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Silver Beach

Silver Beach from directly overhead

Silver Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Copicut Hill stands 109 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Cary, a peak 0.4 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 23 miles off.

The story

beach in Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States

Wikidata Q49324770, matched on coordinates and name (12 m apart).

What the record says

Elevation
0 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.48983, -70.75586

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Beaches
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Woods Hole Waterfront Park: 4.9 mi
  • Taft's Playground: 5.1 mi
  • WHOI - Rose Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Owen Park: 8.3 mi
  • Falmouth Town Green: 8.3 mi
Historic sites: 44
  • Woods Holl: 5.0 mi
  • Nobska Lighthouse: 5.5 mi
  • Katharine Lee Bates: 8.5 mi
  • Falmouth Police Memorial: 9.1 mi
  • Battery Gaston: 10.4 mi
Museums: 33
Attractions: 23
  • Falmouth Road Race Starting Line: 5.0 mi
  • Polly Hill Arboretum: 7.6 mi
  • The Liberté: 8.6 mi
  • Falmouth Road Race Finish Line: 9.1 mi
  • Flying Horses Carousel: 10.5 mi
Cliffs: 18
Gardens: 18
Artworks: 8
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 21.4 mi
  • truck pull-off: 23.4 mi
  • truck pull-off: 23.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 19.8 mi
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 22.1 mi
Springs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.1 miles of Silver Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Copicut HillNW 316°109 m22.4 mi
Peaked HillS 174°94.8 m9.2 mi
Pine HillNNE 33°93 m18.0 mi
Telegraph HillNE 40°85 m21.9 mi
Flatrock HillNNE 31°82 m21.5 mi
Avery HillNNE 31°80 m19.6 mi
Prospect HillS 177°78 m8.6 mi
Discovery HillNE 42°77 m22.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1918:55
June solstice05:1019:3920:21
September equinox06:3118:0618:42
December solstice07:0715:3216:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323337475665727266564638

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woods Hole Golf Club, 6 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Uncatena Island (south side), MA, 3 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358274538

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