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Knollwood Beach

Knollwood Beach from directly overhead

Knollwood Beach is a beach in New York, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Round Hill stands 172 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Fleets Cove Beach Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 16 miles off.

The story

beach in Suffolk County, New York, United States

Wikidata Q49321630, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.90528, -73.38778

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Fleets Cove Beach Park: 0.2 mi
  • Huntington Beach Community Association: 0.5 mi
  • Centerport Park: 0.5 mi
  • Crescent Beach Town Park: 0.6 mi
  • Bay Hills Beach: 0.8 mi
Beaches
Museums
Gardens
  • Rose Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Rose Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Crucifix Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Walled Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Organic Demonstration Site #1: 5.0 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Peaks
Picnic sites: 22
  • Lower Education Area: 6.7 mi
  • Upper Education Area: 6.8 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 8.2 mi
  • Picnic Area A & B: 8.2 mi
  • Wolf 5: 9.8 mi
Attractions: 18
Lighthouses: 11
Cliffs: 7
Waterfalls: 7
  • Farms Falls: 19.3 mi
  • Devil's Glen Falls: 23.4 mi
  • Cascade: 23.4 mi
  • Cascade: 23.6 mi
  • The Falls: 23.7 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 8.0 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 15.6 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 15.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 24.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Knollwood Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Round HillNW 313°172 m20.2 mi
Comstock KnollN 350°164 m21.1 mi
Huckleberry HillsNNW 347°141 m20.2 mi
Canoe HillNNW 345°140 m18.6 mi
Camfield HillN 4°123 m21.5 mi
Jayne's HillSSW 198°122 m6.5 mi
Ferris HillNNW 345°120 m19.1 mi
Pine HillNNW 346°120 m19.6 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 solstice07:1515:4516:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °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 7.27 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Northport, Northport Bay, NY, 2 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357615206

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