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Cedar Beach

Cedar Beach from directly overhead

Cedar Beach is a beach in New York, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Booth Hill stands 160 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Chandler Estate County Park, a park 0.9 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 19 miles off.

About

The story

Cedar Beach is a public beach on the North Shore of Long Island, located within the Town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County, New York. The beach itself spans 3,450 feet on a peninsula that divides Mount Sinai Harbor from the Long Island Sound. Cedar Beach is located in the hamlet of Mount Sinai, while the peninsula on which it sits is accessed most directly from the adjacent hamlet of Miller Place.

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Wikidata Q17079007, joined on its GNIS feature id.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
0 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.96538, -73.03288

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Chandler Estate County Park: 0.9 mi
  • Cordwood Landing Country Park: 1.5 mi
  • Miller Place Duck Pond Park: 2.0 mi
  • Fowler Park: 2.0 mi
  • Centennial Park: 2.0 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Peaks
Historic sites: 57
  • Chandler Estate: 0.9 mi
  • Kelli Harkins Memorial: 1.9 mi
  • Veteran's memorial: 3.4 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 3.8 mi
  • Patriot Rock: 4.4 mi
Beaches
Gardens: 51
  • Longwood Community Garden: 7.4 mi
  • Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 16.6 mi
  • Long Island Dahlia Garden: 16.8 mi
  • Urban Roots Bridgeport: 16.9 mi
  • Eastport Roots Community Garden: 17.8 mi
Artworks: 23
  • Wolfie Statue: 5.8 mi
  • Umbilic Torus: 6.0 mi
  • Nikola Tesla: 7.1 mi
  • Cartas Al Cielo: 7.2 mi
  • Animal Sculptures: 11.0 mi
Attractions: 16
  • Hercules Pavillion: 6.8 mi
  • Exit sign: 15.8 mi
  • Splish Splash: 16.1 mi
  • boulder: 16.5 mi
  • Burr Homestead: 16.7 mi
Picnic sites: 7
  • Wolf 1: 13.3 mi
  • Wolf 3: 13.3 mi
  • Wolf 2: 13.3 mi
  • Wolf 5: 13.3 mi
  • Wolf 4: 13.4 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 18.6 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 21.8 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 21.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Farmill River Falls: 20.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.2 miles of Cedar Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Booth HillNNW160 m23.1 mi
Sport HillNNW154 m22.7 mi
Staples HillNW144 m23.2 mi
Chestnut HillNNW141 m21.6 mi
Hoyden HillNW134 m22.0 mi
Coram HillN130 m23.1 mi
Long HillN124 m22.2 mi
Jayne's HillWSW122 m23.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2819:04
June solstice05:2119:4720:28
September equinox06:4018:1518:51
December solstice07:1415:4416:28

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343541536270757468574839
Precip in3.73.24.64.43.93.93.94.04.34.23.74.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Sinai, 2 mi away.

Tides

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Mount Sinai Harbor, NY, under a mile away — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357552765

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