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Scusset Beach

Scusset Beach from directly overhead

Scusset Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Manomet Hill stands 114 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Sagamore Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 1.9 miles off.

About

The story

Beach in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.

Wikidata Q49324662, matched on coordinates and name (540 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Elevation
3 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.78519, -70.50714
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Peaks
  • Sagamore Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Moss Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Town Neck Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Mt. Perry: 1.9 mi
  • Faunces Mountain: 2.2 mi
Historic sites: 57
  • Sagamore Hill Trail: 0.9 mi
  • Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: 1.9 mi
  • Samuel M. Beale, Jr, M.D.: 2.2 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 5.5 mi
  • Maritime Park: 6.8 mi
Beaches
Parks
  • Cape Cod Canal Access: 1.0 mi
  • Sagamore Beach Colony Club: 1.4 mi
  • Hawes Field: 1.4 mi
  • North Sagamore Playground: 1.5 mi
  • Keith Field: 1.9 mi
Nature reserves
  • Marsh On Pilgram Rd: 0.9 mi
  • Hunters Ridge Lots: 0.9 mi
  • Scusset Beach Rd Parcel: 1.0 mi
  • Clark Pond: 1.1 mi
  • Hamilton Cr: 1.5 mi
Artworks: 31
Attractions: 26
  • Butterflies of Cape Cod: 2.8 mi
  • Herring Run: 3.0 mi
  • The Green Briar Nature Center: 3.4 mi
  • Green Briar Jam Kitchen: 3.4 mi
  • Cape Cod Airfield Biplane Rides: 8.6 mi
Cliffs: 17
Gardens: 14
  • Hart Family Maze Garden: 2.4 mi
  • The McGraw Family Garden of the Senses: 2.5 mi
  • Donald Marvin Daylily Garden: 2.5 mi
  • North American Hydrangea Test Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Cape Cod Hydrangea Society Display Garden: 2.6 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 5.4 mi
  • truck pull-off: 7.3 mi
  • Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 13.1 mi
  • Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 13.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 2.9 mi
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 4.9 mi
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of Scusset Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Manomet HillNNW114 m10.7 mi
Pine HillsNNW95 m11.2 mi
Pine HillSSW93 m6.1 mi
Telegraph HillSSE85 m3.7 mi
Monks HillNW83 m16.4 mi
Flatrock HillSW82 m2.7 mi
Avery HillSW80 m4.5 mi
Deer Horn HillSSW71 m9.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:1818:54
June solstice05:0819:3920:21
September equinox06:3018:0418:41
December solstice07:0715:3016:15

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

Mean tidal range 8.74 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Sandwich Marina, Cape Cod Canal, east entrance, MA, under a mile away — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1190492344

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