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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 Rose Garden, a garden 0.4 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 2.7 miles off.

What the record says

Material
sand

How to reach it

Coordinates42.69170, -70.78583

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
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
Beaches
Attractions
  • Corn Maze: 5.4 mi
  • Whale's Jaw: 7.5 mi
  • 17: 7.5 mi
  • 18: 7.5 mi
  • JAS MERRY: 7.5 mi
Gardens: 54
  • Rose Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Formal Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Cold Frames: 0.7 mi
  • Bushee Garden: 6.1 mi
  • The Woodland Garden: 7.9 mi
Artworks: 51
  • 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
Cliffs: 21
Lighthouses: 14
Picnic sites: 9
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
  • Picnic Table: 21.9 mi
  • Stratham Town Landing: 23.1 mi
  • Birthday Bay: 23.8 mi
  • Cowbell Corner Picnic Area: 24.3 mi
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

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.1 miles of Steep Hill Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AnnSSE 153°78 m6.2 mi
Prospect HillW 279°77 m5.4 mi
Turkey HillW 261°74 m4.1 mi
Turner HillWSW 252°70 m5.6 mi
Red RockSSE 150°70 m6.0 mi
Blueberry HillWSW 245°64 m6.5 mi
Morse HillSSE 168°62 m6.4 mi
Bush HillWSW 252°61 m3.9 mi

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.

Mean tidal range 8.77 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/283700559

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