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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

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
Peaks
Beaches
Historic sites: 41
  • 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
Nature reserves
Museums: 33
Attractions: 20
  • 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: 17
Gardens: 17
Artworks: 7
Lighthouses: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 19.8 mi
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 22.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 21.4 mi
  • truck pull-off: 23.4 mi
Springs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.4 miles of Silver Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Copicut HillNW109 m22.4 mi
Peaked HillS95 m9.2 mi
Pine HillNNE93 m18.0 mi
Flatrock HillNNE82 m21.5 mi
Avery HillNNE80 m19.6 mi
Prospect HillS78 m8.6 mi
Deer Horn HillNE71 m14.6 mi
Whiting HillSSE68 m6.5 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 50–80 °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 mi away — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358274538

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