Gerard Drive Beach
Gerard Drive Beach is a beach in New York, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Pond Hill stands 103 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Edwards Island Sanctuary, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 10 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Access
- permit
How to reach it
- 10.4 mi off the North Fork Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Edwards Island Sanctuary: 0.3 mi
- Gerard Drive Nature Park Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Suffolk County Open Space: 1.5 mi
- Red Dirt Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Silver Beech Preserve: 1.9 mi
- C Gerard Park: 0.4 mi
- Kaplan Meadows Sanctuary: 0.6 mi
- Springs Youth Association:: 0.9 mi
- Springs Park: 1.6 mi
- Big Albert’s Park: 2.1 mi
- Louse Point: 0.4 mi
- Maidstone Park Beach: 2.4 mi
- Sammys Beach: 3.0 mi
- Napeague Beach: 5.1 mi
- Iodine Beach: 5.3 mi
- Powder Hill: 5.3 mi
- Whale Hill: 5.8 mi
- Hither Hills: 7.3 mi
- Browns Hills: 12.0 mi
- Prospect Hill: 12.9 mi
- COAST GUARD BEACH: 3.8 mi
- Camp 5 Building (ruins): 4.1 mi
- First Sheep Fold Site 1684: 4.7 mi
- May Groot Manson 1859-1917: 5.2 mi
- Ice House (ruins): 8.7 mi
- Pollock-Krasner House: 0.9 mi
- Amagansett U.S. Life-Saving & Coast Guard Station: 3.8 mi
- Historical Farm Museum: 4.5 mi
- LongHouse Reserve: 4.5 mi
- Guild Hall: 5.4 mi
- Rock Garden: 19.2 mi
- West Garden: 19.2 mi
- East Garden: 19.2 mi
- Cutting Garden: 19.3 mi
- Rain Garden: 20.9 mi
- Big Bird: 13.2 mi
- Lost At Sea: 15.0 mi
- Stonehenge Replica: 19.2 mi
- Sweet Shoppe: 20.8 mi
- Altmans Needle & Fiber Arts: 20.8 mi
- Slaves Burying Ground: 11.0 mi
- Amsterdam Beach Trail: 12.7 mi
- watchtower: 12.8 mi
- Water Mill Windmill: 13.8 mi
- The Whale: 22.9 mi
- Acabonack Cliff: 0.8 mi
- Hedges Bank: 4.7 mi
- Crow Head: 5.3 mi
- Ram Head: 8.1 mi
- Jumping-off Hill: 10.0 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 19.6 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 24.1 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 24.1 mi
- Oil Shed: 24.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial Picnic Area: 20.9 mi
- Powder House: 22.4 mi
- Skate Hut: 22.8 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gerard Drive Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pond Hill | NNW 347° | 103 m | 24.3 mi |
| Pumphouse Hill | NNW 344° | 86 m | 24.7 mi |
| Wilson Hill | N 349° | 79 m | 23.5 mi |
| Oswegatchie Hill | N 352° | 77 m | 23.1 mi |
| Artillery Hill | NNW 345° | 76 m | 24.7 mi |
| Mount Tabor | N 352° | 74 m | 22.9 mi |
| Macks Mill Hill | NNW 347° | 73 m | 25.0 mi |
| Fort Hill | NNE 16° | 69 m | 23.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:43 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:40 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 32 | 39 | 50 | 57 | 67 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 57 | 47 | 39 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orient PT SP, 10 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Threemile Harbor entrance, Gardiners Bay, NY, 3 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/9877832871
Day trips start here
- Old Lyme · 22 mi
- Waterford · 22 mi
- East Lyme · 23 mi
- Groton · 23 mi
- New London · 23 mi
- Old Saybrook · 23 mi
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