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White Beach

White Beach from directly overhead

White Beach is a beach in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Mount Ann stands 78 m to the north, 2.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Crow Island Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Essex Coastal Scenic Byway passes 2.8 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates42.57668, -70.73621

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Long Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Hildreth Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Eagle Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Lambert Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Woodchuck Hill: 1.2 mi
Parks
  • Magnolia Surf Park: 1.0 mi
  • Magnolia Park: 1.1 mi
  • Knowlton Park: 1.1 mi
  • Sweeney Park: 1.1 mi
  • Kettle Cove Field: 1.1 mi
Beaches
Historic sites: 56
Artworks: 56
Attractions: 55
  • Tablet Rock: 3.5 mi
  • Greasy Pole: 4.2 mi
  • Schooner Thomas E. Lannon: 4.4 mi
  • 7 Seas Whale Watch: 4.4 mi
  • Schooner Adventure: 4.6 mi
Gardens: 55
  • Cold Frames: 7.7 mi
  • Formal Garden: 7.9 mi
  • Salem Community Gardens: 8.9 mi
  • Ropes Garden: 9.2 mi
  • Pickman Park Community Garden: 9.7 mi
Nature reserves
Cliffs: 31
Lighthouses: 14
Rest areas: 5
Springs: 3
  • Rail Spring: 14.6 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 21.2 mi
  • Lion's Spring: 22.4 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Newbury Falls: 15.5 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 19.6 mi
  • Hampton Falls: 24.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 16.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.0 miles of White Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AnnN78 m2.4 mi
Red RockN70 m2.8 mi
Pool HillNE66 m7.6 mi
Morse HillNW62 m2.1 mi
Browns HillWNW61 m6.1 mi
Long HillNNW60 m0.8 mi
Eveleth HillNW57 m5.1 mi
Great HillW56 m3.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1818:55
June solstice05:0619:4220:25
September equinox06:3118:0518:42
December solstice07:1015:2716:13

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, 5 mi away.

Mean tidal range 9.18 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Essex, MA, 4 mi away — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/82006216

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