Saquish Beach
Saquish Beach is a beach, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Manomet Hill stands 114 m to the south-southeast, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Plum Hills, a peak 0.8 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 18 miles off.
The story
Beach in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States.
Wikidata Q49324633, joined on its GNIS feature id.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 0 m
What to expect
- Step-free access
- Limited
How to reach it
- 18.0 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Plum Hills: 0.8 mi
- Captains Hill: 3.4 mi
- Hardin Hill: 3.5 mi
- Coles Hill: 3.9 mi
- Burying Hill: 4.1 mi
- Hunt Park: 3.0 mi
- Nelson Street Park: 3.7 mi
- Holmes Field: 3.7 mi
- Fishermans Memorial Park: 3.8 mi
- Pilgrim Memorial State Park: 3.8 mi
- Captain's Flats: 2.4 mi
- Plymouth Beach: 2.6 mi
- Standish Shore: 2.8 mi
- Shipyard Lane Beach: 3.2 mi
- Stephens Field Beach: 3.9 mi
- Windsor House Museum: 3.7 mi
- Duxbury Rural & Historical Society: 3.7 mi
- King Caesar House: 3.8 mi
- Edward Winslow House Museum: 3.9 mi
- Traylor Trask Museum: 3.9 mi
- Plymouth Long Beach: 2.5 mi
- Duxbury Beach Reservation: 2.7 mi
- Brewster Woods: 3.0 mi
- Myles Standish Monument State Reservation: 3.5 mi
- Town Green: 3.5 mi
- Pilgrim Mother Statue: 3.8 mi
- William Bradford Statue: 3.9 mi
- Massasoit: 3.9 mi
- The Pilgrim Maiden: 4.0 mi
- Myles Standish Legs: 11.7 mi
- Myles Standish Cellar Hole: 2.9 mi
- Myles Standish Monument: 3.4 mi
- Plymouth Rock: 3.8 mi
- National Monument to the Forefathers: 4.2 mi
- Town of Marshfield Veterans Honor Roll: 8.1 mi
- Hart Family Maze Garden: 18.4 mi
- The McGraw Family Garden of the Senses: 18.4 mi
- Donald Marvin Daylily Garden: 18.4 mi
- North American Hydrangea Test Garden: 18.5 mi
- Cape Cod Hydrangea Society Display Garden: 18.5 mi
- Mayflower II: 3.7 mi
- Mayflower Experience: 3.7 mi
- Pembroke Herring Run: 10.6 mi
- Edaville: 13.3 mi
- Mann Farmhouse: 14.0 mi
- High Cliff: 3.6 mi
- Fourth Cliff: 11.8 mi
- Lookout Point: 12.3 mi
- Third Cliff: 13.2 mi
- Peaked Cliff: 14.0 mi
- Herring Run Recreational Area: 16.1 mi
- Bourne Recreation Area: 17.8 mi
- Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 20.6 mi
- Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 20.6 mi
- Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 5.1 mi
- Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 15.4 mi
- truck pull-off: 23.0 mi
- Plymouth Light: 0.9 mi
- Pumphouse: 0.9 mi
- Long Point: 22.9 mi
- Rock Falls: 24.0 mi
- Crystal Spring: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Saquish Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manomet Hill | SSE 165° | 114 m | 5.4 mi |
| Pine Hills | SSE 162° | 95 m | 4.9 mi |
| Monks Hill | WSW 242° | 83 m | 6.1 mi |
| Carolina Hill | NW 326° | 77 m | 10.2 mi |
| Flagg Hill | S 190° | 64 m | 7.8 mi |
| Black Pond Hill | NW 322° | 64 m | 15.6 mi |
| Pinnacle Hill | SSW 205° | 62 m | 7.2 mi |
| Sparrow Hill | SW 225° | 61 m | 5.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:40 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:05 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 15:30 | 16:15 |
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 | 31 | 33 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 4.2 | 5.8 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Plymouth-kingston, 4 mi away.
Mean tidal range 9.89 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Duxbury, Duxbury Harbor, MA, 4 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1030795217
Day trips start here
- Carver · 11 mi
- Halifax · 13 mi
- Scituate · 14 mi
- Middleborough · 16 mi
- Wareham · 17 mi
- Bridgewater · 18 mi
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