Skaket Beach
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Skaket Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the south-southwest, 2.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Nickerson State Park, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 1.4 miles off. 47 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
beach in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States
Wikidata Q49324786, joined on its GNIS feature id.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3 m
How to reach it
- 1.4 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Nickerson State Park: 0.2 mi
- Nickerson State Park: 0.3 mi
- Proctor Property: 0.3 mi
- Rock Harbor Marsh: 0.4 mi
- Hofe Property: 0.5 mi
- Rock Harbor Beach: 0.5 mi
- Crosby Landing Beach: 1.2 mi
- First Encounter Beach: 1.7 mi
- Herring Pond Beach: 2.4 mi
- Ellis Landing Beach: 2.4 mi
- Windmill Park: 1.7 mi
- Eldredge Park: 1.7 mi
- Cape Cod Sea Camps: 1.9 mi
- Town of Brewster vacant structure: 2.0 mi
- Wiley Park: 2.8 mi
- Tawasentha Hill: 1.3 mi
- Mill Hill: 1.6 mi
- Deer Park Hill: 2.8 mi
- Grassy Nook: 2.9 mi
- Fort Hill: 3.2 mi
- Battle of Orleans Massachusetts 1814: 0.5 mi
- Coast Guard Motor Life Boat CG36500: 0.5 mi
- Jeremiah's Gutter: 1.7 mi
- Eastham Train Depot and Water Tower: 3.0 mi
- Capped Foundation of Former Gunn Dairy Barn: 3.1 mi
- French Cable Station Museum: 1.6 mi
- French Cable Station Museum: 1.6 mi
- Eastham 1869 Schoolhouse Museum: 3.7 mi
- Cobb House Museum: 4.4 mi
- Cape Cod Museum of Natural History: 5.9 mi
- The Catch: 1.7 mi
- Chime: 6.0 mi
- James Otis Jr.: 16.2 mi
- Mercy Otis Warren: 16.2 mi
- The Great Green Whale: 16.7 mi
- Coast Guard Motor Lifeboat CG 36500: 0.5 mi
- Jonathan Young Windmill: 1.7 mi
- Penniman House: 3.0 mi
- Brewster Historical Society Windmill Village: 6.2 mi
- Stick'n Rudder Aero Tours: 7.5 mi
- truck pull-off: 3.7 mi
- truck pull-off: 5.4 mi
- truck pull-off: 6.4 mi
- truck pull-off: 9.1 mi
- rest area: 10.7 mi
- Nauset Light: 5.5 mi
- Keeper's House: 5.5 mi
- Oil House: 5.5 mi
- U.S. Coast Guard Station: 9.2 mi
- Oil House: 9.3 mi
- Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 6.1 mi
- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 18.6 mi
- PAAM Sculpture Garden: 19.8 mi
- Suzanne's Garden: 19.9 mi
- Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 23.6 mi
- Indian Neck: 7.9 mi
- Top of Eroding Coastal Bank (Spring 2025): 10.0 mi
- Salten Point: 16.1 mi
- Fullers Point: 19.6 mi
- Picnick Area: 2.2 mi
- Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
- Long Point: 17.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Skaket Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park Hill | SSW 201° | 165 m | 2.8 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | W 260° | 85 m | 24.6 mi |
| Discovery Hill | WSW 258° | 77 m | 23.8 mi |
| Signal Hill | WSW 244° | 60 m | 9.6 mi |
| Clay Hill | WSW 247° | 58 m | 19.2 mi |
| Black Ball Hill | WSW 243° | 45 m | 10.1 mi |
| Mill Hill | SSE 150° | 41 m | 1.6 mi |
| The Highlands | N 352° | 41 m | 17.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 19:37 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:03 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 15:28 | 16:13 |
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 | 32 | 33 | 38 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 71 | 71 | 64 | 54 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chatham Muni AP, 8 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Pleasant Bay, MA, 5 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358275170
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