Nature reserve · Massachusetts

Moshup Beach

Moshup Beach from directly overhead

Moshup Beach is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Peaked Hill stands 95 m to the east-northeast, 4.9 miles off. Paradise Ave and Other Roads passes 24 miles off. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Martha's Vineyard Land Bank
Access: Yes

Getting there

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Coordinates41.34117, -70.83129

24.0 mi off the Paradise Ave and Other Roads
26.9 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches

Moshup Beach: 0.1 mi
Gay Head Town Beach: 0.4 mi
Moshup Beach: 0.4 mi
Lobsterville Beach: 1.7 mi
Lobsterville Beach: 2.2 mi

Nature reserves

Wallen, Preston, and Shands Preserve: 0.2 mi
Aquinnah Headlands Preserve – South Head: 0.3 mi
Gay Head Beach/Cliffs/Dunes: 0.5 mi
Aquinnah Headlands Preserve – North Head: 0.7 mi
Wisniewski: 1.1 mi

Parks

Aquinnah Circle Park: 0.5 mi
Valley Park: 13.4 mi
Veterans Memorial Park: 14.1 mi
Boch Park: 14.3 mi
Owen Park: 14.3 mi

Peaks35

Squibnocket Ridge: 3.7 mi
Prospect Hill: 4.7 mi
Peaked Hill: 4.9 mi
Abel Hill: 6.2 mi
Saddleback Hill: 6.7 mi

Historic sites30

Bartholomew Gosnold Memorial Tower: 7.9 mi
Nobska Lighthouse: 15.1 mi
Woods Holl: 15.1 mi
War Memorial: 16.4 mi
Soldiers Memorial: 16.4 mi

Museums20

Aquinnah Wampanoag History Museum: 0.4 mi
Cuttyhunk Historical Society Museum: 7.5 mi
Martha's Vineyard Museum: 14.1 mi
Old Schoolhouse Museum and Liberty Pole: 14.2 mi
Woods Hole Historical Museum: 15.2 mi

Cliffs16

Gay Head Cliffs: 0.6 mi
Zacks Cliffs: 1.6 mi
Nashaquitsa Cliffs: 3.9 mi
Wequobsque Cliffs: 4.6 mi
South Bluff: 8.2 mi

Attractions11

Polly Hill Arboretum: 8.8 mi
Falmouth Road Race Starting Line: 15.2 mi
Big Bridge: 15.5 mi
Flying Horses Carousel: 16.3 mi
The Liberté: 18.2 mi

Gardens8

Garden of Our Lady: 15.3 mi
Spohr Public Gardens: 17.0 mi
Colonial Gardens: 18.4 mi
Rotch- Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum: 20.6 mi
Helfand Farm Community Gardens: 20.9 mi

Lighthouses7

Artworks7

Rachel Carson: 15.1 mi
Whale Tail: 15.1 mi
Helen Keller: 15.2 mi
Whale Tail: 17.0 mi
Spinwinder: 22.1 mi

Springs1

Crystal Spring: 23.7 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Moshup Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Peaked Hill	ENE 77°	94.8 m	4.9 mi
Prospect Hill	ENE 69°	78 m	4.7 mi
Whiting Hill	ENE 57°	68 m	8.1 mi
Nootas Hill	NW 312°	50 m	20.3 mi
Sherman Hill	NW 317°	49 m	20.0 mi
Mount Surat	NNE 24°	48 m	11.6 mi
Ridge Hill	ENE 75°	47 m	7.1 mi
Tarkiln Hill	NNW 347°	45 m	24.3 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:48	18:19	18:56
June solstice	05:11	19:39	20:21
September equinox	06:31	18:06	18:42
December solstice	07:07	15:33	16:18

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	31	32	37	46	55	64	70	69	63	53	45	37
Precip in	3.3	2.6	4.0	3.7	3.3	3.2	2.8	3.4	3.8	4.4	4.0	3.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vineyard Haven Marthas Vineyar, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29691991

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