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Town Beach

Town Beach from directly overhead

Town Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Carolina Hill stands 77 m to the south-southeast, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is North Scituate Beach, a beach 0.9 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 17 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.24454, -70.76577

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Beacon Rock: 1.3 mi
  • Kent Rocks: 1.4 mi
  • Hoop Pole Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Mann Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Walnut Hill: 2.3 mi
Parks
  • Veteran's Park: 1.5 mi
  • World War I Memorial: 1.9 mi
  • Cohasset Town Common: 1.9 mi
  • Cohasset Town Common: 1.9 mi
  • Constitution Park: 2.0 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions
  • Mann Farmhouse: 4.3 mi
  • South Shore Natural Science Center: 6.9 mi
  • South Shore Model Railroad Club: 7.6 mi
  • Herring Run: 8.5 mi
  • House Rock: 9.4 mi
Cliffs: 44
Lighthouses: 8
Picnic sites: 8
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
  • Stella Tirrell Picnic Table Area: 10.7 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 12.7 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 17.0 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 17.1 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 8.8 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 8.8 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 17.6 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 20.2 mi
  • Massachusetts Tourist Information Center: 22.0 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Rock Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 21.1 mi
Springs: 2
  • Pakomet Spring: 15.6 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 21.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Town Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carolina HillSSE 167°77 m8.5 mi
Prospect HillSW 233°72 m5.9 mi
Judges HillSW 218°71 m4.6 mi
Mount BlueSW 219°66 m5.1 mi
Black Pond HillSSW 205°64 m4.8 mi
Otis HillSSW 213°58 m5.5 mi
Paradise HillSSW 203°58 m6.2 mi
Marshfield HillsS 177°58 m7.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1818:55
June solstice05:0719:4120:24
September equinox06:3118:0518:42
December solstice07:0915:2916:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238485867737265544435
Precip in4.54.05.44.63.84.03.63.83.95.24.45.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hingham, 8 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Cohasset Harbor (White Head), MA, 1 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29693760

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