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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. Tower Hill stands 126 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is 5th Street Beach Park, a park 1.0 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 1.4 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
0 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.07982, -72.36369

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
  • Long Island Train Museum: 1.4 mi
  • East End Seaport Maritime Museum: 1.4 mi
  • Southold Historical Museum: 3.5 mi
  • Southold Indian Museum: 4.2 mi
  • Horton Point Lighthouse Nautical Museum: 4.3 mi
Beaches
Peaks
  • Browns Hills: 6.3 mi
  • Powder Hill: 8.4 mi
  • Oregon Hills: 9.8 mi
  • Mattituck Hills: 12.0 mi
  • Jacobs Hill: 13.5 mi
Parks
  • 5th Street Beach Park: 1.0 mi
  • Mitchell Park: 1.5 mi
  • Senator S. Wentworth Horton Park: 1.5 mi
  • Fire Dept. Memorial Park: 1.6 mi
  • The Polo Grounds: 1.6 mi
Historic sites: 59
Nature reserves
Gardens: 16
  • Rain Garden: 11.1 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 15.2 mi
  • Native Plant Gardens: 19.5 mi
  • Madison Community Gardens: 19.6 mi
  • Rock Garden: 20.1 mi
Attractions: 14
Artworks: 9
Cliffs: 8
Picnic sites: 4
Waterfalls: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 15.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.0 miles of Crescent Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tower HillNNW126 m20.7 mi
Bushy HillNNW105 m19.5 mi
Roast Meat HillNNW103 m20.7 mi
Pond HillNNE103 m20.8 mi
Post HillNNW101 m20.5 mi
Millstone HillN101 m20.7 mi
Orchard HillN94 m19.8 mi
Pumphouse HillNNE86 m20.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1819:4420:26
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1215:4116:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323239505767757467574739

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orient PT SP, 7 mi away.

Mean tidal range 2.44 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Greenport, NY, 2 mi away — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357555699

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