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West Beach

West Beach from directly overhead

West Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 5 m. Mount Ann stands 78 m to the northeast, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Dix Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 5.4 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
5 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.55702, -70.81201

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Dix Park: 0.6 mi
  • Misery Island Reservation: 0.9 mi
  • Tuck's Point: 1.8 mi
  • Harry Ball Park: 2.4 mi
  • Reed Park: 2.4 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Woodbury Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Beverly Rocks: 1.4 mi
  • Common Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Chipman Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Christian Hill: 1.7 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches
  • Patch Beach: 2.1 mi
  • Rice's Beach: 2.4 mi
  • Lynch Park Beach: 2.7 mi
  • Singing Beach: 2.7 mi
  • Dane Street Beach: 3.0 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Gardens
  • Salem Community Gardens: 4.9 mi
  • Ropes Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Pickman Park Community Garden: 5.8 mi
  • Community Gardens: 7.9 mi
  • Cold Frames: 8.9 mi
Cliffs: 46
Lighthouses: 20
Picnic sites: 7
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
  • Picnic Table: 21.6 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 22.2 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 22.4 mi
  • Oak Lea: 22.5 mi
Rest areas: 6
Springs: 3
  • Rail Spring: 14.5 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 17.1 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 22.0 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Newbury Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 15.5 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 24.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of West Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AnnNE 48°78 m5.6 mi
Red RockNE 46°70 m5.9 mi
Morse HillNE 41°62 m4.1 mi
Browns HillNNW 335°61 m4.2 mi
Long HillENE 60°60 m4.2 mi
Eveleth HillN 2°57 m4.9 mi
Great HillNNE 25°56 m1.9 mi
Heap of Rocks HillNE 48°55 m4.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:1818:56
June solstice05:0719:4220:25
September equinox06:3118:0518:42
December solstice07:1115:2816:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272835455564706962514133
Precip in3.73.64.64.23.54.03.43.43.85.04.04.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beverly, 3 mi away.

Mean tidal range 8.93 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Beverly, Beverly Harbor, MA, 4 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/81606073

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