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Surfside Beach

Surfside Beach from directly overhead

Surfside Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Folger Hill stands 33 m to the northeast, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is South Shore, a beach 0.7 miles away. 14 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
0 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.23290, -70.09752

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Beaches: 32
Museums: 16
Parks: 14
  • Camp Richard: 1.8 mi
  • Winter Park: 2.1 mi
  • Labyrinth Nantucket Land Bank: 2.6 mi
  • Consue Springs: 3.0 mi
  • Dead Horse Valley: 3.1 mi
Peaks: 14
  • Popsquatchet Hills: 3.2 mi
  • Sunset Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Swain Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Fudge Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Trots Hills: 4.4 mi
Historic sites: 7
Cliffs: 4
Gardens: 2
  • Hadwen House Gardens: 3.3 mi
  • Oldest House Kitchen Garden: 3.8 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Whale Tail: 24.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Surfside Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Folger HillNE 54°33 m5.7 mi
Sampson HillWNW 297°28 m22.4 mi
Shawkemo HillsNE 38°26 m4.4 mi
Sauls HillsNE 55°23 m5.7 mi
Popsquatchet HillsNNW 346°22 m3.2 mi
Washaqua HillWNW 295°22 m21.5 mi
Macys HillNE 48°19 m5.1 mi
Fudge HillNNE 29°18 m4.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1618:53
June solstice05:0819:3620:18
September equinox06:2818:0318:39
December solstice07:0315:3116:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333438465462696964554639
Precip in3.22.83.83.63.03.02.73.03.64.43.83.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nantucket MEM AP, 3 mi away.

Mean tidal range 3.03 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station NANTUCKET, MA, 4 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358279638

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