Nature reserve · Massachusetts
Lighthouse Beach
Lighthouse Beach is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of -3 m. Peaked Hill stands 95 m to the west, 12 miles off. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 22 miles off. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates41.39197, -70.50579
- 22.5 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A), National
Named places within 25 miles
Beaches
- Lighthouse Beach: 0.2 mi
- Fuller Street Beach: 0.3 mi
- Chappaquiddick Beach: 0.6 mi
- Chappaquiddick Beach: 0.6 mi
- Edgartown Beach: 2.0 mi
Nature reserves
- Chappy Point Beach: 0.2 mi
- Chappy Point Beach: 0.3 mi
- Chappy Point Beach: 0.3 mi
- Ox Pond Meadow: 0.3 mi
- Little Beach: 0.5 mi
Parks
- Cannonball Park: 0.8 mi
- Robinson Road Recreation Area: 0.9 mi
- Enos Lots: 2.4 mi
- Waban Park: 4.9 mi
- Veira Park: 4.9 mi
Peaks: 48
- Mill Hill: 1.2 mi
- Sampson Hill: 1.5 mi
- Washaqua Hill: 2.5 mi
- Telegraph Hill: 6.3 mi
- Tashmoo Hill: 6.9 mi
Museums: 40
- The Carnegie Heritage Center: 0.3 mi
- Vincent House Museum: 0.5 mi
- Doctor Daniel Fisher House Museum: 0.5 mi
- Mariposa Museum: 5.1 mi
- Cottage Museum: 5.2 mi
Historic sites: 39
- cannon: 0.7 mi
- cannon: 0.7 mi
- ship's anchor: 0.9 mi
- War Memorial: 5.2 mi
- Soldiers Memorial: 5.2 mi
Cliffs: 20
- Wasque Point: 3.9 mi
- North Head: 6.1 mi
- Husselton Head: 7.1 mi
- Makonikey Head: 9.3 mi
- Cedar Tree Neck: 10.4 mi
Gardens: 16
- Spohr Public Gardens: 12.6 mi
- Garden of Our Lady: 12.7 mi
- Colonial Gardens: 12.7 mi
- Mashpee Community Garden: 17.8 mi
- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 19.7 mi
Attractions: 15
- Big Bridge: 2.8 mi
- Flying Horses Carousel: 5.2 mi
- Polly Hill Arboretum: 8.9 mi
- Falmouth Road Race Finish Line: 11.6 mi
- The Liberté: 11.7 mi
Artworks: 11
- Whale Tail: 0.3 mi
- Buddha: 11.8 mi
- Helen Keller: 12.6 mi
- Whale Tail: 12.6 mi
- Rachel Carson: 12.6 mi
Lighthouses: 8
- Oil House: 7.8 mi
- Keeper's House: 7.8 mi
- Keeper's House: 7.8 mi
- West Chop Light: 7.8 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 7.8 mi
Rest areas: 4
- truck pull-off: 22.4 mi
- truck pull-off: 22.4 mi
- Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 23.2 mi
- truck pull-off: 24.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Bourne Recreation Area: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lighthouse Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peaked Hill | W 259° | 94.8 m | 12.3 mi |
| Pine Hill | N 352° | 93 m | 22.1 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | N 2° | 85 m | 23.6 mi |
| Avery Hill | N 353° | 80 m | 23.7 mi |
| Prospect Hill | W 262° | 78 m | 12.6 mi |
| Discovery Hill | N 5° | 77 m | 23.1 mi |
| Deer Horn Hill | NNW 347° | 71 m | 19.0 mi |
| Whiting Hill | W 275° | 68 m | 10.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 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, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/29703318
Day trips start here
- Mattapoisett · 24 mi
- SouthCoast · 24 mi
- Marion · 25 mi
- Wareham · 28 mi
- Dartmouth · 29 mi
- New Bedford · 29 mi
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