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Old Silver Beach

Old Silver Beach from directly overhead

Old Silver Beach is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Pine Hill stands 93 m to the north-northeast, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Falmouth Cliffs, a cliff 0.2 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 12 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates41.62333, -70.63952

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Beaches
Parks
  • Swift Park: 1.6 mi
  • Nye Park: 2.1 mi
  • Cathedral Pines: 2.2 mi
  • Sandwich Road Playing Fields: 4.0 mi
  • John L. Neill Youth Baseball Complex: 4.0 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 54
  • Katharine Lee Bates: 5.1 mi
  • Falmouth Police Memorial: 5.1 mi
  • HU-25 Falcon: 6.5 mi
  • HU-16 Albatross: 6.5 mi
  • Woods Holl: 7.0 mi
Attractions: 30
  • The Liberté: 5.7 mi
  • Falmouth Road Race Finish Line: 5.8 mi
  • Falmouth Road Race Starting Line: 7.0 mi
  • Herring Run: 11.0 mi
  • Butterflies of Cape Cod: 11.2 mi
Cliffs: 24
Gardens: 17
Artworks: 16
  • Tree of Bike: 3.1 mi
  • Helen Keller: 7.0 mi
  • Whale Tail: 7.0 mi
  • Rachel Carson: 7.0 mi
  • Merchant Marine Memorial: 8.0 mi
Rest areas: 8
  • Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 11.0 mi
  • truck pull-off: 13.3 mi
  • truck pull-off: 13.5 mi
  • Yarmouth Tourist Information Center: 18.7 mi
  • truck pull-off: 21.1 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Picnic sites: 2
  • Bourne Recreation Area: 8.9 mi
  • Herring Run Recreational Area: 11.2 mi
Springs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.6 miles of Old Silver Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine HillNNE 33°93 m7.0 mi
Telegraph HillNE 46°85 m11.0 mi
Flatrock HillNNE 30°82 m10.5 mi
Avery HillNNE 29°80 m8.6 mi
Discovery HillNE 52°77 m11.3 mi
Deer Horn HillNE 46°71 m3.7 mi
Whiting HillSSW 192°68 m15.4 mi
Flagg HillN 359°64 m18.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:1818:55
June solstice05:0919:3920:21
September equinox06:3118:0518:42
December solstice07:0715:3116:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323337475665727266564638

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woods Hole Golf Club, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29699482

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