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Harry Tappen Beach

Harry Tappen Beach from directly overhead

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.

About

The story

beach in Nassau County, New York, United States

Wikidata Q49324953, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.83692, -73.65268

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • 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
Beaches
  • 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
Nature reserves
Museums
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens
  • 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
Peaks
  • 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
Attractions
Picnic sites: 39
  • 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
Cliffs: 13
Lighthouses: 8
Waterfalls: 6
  • The Falls: 10.4 mi
  • The Loch: 16.3 mi
  • Farms Falls: 20.0 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 20.4 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 20.4 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • 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
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.1 miles of Harry Tappen Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buttermilk HillNNW 336°211 m20.6 mi
Mount NeboNW 316°208 m20.5 mi
Reynolds HillNNW 342°180 m19.5 mi
Round HillN 357°172 m18.5 mi
Cooney HillNNW 347°170 m18.7 mi
Kennelwood HillNNW 341°156 m16.8 mi
Kykuit HillNNW 330°147 m20.1 mi
Beaver HillNNW 330°140 m18.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2419:4920:30
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:1615:4716:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536271777569584840
Precip in3.73.04.43.83.13.84.03.94.14.03.44.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mineola, 7 mi away.

Tides

Mean tidal range 7.29 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Harry Tappen Marina, Hempstead Harbor, NY, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/328442680

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