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Tenean Beach

Tenean Beach, a beach in Massachusetts
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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.

The story

Beach in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States.

Wikidata Q49324988, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
0 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.29254, -71.04319

Overlooks nearby

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
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
Artworks
Gardens: 57
  • 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
Historic sites: 55
Beaches
Nature reserves
Attractions: 51
  • 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: 22
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 4
  • Commissioners Landing: 4.8 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 7.8 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 23.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 23.7 mi
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

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 HillS156 m4.9 mi
Hancock HillSSW155 m5.8 mi
Fenno PeakS151 m5.0 mi
Buck HillSSW151 m5.6 mi
Nahanton HillS145 m4.8 mi
Hemenway HillSSW140 m5.9 mi
Kitchamakin HillS133 m4.9 mi
Tucker HillSSW133 m5.9 mi

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.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358273156

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