Shipyard Lane Beach
Shipyard Lane Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Manomet Hill stands 114 m to the south-southeast, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Green, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 21 miles off.
The story
Beach in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States.
Wikidata Q49324740, joined on its GNIS feature id.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3 m
How to reach it
- 20.6 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
- 29.3 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Hardin Hill: 0.7 mi
- Captains Hill: 1.1 mi
- Pine Hill: 1.8 mi
- North Hill: 1.9 mi
- Abrams Hill: 1.9 mi
- Hunt Park: 0.7 mi
- Annie Drew Dunham Park: 2.5 mi
- Grays Beach Park: 3.1 mi
- Pawtuxet Park: 3.7 mi
- Veterans Field: 3.8 mi
- Standish Shore: 0.7 mi
- Captain's Flats: 1.6 mi
- Saquish Beach: 3.2 mi
- Plymouth Beach: 4.0 mi
- Stephens Field Beach: 5.2 mi
- Windsor House Museum: 0.7 mi
- Duxbury Rural & Historical Society: 0.8 mi
- King Caesar House: 1.3 mi
- Art Complex Museum: 1.4 mi
- Alden House Historic Site: 1.5 mi
- Town Green: 0.5 mi
- Foster Land: 0.6 mi
- Cotter: 0.6 mi
- Isabelle Freeman Sanctuary: 0.7 mi
- Brewster Woods: 1.0 mi
- Myles Standish Monument: 1.1 mi
- Myles Standish Cellar Hole: 1.4 mi
- National Monument to the Forefathers: 4.6 mi
- Plymouth Rock: 4.8 mi
- Town of Marshfield Veterans Honor Roll: 5.1 mi
- Pilgrim Mother Statue: 4.8 mi
- Massasoit: 4.8 mi
- William Bradford Statue: 4.8 mi
- The Pilgrim Maiden: 5.0 mi
- Myles Standish Legs: 9.0 mi
- High Cliff: 3.5 mi
- Fourth Cliff: 9.4 mi
- Third Cliff: 10.8 mi
- Second Cliff: 11.6 mi
- First Cliff: 12.1 mi
- Craig M. Simeone Square: 15.9 mi
- Vintage Willow Tree Grover: 17.2 mi
- Rock Garden: 17.2 mi
- Greentree Lane Garden: 17.3 mi
- South Shore Health System Community Garden: 17.5 mi
- Mayflower Experience: 4.7 mi
- Mayflower II: 4.7 mi
- Pembroke Herring Run: 7.4 mi
- Mann Farmhouse: 11.5 mi
- South Shore Natural Science Center: 12.8 mi
- Plymouth Light: 4.0 mi
- Pumphouse: 4.0 mi
- Boston Light: 23.6 mi
- Oil Shed: 23.6 mi
- Rainshed: 23.6 mi
- Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 17.4 mi
- Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 17.4 mi
- Herring Run Recreational Area: 18.4 mi
- Bourne Recreation Area: 19.8 mi
- Babcock Arboretum: 24.3 mi
- Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 6.3 mi
- Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 17.3 mi
- Rock Falls: 20.7 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Shipyard Lane Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manomet Hill | SSE 149° | 114 m | 8.0 mi |
| Pine Hills | SE 146° | 95 m | 7.7 mi |
| Monks Hill | SSW 210° | 83 m | 5.2 mi |
| Carolina Hill | NNW 337° | 77 m | 7.4 mi |
| Mount Blue | NW 324° | 66 m | 13.7 mi |
| Flagg Hill | S 172° | 64 m | 9.4 mi |
| Black Pond Hill | NNW 327° | 64 m | 12.7 mi |
| Pinnacle Hill | S 182° | 62 m | 8.2 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 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 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, 3 mi away.
Mean tidal range 9.89 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Duxbury, Duxbury Harbor, MA, under a mile away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358280203
Day trips start here
- Halifax · 10 mi
- Carver · 11 mi
- Scituate · 12 mi
- Middleborough · 15 mi
- Bridgewater · 16 mi
- Cohasset · 16 mi
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