Harry Tappen Beach
Harry Tappen Beach is a beach in New York, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Buttermilk Hill stands 211 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Harry Tappen Beach Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 11 miles off.
The story
Beach in Nassau County, New York, United States.
Wikidata Q49324953, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2 m
How to reach it
- 11.4 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 13.8 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 15.5 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Harry Tappen Beach Park: 0.1 mi
- Harry Tappen Beach, Pool & Marina: 0.1 mi
- Prospect Avenue Park: 0.3 mi
- Hempstead Harbor Park: 0.5 mi
- North Hempsted Beach Park: 0.6 mi
- Hempstead Harbor Natural Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Garvies Point Preserve: 1.6 mi
- William Cullen Bryant Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Louis C. Clark Sanctuary: 2.2 mi
- Barbara Johnson Preserve: 2.3 mi
- Sea Cliff Village Museum: 0.9 mi
- Garvies Point Museum: 1.6 mi
- Arnold and Joan Saltzman Fine Arts Building: 2.0 mi
- Polish American Museum: 2.0 mi
- Cow Neck Peninsula Historical Society: 2.0 mi
- Harbor Hill: 2.7 mi
- Mill Neck Peak: 6.2 mi
- Queens High Point: 6.5 mi
- Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 6.8 mi
- Sagamore Hill: 8.6 mi
- Beacon Hill Residences Beach: 0.7 mi
- Sea Cliff Beach: 1.1 mi
- Sands Point Village Beach: 1.5 mi
- Baxter Estates Village Beach: 2.5 mi
- PWEA Beach: 2.9 mi
- Shore Thing Rentals: 1.4 mi
- Howard Davis Jr. & Howard Davis Sr.: 1.6 mi
- Glen Cove Firemen: 2.0 mi
- Dance Rhythm: 2.1 mi
- Four Seasons: 2.1 mi
- Oyster Bay Railroad Station Turntable: 7.0 mi
- ATCG Tower: 9.8 mi
- Tillotson Steps: 10.3 mi
- Cherry Circle & Four Season Border: 10.9 mi
- Circle Garden: 10.9 mi
- Dr. James N. Trousdell and Dr. Marjorie R. Allen Memorial Garden: 1.6 mi
- Bird and Butterfly Garden: 1.6 mi
- Colonial Garden: 2.0 mi
- Formal Garden: 2.1 mi
- Windward Garden: 2.5 mi
- Sandminers Monument: 1.0 mi
- Margaret F. DeRancy: 1.0 mi
- John Henry Geohegan Monument: 1.0 mi
- Mario Fischetti Sr.: 1.4 mi
- Joseph Graziose Sr.: 1.6 mi
- Upper Education Area: 7.9 mi
- Lower Education Area: 7.9 mi
- Lindens B: 8.3 mi
- Lindens A: 8.3 mi
- West Lindens: 8.3 mi
- Cooper Bluff: 9.1 mi
- Northwest Bluff: 10.2 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 11.8 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 15.0 mi
- Palisades: 15.6 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 4.5 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 5.3 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 8.9 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 13.5 mi
- Eatons Neck Light: 15.7 mi
- The Loch: 16.3 mi
- Farms Falls: 20.0 mi
- Binnen Falls: 20.4 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 20.4 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 20.6 mi
- Long Island Welcome Center: 17.7 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 19.8 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 21.5 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 21.5 mi
- Cuties Island: 15.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.5 miles of Harry Tappen Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buttermilk Hill | NNW 336° | 211 m | 20.6 mi |
| Mount Nebo | NW 316° | 208 m | 20.5 mi |
| Reynolds Hill | NNW 342° | 180 m | 19.5 mi |
| Round Hill | N 357° | 172 m | 18.5 mi |
| Cooney Hill | NNW 347° | 170 m | 18.7 mi |
| Kennelwood Hill | NNW 341° | 156 m | 16.8 mi |
| Prospect Hill | NNW 334° | 148 m | 22.5 mi |
| Kykuit Hill | NNW 330° | 147 m | 20.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:31 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:49 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:17 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:47 | 16:31 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 36 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 71 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mineola, 7 mi away.
Mean tidal range 7.29 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Harry Tappen Marina, Hempstead Harbor, NY, under a mile away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/328442680
Day trips start here
- Flower Hill · 2 mi
- Glen Cove · 2 mi
- North Hempstead · 2 mi
- Port Washington · 2 mi
- Roslyn · 3 mi
- The Plandomes · 3 mi
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