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Charles E. Ransom Beach

Charles E. Ransom Beach from directly overhead

Charles E. Ransom Beach is a beach in New York, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Buttermilk Hill stands 211 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Oak Neck Beach, a beach 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 10 miles off.

The story

park in the United States of America

Wikidata Q49566106, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.90914, -73.58065

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Parks
  • Bayville Adventure Park: 0.1 mi
  • Stehli Beach Park: 0.4 mi
  • Creek Beach: 1.0 mi
  • Bailey Arboretum: 1.5 mi
  • Bayville Commons: 1.7 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 0.8 mi
  • Mill Neck Peak: 2.8 mi
  • Sagamore Hill: 4.5 mi
  • Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve Peak: 6.0 mi
  • Harbor Hill: 8.2 mi
Gardens
  • The Village Church Prayer Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Meudon Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Secret Wall Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Bayville Community Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Reformed Church of Locust Valley Memorial Garden: 1.8 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Picnic sites: 34
  • Upper Education Area: 4.7 mi
  • Lower Education Area: 4.7 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 6.2 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 8.5 mi
  • Picnic Area A & B: 8.5 mi
Cliffs: 14
Waterfalls: 5
  • The Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Farms Falls: 15.0 mi
  • The Loch: 21.3 mi
  • Cascade: 24.0 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 24.3 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 15.5 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 15.5 mi
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 15.6 mi
  • Vince Lombardi Service Area: 24.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 24.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Charles E. Ransom Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buttermilk HillNW 319°211 m18.4 mi
Reynolds HillNW 324°180 m16.8 mi
Round HillNNW 340°172 m14.3 mi
Cooney HillNNW 329°170 m15.4 mi
Kennelwood HillNW 320°156 m14.3 mi
Kykuit HillNW 312°147 m18.6 mi
Beaver HillNW 310°140 m16.9 mi
Hackley HillNW 309°140 m17.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:2319:4920:30
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1615:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313339506069757367564637
Precip in3.73.14.24.13.94.33.84.34.74.33.54.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Centerport, 11 mi away.

Mean tidal range 7.39 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Bayville Bridge, NY, 2 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/840202910

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