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Salt Box Beach

Salt Box Beach from directly overhead

Salt Box Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 9 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the northeast, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Wilbur Preserve North, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 2.9 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

beach in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States

Wikidata Q49324562, matched on coordinates and name (12 m apart).

What the record says

Elevation
9 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.67844, -70.17030

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Beaches
Parks
  • Bass River Park: 1.0 mi
  • Bass River Park: 1.0 mi
  • Bass River Park: 1.0 mi
  • Wings Grove Beach & Park: 1.1 mi
  • Wings Grove Beach & Park: 1.2 mi
Peaks: 56
  • German hill: 2.2 mi
  • Hokum Rock: 3.7 mi
  • Black Ball Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Signal Hill: 3.9 mi
Historic sites: 38
  • Carroll A. DeSilver: 2.3 mi
  • Eagle Point: 4.7 mi
  • Baxter Grist Mill: 4.9 mi
  • Sachem Iyanough: 6.1 mi
  • John F Kennedy Memorial: 6.1 mi
Museums: 37
Attractions: 19
Gardens: 13
  • Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 7.5 mi
  • Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 16.0 mi
  • Mashpee Community Garden: 16.3 mi
  • Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 16.7 mi
  • McInnes Garden: 17.9 mi
Rest areas: 11
  • rest area: 1.1 mi
  • truck pull-off: 1.5 mi
  • truck pull-off: 2.3 mi
  • truck pull-off: 3.6 mi
  • truck pull-off: 5.8 mi
Artworks: 9
Cliffs: 9
Lighthouses: 6
Picnic sites: 4
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
  • Picnick Area: 9.7 mi
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 21.2 mi
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 22.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Salt Box Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillNE 52°165 m8.9 mi
Pine HillW 276°93 m20.5 mi
Telegraph HillWNW 283°85 m16.7 mi
Flatrock HillWNW 286°82 m19.7 mi
Avery HillW 281°80 m20.3 mi
Discovery HillWNW 282°77 m15.7 mi
Deer Horn HillW 267°71 m21.6 mi
Discovery HillWNW 286°61 m20.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1618:53
June solstice05:0719:3720:19
September equinox06:2918:0318:40
December solstice07:0515:2916:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313137455564717164544537
Precip in3.83.74.34.13.53.32.83.43.94.74.04.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W Harwich, 3 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station South Yarmouth, Bass River, MA, 1 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358275699

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