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Tenean Beach

Tenean Beach, a beach in Massachusetts
Tenean Beach, a beach in Massachusetts4300streetcar · CC BY 4.0
Tenean Beach, a beach in Massachusetts
4300streetcar · CC BY 4.0

Tenean Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Chickatawbut Hill stands 156 m to the south, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is William H. Garvey Playground, a park 0.4 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 3.2 miles off.

About

The story

beach in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States

Wikidata Q49324988, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
0 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.29254, -71.04319

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • William H. Garvey Playground: 0.4 mi
  • Senator Joseph Finnegan Park (Neponset River Reservation): 0.4 mi
  • McMorrow Playground: 0.5 mi
  • Claymont Terrace: 0.5 mi
  • Squantum Point Park: 0.6 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Popes Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Savin Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Meeting House Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Mount Bowdoin: 1.9 mi
  • Milton Hill: 2.2 mi
Museums
Artworks
Gardens
  • Fanny Lou Hamer Community Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Spencer Street Community Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Wheatland Avenue Community Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Audrey Jacobs Memorial Community Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Bullard Community garden: 1.7 mi
Beaches
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Wildebeest: 2.4 mi
  • Hartmann's Mountain Zebra: 2.4 mi
  • African Lion: 2.4 mi
  • Goat: 2.4 mi
  • Masai Giraffe: 2.5 mi
Cliffs: 48
Picnic sites: 40
Rest areas: 6
  • Commissioners Landing: 4.8 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 7.8 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 18.0 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 18.0 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 23.0 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 10.4 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 10.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.1 miles of Tenean Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chickatawbut HillS 191°156 m4.9 mi
Hancock HillSSW 207°155 m5.8 mi
Fenno PeakS 190°151 m5.0 mi
Buck HillSSW 197°151 m5.6 mi
Nahanton HillS 188°145 m4.8 mi
Hemenway HillSSW 209°140 m5.9 mi
Kitchamakin HillS 189°133 m4.9 mi
Tucker HillSSW 202°133 m5.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:56
June solstice05:0819:4220:25
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1115:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968747365534334
Precip in3.93.64.54.33.64.23.53.74.05.04.05.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jamaica Plain, 4 mi away.

Tides

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Neponset, Neponset River, MA, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358273156

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