Sandy Beach
Sandy Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 33 m. Old Wolf Hill stands 371 m to the west-northwest, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is West Street Common, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Route 112 Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 33 m
How to reach it
- 13.2 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
- 15.4 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 17.6 mi off the Mohawk Trail - MA, National
- 21.5 mi off the Lost Villages Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 2 mi
- view to west · 21 mi
- Kiwanis Point · 22 mi
- Dam Overlook Observation Platform · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Nibble Hill: 1.8 mi
- Mount Holyoke: 2.1 mi
- Round Hill: 2.3 mi
- Mount Hitchcock: 3.2 mi
- Baker Hill: 3.5 mi
- Sheldon Field: 1.3 mi
- Elwell State Park: 1.5 mi
- Agnes Fox Field: 2.0 mi
- Pulaski Park: 2.1 mi
- Veterans Field: 2.3 mi
- Daley and Halligan Memorial Stone: 2.8 mi
- Erie Ruins: 3.7 mi
- Eyrie House: 3.7 mi
- DonaldCurtis Workshop: 3.8 mi
- Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 5.0 mi
- Hadley Farm Museum: 0.9 mi
- Historic Northampton: 1.7 mi
- Smith College Museum of Art: 2.2 mi
- Hatfield Historical Museum: 2.7 mi
- Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art: 3.3 mi
- West Street Common: 0.6 mi
- Rainbow Beach Natural Heritage Area: 0.7 mi
- Rainbow Beach Conservation Area: 0.8 mi
- Hadley Water Department Land: 0.9 mi
- Sheperds Island: 1.0 mi
- Phoenix Garden: 1.6 mi
- Capen Garden: 2.2 mi
- Rock Garden: 2.4 mi
- Systematics Garden: 2.4 mi
- Ruth Brown Richardson border: 2.4 mi
- C3: 1.9 mi
- Graffiti Wall: 3.3 mi
- Robert Frost: 4.9 mi
- John Calipari: 5.2 mi
- Marcus Camby: 5.2 mi
- War Memorial Pool: 5.4 mi
- Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: 8.7 mi
- World War II Tank: 12.7 mi
- Timber Frame: 13.5 mi
- Historic Deerfield Walking Tour: 14.9 mi
- Titans Piazza: 2.7 mi
- Roaring Falls: 11.6 mi
- Indian Leap: 13.1 mi
- Pigpen Ledges: 14.7 mi
- Mormon Hollow: 17.8 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 2.0 mi
- David Musante Beach: 5.9 mi
- Puffers Pond North Beach: 7.1 mi
- Puffers Pond South Beach: 7.1 mi
- Haviland Pond Beach: 12.6 mi
- Goldmine Brook Falls: 17.8 mi
- Glendale Falls: 18.9 mi
- Bear's Den Falls: 20.0 mi
- Hobo Falls: 24.5 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 13.2 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 20.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.8 miles of Sandy Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Wolf Hill | WNW 287° | 371 m | 8.4 mi |
| Mount Tom | SSW 203° | 363 m | 6.7 mi |
| Hanging Mountain | W 274° | 361 m | 8.6 mi |
| Petticoat Hill | WNW 295° | 359 m | 8.3 mi |
| Mount Norwottock | ESE 112° | 337 m | 4.7 mi |
| Deadtop | SSW 204° | 333 m | 5.9 mi |
| Unquomonk Hill | WNW 294° | 330 m | 7.9 mi |
| Scott Hill | WNW 299° | 313 m | 8.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:36 | 16:22 |
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 | 24 | 26 | 35 | 46 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Amherst, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358270519
Day trips start here
- Hadley · 1 mi
- Northampton · 2 mi
- Pioneer Valley · 2 mi
- Amherst · 5 mi
- South Hadley · 5 mi
- Holyoke · 9 mi
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