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Steep Hill Beach

Steep Hill Beach from directly overhead

Steep Hill Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Mount Ann stands 78 m to the south-southeast, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 2.7 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
sand
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.69170, -70.78583

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Town Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Middle Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Steep Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Castle Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Tilton Hill: 0.7 mi
Parks
  • Great Neck Park: 0.7 mi
  • Daniel Boone Park: 2.7 mi
  • Sally's Pond: 2.9 mi
  • Giles Firman Park: 2.9 mi
  • Raymond Fields: 2.9 mi
Museums
Historic sites: 56
  • Reservoir: 0.5 mi
  • Camp Sea Haven Plaque: 2.8 mi
  • William Thomas Steward Memorial: 2.9 mi
  • Camp Sea Haven: 3.2 mi
  • Griscom Monument: 3.7 mi
Beaches
Attractions: 55
  • Corn Maze: 5.4 mi
  • Whale's Jaw: 7.5 mi
  • JAS MERRY: 7.5 mi
  • FIRST ATTACKED: 7.6 mi
  • Never Try Never Win: 7.6 mi
Gardens: 49
  • Formal Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Cold Frames: 0.7 mi
  • Bushee Garden: 6.1 mi
  • The Woodland Garden: 7.9 mi
  • The Gentian Garden: 7.9 mi
Artworks: 46
  • Fishermen's Wives Memorial: 8.0 mi
  • Fitz Hugh Lane: 8.5 mi
  • Sparrows: 8.9 mi
  • Clyde: 9.0 mi
  • Eclipse: 9.1 mi
Nature reserves
Cliffs: 21
Lighthouses: 10
Picnic sites: 8
Rest areas: 7
  • I 95 SB Salisbury Rest Area: 13.9 mi
  • Seabrook Rest Area: 14.2 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (South Bound): 14.7 mi
  • Rest Area I-495 (North Bound): 16.0 mi
  • Hampton Liquor and Wine Outlet Northbound: 17.2 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Newbury Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 15.7 mi
  • Great Falls: 21.6 mi
  • Lower Falls: 21.6 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 22.5 mi
Springs: 4
  • Rail Spring: 6.6 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 14.5 mi
  • Jailhouse Spring: 22.2 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 24.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.2 miles of Steep Hill Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AnnSSE78 m6.2 mi
Prospect HillW77 m5.4 mi
Turkey HillW74 m4.1 mi
Turner HillWSW70 m5.6 mi
Red RockSSE70 m6.0 mi
Blueberry HillWSW64 m6.5 mi
Morse HillSSE62 m6.4 mi
Bush HillWSW61 m3.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1818:55
June solstice05:0619:4220:25
September equinox06:3118:0518:42
December solstice07:1115:2716:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272835455564706962514133
Precip in3.73.64.64.23.54.03.43.43.85.04.04.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beverly, 8 mi away.

Tides

Mean tidal range 8.77 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Plum Island Sound (south end), MA, 1 mi away — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/283700559

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