Standish Shore
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
- 19.9 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
- 29.7 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- 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
- Shipyard Lane Beach: 0.7 mi
- Captain's Flats: 0.9 mi
- Saquish Beach: 2.8 mi
- Plymouth Beach: 3.3 mi
- Stephens Field Beach: 4.5 mi
- Windsor House Museum: 1.4 mi
- Duxbury Rural & Historical Society: 1.6 mi
- King Caesar House: 2.0 mi
- Art Complex Museum: 2.1 mi
- Alden House Historic Site: 2.2 mi
- Brewster Woods: 0.5 mi
- Town Green: 0.8 mi
- Myles Standish Monument State Reservation: 0.8 mi
- Isabelle Freeman Sanctuary: 1.2 mi
- Cotter: 1.2 mi
- Myles Standish Monument: 0.7 mi
- Myles Standish Cellar Hole: 0.7 mi
- National Monument to the Forefathers: 3.9 mi
- Plymouth Rock: 4.1 mi
- Town of Marshfield Veterans Honor Roll: 5.8 mi
- Pilgrim Mother Statue: 4.0 mi
- Massasoit: 4.1 mi
- William Bradford Statue: 4.1 mi
- The Pilgrim Maiden: 4.2 mi
- Myles Standish Legs: 9.1 mi
- High Cliff: 2.8 mi
- Fourth Cliff: 10.1 mi
- Third Cliff: 11.5 mi
- Second Cliff: 12.3 mi
- First Cliff: 12.8 mi
- Mayflower Experience: 3.9 mi
- Mayflower II: 4.0 mi
- Pembroke Herring Run: 7.9 mi
- Mann Farmhouse: 12.2 mi
- Edaville: 12.8 mi
- Craig M. Simeone Square: 16.6 mi
- Rock Garden: 17.7 mi
- Vintage Willow Tree Grover: 17.7 mi
- Greentree Lane Garden: 17.8 mi
- South Shore Health System Community Garden: 18.0 mi
- Plymouth Light: 3.6 mi
- Pumphouse: 3.6 mi
- Boston Light: 24.3 mi
- Oil Shed: 24.3 mi
- Rainshed: 24.3 mi
- 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
- Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 5.6 mi
- Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 16.6 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 24.3 mi
- Crystal Spring: 24.5 mi
- Rock Falls: 21.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Standish Shore. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manomet Hill | SSE 147° | 114 m | 7.4 mi |
| Pine Hills | SE 143° | 95 m | 7.0 mi |
| Monks Hill | SW 215° | 83 m | 4.7 mi |
| Carolina Hill | NNW 338° | 77 m | 8.1 mi |
| Flagg Hill | S 172° | 64 m | 8.7 mi |
| Black Pond Hill | NNW 328° | 64 m | 13.3 mi |
| Pinnacle Hill | S 183° | 62 m | 7.5 mi |
| Sparrow Hill | SSW 194° | 61 m | 4.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:40 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:05 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 15:30 | 16:15 |
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 | 31 | 33 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 56 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 4.2 | 5.8 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 4.9 |
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 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358274550
Day trips start here
- Carver · 10 mi
- Halifax · 10 mi
- Scituate · 13 mi
- Middleborough · 15 mi
- Bridgewater · 16 mi
- Cohasset · 17 mi
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