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Surf Drive Beach

Surf Drive Beach from directly overhead

Surf Drive Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Peaked Hill stands 95 m to the south-southwest, 14 miles off. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 16 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates41.54196, -70.61921

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hotel Park: 0.7 mi
  • Margaret E. Noonan Park: 0.7 mi
  • Downtown Library Park: 0.8 mi
  • Kite Park: 0.8 mi
  • Deacon"S Pond Park: 0.8 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 51
  • Katharine Lee Bates: 0.8 mi
  • Falmouth Police Memorial: 1.2 mi
  • Nobska Lighthouse: 2.6 mi
  • Woods Holl: 2.9 mi
  • Soldiers Memorial: 6.7 mi
Attractions: 27
  • The Liberté: 0.6 mi
  • Falmouth Road Race Finish Line: 1.2 mi
  • Falmouth Road Race Starting Line: 2.9 mi
  • Flying Horses Carousel: 6.7 mi
  • Big Bridge: 9.4 mi
Cliffs: 21
Gardens: 17
Artworks: 12
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 6
  • truck pull-off: 15.8 mi
  • truck pull-off: 15.9 mi
  • Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 16.5 mi
  • Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 19.8 mi
  • truck pull-off: 22.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 14.2 mi
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 16.3 mi
Springs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of Surf Drive Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Peaked HillSSW 206°94.8 m14.2 mi
Pine HillNNE 13°93 m11.8 mi
Telegraph HillNNE 27°85 m14.9 mi
Flatrock HillNNE 16°82 m15.3 mi
Avery HillNNE 14°80 m13.5 mi
Prospect HillSSW 209°78 m13.9 mi
Discovery HillNNE 32°77 m14.8 mi
Deer Horn HillN 11°71 m8.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1818:55
June solstice05:0919:3920:21
September equinox06:3118:0518:42
December solstice07:0615:3216:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323337475665727266564638

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woods Hole Golf Club, 2 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Falmouth Heights, MA, 1 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29703612

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