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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. 128 named places lie within 25 miles, 14 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
0 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.23290, -70.09752

128 named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves: 41
Beaches: 28
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: 6
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 HillNE33 m5.7 mi
Sampson HillWNW28 m22.4 mi
Shawkemo HillsNE26 m4.4 mi
Sauls HillsNE23 m5.7 mi
Popsquatchet HillsNNW22 m3.2 mi
Washaqua HillWNW22 m21.5 mi
Macys HillNE19 m5.1 mi
Fudge HillNNE18 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 50–80 °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 mi away — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/358279638

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