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Little Beach

Little Beach from directly overhead

Little Beach is a beach in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Forked River Mountain stands 56 m to the northwest, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Shore Beach, a beach 1.4 miles away. Pine Barrens Byway passes 13 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
2 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.73983, -74.17460

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Barnegat National Wildlife Refuge: 2.0 mi
  • Barnegat Branch Trail: 3.0 mi
  • Bay Breeze Park: 3.8 mi
  • Sands Point Park: 4.8 mi
  • Beach Avenue Park: 5.2 mi
Attractions: 30
  • Adventure Mini Golf: 7.9 mi
  • Cedar Bridge Tavern County Historic Site: 10.3 mi
  • Hang Ten: 12.3 mi
  • Train: 12.3 mi
  • Sea Dragon: 12.3 mi
Beaches: 20
Historic sites: 17
  • Massacre at Long Beach Island: 3.3 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 5.2 mi
  • Early History of Beach Haven: 12.7 mi
  • Chief Pohatcong Monument: 13.2 mi
  • Tuckerton Radio Tower Block: 16.2 mi
Nature reserves: 14
Museums: 14
Peaks: 9
Gardens: 7
Artworks: 2
  • Welcome to Ocean County: 15.5 mi
  • Sea Wall Sculpture: 24.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Covered bridges: 1
  • Covered Bridge: 22.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Little Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Forked River MountainNW56 m9.7 mi
Apple Pie HillWNW56 m22.5 mi
East MountainNW55 m9.6 mi
Pine HillNW54 m9.8 mi
Spring HillW52 m15.1 mi
Bear Swamp HillW48 m15.5 mi
Stony HillN40 m22.8 mi
Jemima MountW31 m23.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:3019:4820:29
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1515:5316:36

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343541506070767670594839
Precip in3.23.03.92.92.63.33.74.93.33.82.53.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brant Beach-beach Haven, 13 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Double Creek, NJ, 2 mi away — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357724973

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