The Big Duck
The Big Duck is an attraction in New York, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Bald Hill stands 88 m to the west-southwest, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Silver Brook Pond Green, a park 0.4 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 15 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
historic commercial building in New York, United States
Dates from 1931.
Wikidata Q2385515, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 5 m
How to reach it
- 15.0 mi off the North Fork Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Silver Brook Pond Green: 0.4 mi
- Flanders Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
- Iron Point Park: 0.7 mi
- Indian Island County Park: 1.4 mi
- Ludlum Avenue Park: 1.6 mi
- Peconic Estuary: 1.6 mi
- Henry's Hollow Pine Barrens State Forest: 4.4 mi
- Quogue Wildlife Refuge: 4.5 mi
- Andrew E. Sabin Nature Preserve: 4.6 mi
- Otis Pike Preserve: 5.0 mi
- South Jamesport Park: 3.6 mi
- Iron Pier Beach: 5.6 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Beach: 6.8 mi
- Tiana Beach: 7.7 mi
- Southampton Beach: 10.3 mi
- Railroad Museum of Long Island: 2.5 mi
- Suffolk County Historical Society Museum: 2.5 mi
- Long Island Aero Museum: 4.5 mi
- Charles Banks Nature Center: 5.1 mi
- Quogue Historical Society Museum: 6.2 mi
- Battles of Penny’s and Luce’s Landing: 4.3 mi
- Shinnecock Monument: 6.2 mi
- World Trade Center Memorial: 6.7 mi
- Wolf Pit Lake: 8.1 mi
- Firefigher of 9/11 Memorial: 12.7 mi
- Flanders Hill: 2.4 mi
- Bald Hill: 4.9 mi
- Jacobs Hill: 6.0 mi
- Friars Head: 7.0 mi
- Mattituck Hills: 7.3 mi
- Splish Splash: 5.7 mi
- boulder: 6.7 mi
- Exit sign: 7.7 mi
- Water Mill Windmill: 14.0 mi
- watchtower: 19.1 mi
- Sweet Shoppe: 7.4 mi
- Altmans Needle & Fiber Arts: 7.4 mi
- Shrine of Our Lady of the Island: 8.2 mi
- F-14 Tomcat No 160902: 8.9 mi
- Nikola Tesla: 14.7 mi
- Rain Garden: 6.9 mi
- Eastport Roots Community Garden: 8.1 mi
- Longwood Community Garden: 16.9 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 24.2 mi
- Jumping-off Hill: 16.6 mi
- Ram Head: 21.5 mi
- Hedges Bank: 22.8 mi
- Chimney Corner: 24.0 mi
- Picnic Grove: 5.8 mi
- Veterans Memorial Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Big Duck. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Hill | WSW 248° | 88 m | 4.9 mi |
| Flanders Hill | SSE 158° | 70 m | 2.4 mi |
| Rock Hill | WSW 241° | 64 m | 8.1 mi |
| Mount Misery | W 279° | 54 m | 23.3 mi |
| Mattituck Hills | NNE 22° | 45 m | 7.3 mi |
| Jacobs Hill | NNE 13° | 40 m | 6.0 mi |
| Friars Head | NW 309° | 39 m | 7.0 mi |
| Browns Hills | NE 45° | 33 m | 24.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:45 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:42 | 16:26 |
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 | 29 | 31 | 37 | 46 | 56 | 66 | 72 | 71 | 64 | 53 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.7 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westhampton Gabreski AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 97000164OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Big Duck, The, reference 97000164, listed 04/28/97.
OpenStreetMap element way/582995285
Day trips start here
- Old Saybrook · 29 mi
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