The Strand
The Strand is a beach in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Manomet Hill stands 114 m to the north-northwest, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Sagamore Beach Colony Club, a park 0.1 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 3.2 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Permitted
How to reach it
- 3.2 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Cape Cod Canal Visitor Center: 2.2 mi
- Sandwich Glass Museum: 3.0 mi
- Hoxie House: 3.3 mi
- Wing Fort House: 4.6 mi
- Bourne Historical Society: 5.3 mi
- Sagamore Beach: 0.4 mi
- Scusset Beach: 1.3 mi
- Town Beach: 2.5 mi
- Town Neck Beach: 2.8 mi
- Springhill Brook: 3.5 mi
- Moss Hill: 1.2 mi
- Sagamore Hill: 1.3 mi
- Eagle Hill: 1.8 mi
- Mt. Perry: 2.3 mi
- Burying Hill: 2.5 mi
- Sagamore Hill Trail: 1.6 mi
- Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: 3.0 mi
- Samuel M. Beale, Jr, M.D.: 3.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 5.2 mi
- Maritime Park: 6.5 mi
- Sagamore Beach Colony Club: 0.1 mi
- Hawes Field: 0.2 mi
- North Sagamore Playground: 0.4 mi
- Keith Field: 1.8 mi
- Elmer E. Raymond Playground: 1.9 mi
- Merchant Marine Memorial: 6.5 mi
- Tree of Bike: 10.5 mi
- The Pilgrim Maiden: 13.0 mi
- William Bradford Statue: 13.0 mi
- Massasoit: 13.1 mi
- Marsh On Pilgram Rd: 0.5 mi
- Clark Pond: 0.6 mi
- Hunters Ridge Lots: 0.7 mi
- Cliffside Estates: 0.8 mi
- Sagamore Highlands Ii: 0.8 mi
- Butterflies of Cape Cod: 2.4 mi
- Herring Run: 2.6 mi
- The Green Briar Nature Center: 4.7 mi
- Green Briar Jam Kitchen: 4.7 mi
- Cape Cod Airfield Biplane Rides: 9.9 mi
- Peaked Cliff: 1.0 mi
- Lookout Point: 2.6 mi
- Hog Island: 7.7 mi
- Fullers Point: 8.5 mi
- Salten Point: 12.8 mi
- Hart Family Maze Garden: 3.5 mi
- The McGraw Family Garden of the Senses: 3.5 mi
- Donald Marvin Daylily Garden: 3.5 mi
- North American Hydrangea Test Garden: 3.6 mi
- Cape Cod Hydrangea Society Display Garden: 3.6 mi
- Plymouth Light: 14.7 mi
- Pumphouse: 14.7 mi
- Nobska Point Light: 20.6 mi
- West Chop Light: 22.3 mi
- Clark's Point Light: 24.0 mi
- Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 4.6 mi
- truck pull-off: 8.7 mi
- Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 11.8 mi
- Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 14.5 mi
- Herring Run Recreational Area: 2.5 mi
- Bourne Recreation Area: 4.8 mi
- Crystal Spring: 17.7 mi
- Long Point: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.0 miles of The Strand. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manomet Hill | NNW 340° | 114 m | 9.5 mi |
| Pine Hills | NNW 341° | 95 m | 10.0 mi |
| Pine Hill | SSW 198° | 93 m | 6.5 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | SSE 155° | 85 m | 4.9 mi |
| Monks Hill | NW 318° | 83 m | 15.1 mi |
| Flatrock Hill | SSW 192° | 82 m | 3.1 mi |
| Avery Hill | SSW 200° | 80 m | 4.9 mi |
| Deer Horn Hill | SSW 199° | 71 m | 10.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:39 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:05 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 15:30 | 16:15 |
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 | 29 | 31 | 36 | 46 | 56 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 52 | 43 | 36 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 5.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — E Sandwich, 6 mi away.
Mean tidal range 7.9 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Cape Cod Canal, Sagamore, MA, 2 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29703856
Day trips start here
- Wareham · 10 mi
- Carver · 14 mi
- Marion · 14 mi
- Rochester · 16 mi
- Mattapoisett · 18 mi
- Middleborough · 20 mi
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