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Scorton Neck Beach

Scorton Neck Beach from directly overhead

Scorton Neck Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Sandy Neck Sandwich, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 0.9 miles off.

About

The story

beach in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States

Wikidata Q49324649, matched on coordinates and name (12 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Elevation
3 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.74039, -70.39114
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Beaches
Peaks
  • White Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Scorton Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Spring Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Discovery Hill: 4.1 mi
  • Clay Hill: 4.2 mi
Museums
Parks
  • Discover Flying RC- Cape Cod Airfield: 3.6 mi
  • Rolling Ridge Park: 3.7 mi
  • Ellen A. McBarron Field: 4.8 mi
  • Burgess Park: 5.3 mi
  • Sunset Lane Beach Access: 5.4 mi
Historic sites: 57
Artworks: 36
Attractions: 27
  • Cape Cod Airfield Biplane Rides: 3.9 mi
  • The Green Briar Nature Center: 4.0 mi
  • Green Briar Jam Kitchen: 4.0 mi
  • Marstons Mills Herring Run: 6.3 mi
  • Wackenhammer's Clockwork Arcade and Carousel: 8.2 mi
Gardens: 17
  • Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 4.0 mi
  • McInnes Garden: 5.8 mi
  • Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Herb Garden: 5.9 mi
  • North American Hydrangea Test Garden: 5.9 mi
Cliffs: 16
Lighthouses: 14
Rest areas: 12
  • truck pull-off: 2.4 mi
  • truck pull-off: 2.4 mi
  • Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 6.5 mi
  • truck pull-off: 8.7 mi
  • truck pull-off: 10.7 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 9.0 mi
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 10.2 mi
  • Picnick Area: 19.1 mi
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 20.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.6 miles of Scorton Neck Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillE 86°165 m18.4 mi
Manomet HillNW 322°114 m16.5 mi
Pine HillsNW 323°95 m16.8 mi
Pine HillWSW 256°93 m9.3 mi
Telegraph HillW 264°85 m4.9 mi
Flatrock HillW 277°82 m7.7 mi
Avery HillW 266°80 m8.6 mi
Discovery HillWSW 255°77 m4.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:1718:54
June solstice05:0819:3820:20
September equinox06:3018:0418:41
December solstice07:0615:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293136465664706962524336
Precip in4.94.05.34.63.94.13.83.03.95.34.75.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Sandwich, 5 mi away.

Tides

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Barnstable Harbor, Beach Point, MA, 6 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358275294

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