Sankaty Head
Sankaty Head is a cliff in Massachusetts, at a recorded elevation of 25 m. Folger Hill stands 33 m to the west, 2.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Lighthouse Keeper's Dwelling, a historic site 0.1 miles away. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 25 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Quidnet Beach: 1.4 mi
- Siasconset Beach: 1.5 mi
- Low Beach: 2.3 mi
- Pebble Beach: 3.2 mi
- Madequecham Beach: 5.0 mi
- Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum: 4.2 mi
- Museum of African American History: 7.0 mi
- Nantucket Whaling Museum: 7.0 mi
- Peter Foulger Museum: 7.0 mi
- Quaker Meeting House: 7.0 mi
- Sankaty Head Historical Site: 0.2 mi
- Labyrinth Nantucket Land Bank: 6.0 mi
- Camp Richard: 6.6 mi
- Consue Springs: 6.8 mi
- Mill Hill Park: 7.1 mi
- Cains Hill: 1.6 mi
- Sauls Hills: 2.3 mi
- Folger Hill: 2.3 mi
- Macys Hill: 3.2 mi
- Shawkemo Hills: 4.2 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Dwelling: 0.1 mi
- Sankaty Head Light: 0.1 mi
- Soldier and Sailors Monument: 7.2 mi
- Abiah Folger Franklin Fountain: 8.3 mi
- Squam Head: 2.9 mi
- Nantucket Cliffs: 7.9 mi
- Hadwen House Gardens: 7.2 mi
- Oldest House Kitchen Garden: 7.4 mi
- Brant Point Light: 6.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sankaty Head. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folger Hill | W 268° | 33 m | 2.3 mi |
| Shawkemo Hills | W 271° | 26 m | 4.2 mi |
| Sauls Hills | W 265° | 23 m | 2.3 mi |
| Popsquatchet Hills | W 268° | 22 m | 7.7 mi |
| Macys Hill | W 269° | 19 m | 3.2 mi |
| Fudge Hill | W 274° | 18 m | 4.8 mi |
| Swain Hill | W 271° | 16 m | 9.2 mi |
| Trots Hills | W 271° | 16 m | 9.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:35 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:03 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 15:30 | 16:14 |
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 | 38 | 46 | 54 | 62 | 69 | 69 | 64 | 55 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nantucket MEM AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358275181
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