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Standish Shore

Standish Shore from directly overhead

Standish Shore is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Manomet Hill stands 114 m to the south-southeast, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Hunt Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 20 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
2 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.01677, -70.66893

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hunt Park: 0.2 mi
  • Annie Drew Dunham Park: 2.5 mi
  • Grays Beach Park: 2.6 mi
  • Veterans Field: 3.2 mi
  • Holmes Field: 3.2 mi
Peaks
  • Captains Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Hardin Hill: 0.7 mi
  • North Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Pine Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Abrams Hill: 2.6 mi
Historic sites
Beaches
Museums: 52
Artworks: 33
Cliffs: 27
Gardens: 24
Attractions: 23
Lighthouses: 8
Picnic sites: 5
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 17.7 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 18.0 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 18.0 mi
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 19.1 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 24.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 5.6 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 9.1 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 9.1 mi
  • Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 16.6 mi
Springs: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Rock Falls: 21.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.6 miles of Standish Shore. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Manomet HillSSE 147°114 m7.4 mi
Pine HillsSE 143°95 m7.0 mi
Monks HillSW 215°83 m4.7 mi
Carolina HillNNW 338°77 m8.1 mi
Flagg HillS 172°64 m8.7 mi
Black Pond HillNNW 328°64 m13.3 mi
Pinnacle HillS 183°62 m7.5 mi
Sparrow HillSSW 194°61 m4.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1818:55
June solstice05:0819:4020:23
September equinox06:3118:0518:42
December solstice07:0815:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313339495968747366564637
Precip in4.84.25.84.73.73.83.53.64.35.04.44.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Plymouth-kingston, 3 mi away.

Mean tidal range 9.89 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Duxbury, Duxbury Harbor, MA, 2 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358274550

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