South Beach
South Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Peaked Hill stands 95 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Crackatuxet Cove/Herring Creek, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 25 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Beach in Dukes County, Massachusetts, USA.
Wikidata Q49324824, matched on coordinates and name (721 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 0 m
How to reach it
- 25.5 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Robinson Road Recreation Area: 2.7 mi
- Cannonball Park: 2.9 mi
- Enos Lots: 3.3 mi
- Forest Park: 7.1 mi
- Veira Park: 7.2 mi
- Norton Point Beach: 1.2 mi
- Chappaquiddick Beach: 2.6 mi
- Lighthouse Beach: 3.0 mi
- Fuller Street Beach: 3.3 mi
- East Beach: 4.0 mi
- Crackatuxet Cove/Herring Creek: 0.7 mi
- Herring Creek Farm Cr (East Field): 0.9 mi
- Huckleberry Barrens: 0.9 mi
- Herring Creek Farm Cr (Beach Lot): 1.0 mi
- Herring Creek Farm Cr: 1.1 mi
- Mill Hill: 2.0 mi
- Sampson Hill: 2.7 mi
- Washaqua Hill: 2.7 mi
- Tashmoo Hill: 8.4 mi
- Telegraph Hill: 8.7 mi
- Doctor Daniel Fisher House Museum: 2.9 mi
- The Carnegie Heritage Center: 2.9 mi
- Vincent House Museum: 2.9 mi
- Mariposa Museum: 7.5 mi
- Cottage Museum: 7.6 mi
- ship's anchor: 2.2 mi
- cannon: 2.3 mi
- War Memorial: 7.6 mi
- Soldiers Memorial: 7.7 mi
- Nobska Lighthouse: 13.4 mi
- Wasque Point: 3.6 mi
- North Head: 8.0 mi
- Husselton Head: 9.2 mi
- Makonikey Head: 10.4 mi
- Cedar Tree Neck: 11.0 mi
- Big Bridge: 4.8 mi
- Flying Horses Carousel: 7.7 mi
- Polly Hill Arboretum: 8.8 mi
- Falmouth Road Race Finish Line: 14.1 mi
- The Liberté: 14.2 mi
- Whale Tail: 2.8 mi
- Helen Keller: 14.4 mi
- Rachel Carson: 14.5 mi
- Buddha: 14.8 mi
- Tree of Bike: 21.6 mi
- Garden of Our Lady: 14.6 mi
- Spohr Public Gardens: 14.7 mi
- Colonial Gardens: 15.1 mi
- Mashpee Community Garden: 20.8 mi
- Oldest House Kitchen Garden: 21.9 mi
- West Chop Light: 10.0 mi
- Nobska Point Light: 13.4 mi
- Brant Point Light: 22.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of South Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peaked Hill | W 273° | 95 m | 11.3 mi |
| Pine Hill | N 355° | 93 m | 24.9 mi |
| Prospect Hill | W 276° | 78 m | 11.8 mi |
| Deer Horn Hill | N 351° | 71 m | 21.8 mi |
| Whiting Hill | WNW 292° | 68 m | 10.2 mi |
| Clay Hill | NNE 20° | 58 m | 24.7 mi |
| Mount Surat | NW 311° | 48 m | 15.2 mi |
| Ridge Hill | W 277° | 47 m | 9.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:38 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:05 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 15:32 | 16:16 |
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 | 33 | 34 | 39 | 48 | 57 | 66 | 72 | 72 | 66 | 56 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Edgartown, 3 mi away.
Mean tidal range 2.13 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Edgartown, MA, 3 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1314070061
Day trips start here
- Mattapoisett · 26 mi
- SouthCoast · 26 mi
- Marion · 27 mi
- Dartmouth · 30 mi
- New Bedford · 30 mi
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