Long Beach
Long Beach is a beach in North Carolina, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Sand Hill stands 17 m to the north, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Park, a park 1.0 miles away. Green Swamp Byway passes 9.8 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3 m
How to reach it
- 9.8 mi off the Green Swamp Byway
- 14.4 mi off the Brunswick Town Road
- 23.3 mi off the Cape Fear Historic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Veterans Park: 1.0 mi
- 40th Street Inlet Park: 1.9 mi
- Heron Lookout: 1.9 mi
- Robin Schusta Park: 2.0 mi
- Hannon A. Templeton Park: 2.0 mi
- Oak Island Nature Center: 2.7 mi
- Wrc Sunset Harbor Access-Lockwood Folly: 3.3 mi
- Wrc Sunset Harbor Access-Lockwood Folly: 3.3 mi
- Indigo Plantation Marsh Preserve: 7.0 mi
- Bald Head Island Natural Area: 8.5 mi
- Buoy 1: 7.1 mi
- Buoy 2: 7.1 mi
- Battery Shipp: 7.5 mi
- Battery Bagley: 7.7 mi
- Battery Swift: 7.8 mi
- Oak Island Cabana: 2.2 mi
- Caswell Beach: 6.1 mi
- Holden Beach: 8.5 mi
- Big Beach: 11.0 mi
- East Beach: 11.8 mi
- Oak Island Lighthouse: 7.0 mi
- Bald Head Lighthouse: 9.3 mi
- Supply Shed: 9.3 mi
- Captain Charlie’s I: 11.8 mi
- Captain Charlie’s II: 11.8 mi
- North Carolina Maritime Museum at Southport: 7.9 mi
- Fort Johnston: 7.9 mi
- Fort Fisher Historic Museum: 14.2 mi
- North Carolina Military History Museum: 14.3 mi
- Museum of Coastal Carolina: 16.1 mi
- Sand Hill: 16.7 mi
- Myrtle Head: 24.7 mi
- Sand Hill: 24.8 mi
- Big Bluff: 4.1 mi
- Barnes Bluff: 5.0 mi
- Caswell Avenue Community Garden: 7.6 mi
- Fly-Trap Farm: 10.8 mi
- OIB Sign: 16.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Long Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sand Hill | N 4° | 17 m | 16.7 mi |
| Myrtle Head | NW 310° | 13 m | 24.7 mi |
| Sand Hill | WNW 301° | 13 m | 24.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:52 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 19:51 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:38 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:30 | 17:08 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 50 | 56 | 63 | 71 | 79 | 82 | 81 | 76 | 67 | 57 | 51 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 5.6 | 6.8 | 8.2 | 5.4 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Southport 5 N, 10 mi away.
Mean tidal range 3.76 ft at the nearest NOAA station.
NOAA CO-OPS station Varnamtown, Lockwoods Folly River, NC, 4 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357777177
Day trips start here
- Oak Island · 1 mi
- Southport · 8 mi
- Kure Beach · 15 mi
- Carolina Beach · 17 mi
- Wilmington · 25 mi
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