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Cold Spring Beach

Cold Spring Beach, a beach in New York
Cold Spring Beach, a beach in New YorkSuiren2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Cold Spring Beach is a beach in New York, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Reynolds Hill stands 180 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Three Condors, a artwork 0.4 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 16 miles off.

The story

beach in Nassau County, New York, United States

Wikidata Q34651903, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
0 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.86741, -73.46854

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
Historic sites
Beaches
Museums
Attractions
Peaks
Gardens
  • Organic Demonstration Site #1: 2.4 mi
  • Rose Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Crucifix Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Victorian Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Colonial Garden: 3.3 mi
Picnic sites: 29
  • Lower Education Area: 2.0 mi
  • Upper Education Area: 2.1 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 3.9 mi
  • Picnic Area A & B: 4.0 mi
  • Birches: 10.9 mi
Cliffs: 10
Rest areas: 3
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 9.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 17.5 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 17.5 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.3 miles of Cold Spring Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Reynolds HillNW 317°180 m22.7 mi
Round HillNNW 327°172 m19.5 mi
Cooney HillNW 320°170 m21.2 mi
Kennelwood HillNW 313°156 m20.5 mi
Huckleberry HillsN 359°141 m22.3 mi
Canoe HillN 358°140 m20.6 mi
Beaver HillNW 306°140 m23.3 mi
Jayne's HillSSE 148°122 m4.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2319:4820:30
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1615:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °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, 5 mi away.

Mean tidal range 7.3 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Cold Spring Harbor, NY, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/135489067

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