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South Cape Beach

South Cape Beach from directly overhead

South Cape Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Peaked Hill stands 95 m to the southwest, 18 miles off. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 13 miles off.

The story

beach in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States

Wikidata Q49324837, matched on coordinates and name (265 m apart).

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates41.55105, -70.50893

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Parks
  • Childs River Access: 2.3 mi
  • Fonseca Park: 3.1 mi
  • Coonamessett Greenway Heritage Trail: 4.0 mi
  • Teaticket Park: 4.5 mi
  • Central Park: 4.6 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 51
  • Falmouth Police Memorial: 4.9 mi
  • Katharine Lee Bates: 5.5 mi
  • Location of Hotel Attaquin: 6.9 mi
  • Mashpee Veterans' War Monument: 6.9 mi
  • Soldiers Memorial: 6.9 mi
Museums: 44
Attractions: 23
  • Falmouth Road Race Finish Line: 4.6 mi
  • The Liberté: 5.1 mi
  • Flying Horses Carousel: 6.9 mi
  • Marstons Mills Herring Run: 8.5 mi
  • Falmouth Road Race Starting Line: 8.6 mi
Cliffs: 21
Gardens: 15
Artworks: 11
Rest areas: 8
  • truck pull-off: 12.0 mi
  • truck pull-off: 12.0 mi
  • Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 14.7 mi
  • Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 16.7 mi
  • truck pull-off: 16.7 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Picnic sites: 2
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 14.1 mi
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 15.6 mi
Springs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.3 miles of South Cape Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Peaked HillSW 222°94.8 m17.9 mi
Pine HillNNW 345°93 m11.3 mi
Telegraph HillN 5°85 m12.7 mi
Flatrock HillN 354°82 m14.1 mi
Avery HillNNW 349°80 m12.8 mi
Prospect HillSW 224°78 m17.8 mi
Discovery HillN 10°77 m12.2 mi
Deer Horn HillNNW 331°71 m8.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:1818:54
June solstice05:0919:3820:20
September equinox06:3018:0518:41
December solstice07:0615:3116:16

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, 8 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Poponesset Island, Poponesset Bay, MA, 3 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/83337624

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