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West Beach

West Beach from directly overhead

West Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Copicut Hill stands 109 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Crescent Beach, a beach 0.8 miles away. Paradise Ave and Other Roads passes 23 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
0 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.46039, -70.80281

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Aquinnah Circle Park: 8.0 mi
  • Woods Hole Waterfront Park: 8.1 mi
  • Taft's Playground: 8.3 mi
  • WHOI - Rose Garden: 9.4 mi
  • Valley Park: 10.3 mi
Peaks
Beaches
Nature reserves
Historic sites: 39
Museums: 29
Cliffs: 17
Attractions: 16
  • Polly Hill Arboretum: 7.8 mi
  • Falmouth Road Race Starting Line: 8.2 mi
  • The Liberté: 11.7 mi
  • Falmouth Road Race Finish Line: 12.2 mi
  • Flying Horses Carousel: 12.7 mi
Gardens: 9
Artworks: 7
Lighthouses: 3
Springs: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 22.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 24.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.8 miles of West Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Copicut HillNW109 m22.4 mi
Pocasset HillWNW95 m24.1 mi
Peaked HillSSE95 m7.9 mi
Pine HillNE93 m21.1 mi
Slate HillWNW87 m24.6 mi
Cook HillNW85 m24.3 mi
Flatrock HillNE82 m24.5 mi
Avery HillNE80 m22.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1918:55
June solstice05:1019:3920:21
September equinox06:3118:0618:42
December solstice07:0715:3316:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323337475665727266564638

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woods Hole Golf Club, 9 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Quicks Hole, North side, MA, 3 mi away — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358274616

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