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Crescent Beach

Crescent Beach from directly overhead

Crescent Beach is a beach in New York, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Bald Hill stands 184 m to the north, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Crescent Beach Town Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 15 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
0 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.90732, -73.40012

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Peaks
  • Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve Peak: 4.4 mi
  • Sagamore Hill: 5.5 mi
  • Signal Hill: 6.5 mi
  • Jayne's Hill: 6.5 mi
  • West Hills: 6.5 mi
Parks
  • Crescent Beach Town Park: 0.2 mi
  • Bay Hills Beach: 0.2 mi
  • Fleets Cove Beach Park: 0.8 mi
  • Huntington Beach Community Association: 1.1 mi
  • Centerport Park: 1.2 mi
Beaches
Nature reserves
Artworks
Gardens: 56
Historic sites: 55
Attractions: 31
Picnic sites: 21
  • Lower Education Area: 6.2 mi
  • Upper Education Area: 6.2 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 7.9 mi
  • Picnic Area A & B: 8.0 mi
  • Wolf 5: 10.4 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Cliffs: 7
Rest areas: 3
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 8.4 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 15.3 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 15.3 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Farms Falls: 18.8 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 23.3 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 23.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 24.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.6 miles of Crescent Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald HillN184 m21.6 mi
Comstock KnollN164 m20.9 mi
Huckleberry HillsNNW141 m20.0 mi
Canoe HillNNW140 m18.3 mi
Camfield HillN123 m21.4 mi
Jayne's HillSSW122 m6.5 mi
Ferris HillNNW120 m18.8 mi
Pine HillNNW120 m19.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2319:4820:30
September equinox06:4218:1618:53
December solstice07:1615:4516:29

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, 2 mi away.

Mean tidal range 7.03 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Lloyd Harbor, Huntington Bay, NY, 2 mi away — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357555696

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