Thachers Beach
Thachers Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Lewis Pond Marsh, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 4.6 miles off.
The story
beach in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States
Wikidata Q49324995, joined on its GNIS feature id.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3 m
How to reach it
- 4.6 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Lewis Pond Marsh: 0.3 mi
- Lewis Pond Marsh: 0.4 mi
- Lewis Pond Marsh: 0.7 mi
- Bass River Beach And Boat Access: 1.1 mi
- Frank Baker Road: 1.1 mi
- Matachee Road Park: 0.4 mi
- Matachee Road Park: 0.5 mi
- Wampanoag Road Park: 0.7 mi
- Windmill Park: 1.6 mi
- Reid Park: 1.6 mi
- Seagull Beach: 0.5 mi
- Bass River Beach: 1.0 mi
- Englewood Beach: 1.5 mi
- Swan Lake Association Beach: 1.5 mi
- Plashes Pond: 2.0 mi
- German hill: 3.6 mi
- Prospect Hill: 3.8 mi
- Sunset Hill: 4.6 mi
- Cobbs Hill: 5.9 mi
- Black Ball Hill: 6.5 mi
- Whydah Pirate Museum: 0.9 mi
- Cape Cod Maritime Museum: 3.3 mi
- Guyer Barn: 3.6 mi
- Zion Union Heritage Museum: 4.0 mi
- Captain Bangs Hallet House: 4.8 mi
- Carroll A. DeSilver: 1.5 mi
- Baxter Grist Mill: 2.6 mi
- John F Kennedy Memorial: 3.2 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 3.2 mi
- American Legion Post 206: 3.2 mi
- Pirates Cove: 0.9 mi
- Jump On Us!: 2.2 mi
- Putter's Paradise: 2.7 mi
- Wackenhammer's Clockwork Arcade and Carousel: 3.8 mi
- Grand Slam Entertainment: 6.7 mi
- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 4.4 mi
- Mashpee Community Garden: 13.8 mi
- Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 14.9 mi
- McInnes Garden: 16.6 mi
- Dexter Rhododendron Garden: 16.7 mi
- Salten Point: 6.9 mi
- Fullers Point: 10.9 mi
- bluff: 13.0 mi
- Top of Eroding Coastal Bank (Spring 2025): 13.4 mi
- Peaked Cliff: 20.4 mi
- The Great Green Whale: 3.0 mi
- Saint John Paul: 3.6 mi
- James Otis Jr.: 6.3 mi
- Mercy Otis Warren: 6.3 mi
- Buddha: 15.1 mi
- U.S. Coast Guard Station: 14.0 mi
- Oil House: 14.0 mi
- Chatham Light: 14.0 mi
- Keeper's House: 20.5 mi
- Nauset Light: 20.5 mi
- truck pull-off: 3.5 mi
- truck pull-off: 3.9 mi
- rest area: 4.5 mi
- Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 5.0 mi
- truck pull-off: 5.9 mi
- Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
- Picnick Area: 13.3 mi
- Herring Run Recreational Area: 20.0 mi
- Bourne Recreation Area: 20.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.3 miles of Thachers Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Park Hill | NE 48° | 165 m | 12.5 mi |
| Pine Hill | WNW 285° | 93 m | 18.6 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | WNW 295° | 85 m | 15.4 mi |
| Flatrock Hill | WNW 296° | 82 m | 18.4 mi |
| Avery Hill | WNW 290° | 80 m | 18.7 mi |
| Discovery Hill | WNW 295° | 77 m | 14.2 mi |
| Deer Horn Hill | W 275° | 71 m | 19.3 mi |
| Discovery Hill | WNW 296° | 61 m | 19.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:07 | 19:37 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:03 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 15:30 | 16:14 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 33 | 38 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hyannis Barnstable Muni AP, 4 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station South Yarmouth, Bass River, MA, 3 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358275691
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