Town Beach
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Town Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Peaked Hill stands 95 m to the southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Flying Horses Carousel, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 19 miles off.
The story
Beach in Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States.
Wikidata Q49322321, matched on coordinates and name (352 m apart).
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 19.5 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
- Ocean Park: 0.2 mi
- Plymouth Park: 0.3 mi
- Washington Park: 0.3 mi
- Trinity Park: 0.3 mi
- Lakeside Park: 0.4 mi
- Telegraph Hill: 0.9 mi
- Tashmoo Hill: 3.3 mi
- Pilot Hill: 4.3 mi
- Mill Hill: 6.0 mi
- Nobska Hill: 6.4 mi
- East Chop Cliffs: 0.6 mi
- Farm Pond Preserve: 0.8 mi
- East Chop: 1.0 mi
- Trade Winds Field Preserve: 1.5 mi
- Eastville Point Beach: 1.5 mi
- Martinelli Beach: 0.2 mi
- Seaview Beach: 0.3 mi
- The Inkwell Beach: 0.5 mi
- Doug's Cove: 1.4 mi
- Eastville Beach: 1.5 mi
- Soldiers Memorial: 0.2 mi
- War Memorial: 0.2 mi
- ship's anchor: 5.8 mi
- cannon: 5.8 mi
- Nobska Lighthouse: 6.4 mi
- Mariposa Museum: 0.3 mi
- Cottage Museum: 0.4 mi
- Martha's Vineyard Museum: 2.3 mi
- Old Schoolhouse Museum and Liberty Pole: 2.4 mi
- Vincent House Museum: 5.2 mi
- Flying Horses Carousel: 0.1 mi
- Big Bridge: 3.0 mi
- Falmouth Road Race Finish Line: 6.3 mi
- The Liberté: 6.4 mi
- Falmouth Road Race Starting Line: 7.4 mi
- North Head: 1.8 mi
- Husselton Head: 2.2 mi
- Makonikey Head: 5.6 mi
- Falmouth Heights: 6.6 mi
- Cedar Tree Neck: 7.6 mi
- Spohr Public Gardens: 7.2 mi
- Colonial Gardens: 7.4 mi
- Garden of Our Lady: 7.5 mi
- Mashpee Community Garden: 13.6 mi
- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 17.8 mi
- Whale Tail: 5.4 mi
- Helen Keller: 7.5 mi
- Rachel Carson: 7.5 mi
- Buddha: 7.9 mi
- Tree of Bike: 13.8 mi
- West Chop Light: 2.7 mi
- Nobska Point Light: 6.4 mi
- Clark's Point Light: 20.1 mi
- truck pull-off: 18.8 mi
- Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 20.9 mi
- Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 22.4 mi
- Bourne Recreation Area: 19.9 mi
- Herring Run Recreational Area: 21.7 mi
- Crystal Spring: 21.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.7 miles of Town Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peaked Hill | SW 233° | 95 m | 11.8 mi |
| Pine Hill | N 358° | 93 m | 17.2 mi |
| Flatrock Hill | N 3° | 82 m | 20.4 mi |
| Avery Hill | N 360° | 80 m | 18.8 mi |
| Prospect Hill | WSW 237° | 78 m | 11.8 mi |
| Discovery Hill | NNE 14° | 77 m | 18.9 mi |
| Deer Horn Hill | N 353° | 71 m | 14.0 mi |
| Whiting Hill | WSW 244° | 68 m | 8.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:38 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:05 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 15:32 | 16:16 |
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 | 33 | 34 | 39 | 48 | 57 | 66 | 72 | 72 | 66 | 56 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Edgartown, 6 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Oak Bluffs, MA, under a mile away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29703608
Day trips start here
- Mattapoisett · 19 mi
- SouthCoast · 19 mi
- Marion · 20 mi
- Rochester · 23 mi
- Wareham · 23 mi
- Dartmouth · 24 mi
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