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South Shore

South Shore is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Folger Hill stands 33 m to the east-northeast, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Folgar Property, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
0 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.24248, -70.09946

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Beaches: 32
Museums: 16
Parks: 14
  • Camp Richard: 1.3 mi
  • Winter Park: 1.5 mi
  • Labyrinth Nantucket Land Bank: 2.0 mi
  • Consue Springs: 2.4 mi
  • Dead Horse Valley: 2.4 mi
Peaks: 14
  • Popsquatchet Hills: 2.5 mi
  • Sunset Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Swain Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Fudge Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Trots Hills: 3.8 mi
Historic sites: 7
Cliffs: 4
Gardens: 2
  • Hadwen House Gardens: 2.7 mi
  • Oldest House Kitchen Garden: 3.2 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Whale Tail: 23.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of South Shore. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Folger HillENE 61°33 m5.4 mi
Sampson HillWNW 295°28 m22.0 mi
Shawkemo HillsNE 45°26 m4.0 mi
Sauls HillsENE 62°23 m5.4 mi
Popsquatchet HillsNNW 345°22 m2.5 mi
Washaqua HillWNW 294°22 m21.1 mi
Macys HillNE 55°19 m4.7 mi
Fudge HillNE 36°18 m3.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1618:53
June solstice05:0819:3620:18
September equinox06:2818:0318:39
December solstice07:0315:3116:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333438465462696964554639
Precip in3.22.83.83.63.03.02.73.03.64.43.83.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nantucket MEM AP, 2 mi away.

Mean tidal range 3.03 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/545527460

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