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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: 32
  • 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: 19
  • 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: 15
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 MountainNW 320°56 m9.7 mi
Apple Pie HillWNW 282°56 m22.5 mi
East MountainNW 321°55 m9.6 mi
Pine HillNW 317°54 m9.8 mi
Spring HillW 279°52 m15.1 mi
Bear Swamp HillW 273°48 m15.5 mi
Stony HillN 357°40 m22.8 mi
Jemima MountW 265°31 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 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/357724973

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