- James Otis Jr.: 16.7 mi
- Mercy Otis Warren: 16.7 mi
- The Great Green Whale: 17.2 mi
- Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat CG 36500: 0.0 mi
- Jonathan Young Windmill: 1.3 mi
- Penniman House: 2.6 mi
- Brewster Historical Society Windmill Village: 6.6 mi
- Fish Pier Observation Deck: 8.3 mi
- Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 5.7 mi
- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 19.0 mi
- PAAM Sculpture Garden: 19.8 mi
- Suzanne's Garden: 19.8 mi
- Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 24.0 mi
- Nauset Light: 5.1 mi
- U.S. Coast Guard Station: 9.4 mi
- Chatham Light: 9.4 mi
- Highland/Cape Cod Light: 16.8 mi
- Indian Neck: 7.7 mi
- Top of Eroding Coastal Bank (Spring 2025): 10.2 mi
- Salten Point: 16.6 mi
- Fullers Point: 20.1 mi
- Picnick Area: 2.5 mi
- Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 8.8 mi
- truck pull-off: 4.0 mi
- Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 16.4 mi
- Long Point: 17.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rock Harbor Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park Hill | SSW 206° | 165 m | 3.2 mi |
| Discovery Hill | WSW 258° | 77 m | 24.2 mi |
| Signal Hill | WSW 243° | 60 m | 10.1 mi |
| Clay Hill | WSW 246° | 58 m | 19.7 mi |
| Black Ball Hill | WSW 243° | 45 m | 10.5 mi |
| Mill Hill | SSE 167° | 41 m | 1.7 mi |
| The Highlands | N 351° | 41 m | 16.8 mi |
| Green Hill | N 354° | 38 m | 15.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 19:37 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:02 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 15:28 | 16:13 |
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 | 38 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 71 | 71 | 64 | 54 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chatham Muni AP, 8 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Pleasant Bay, MA, 5 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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