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Oakland Beach

Oakland Beach is a beach in New York, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Guard Hill stands 226 m to the north, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Rye Town Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 5.2 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
1 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.96077, -73.67919

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Rye Town Park: 0.1 mi
  • Grove 1: 0.4 mi
  • Grove 2: 0.4 mi
  • Manursing Island Park: 0.8 mi
  • Edith Read Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.0 mi
Beaches
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Peaks
  • South Ridge: 3.2 mi
  • Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 6.9 mi
  • Kennelwood Hill: 8.4 mi
  • High Point: 8.8 mi
  • Mill Neck Peak: 9.0 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Gardens
  • South Lake Walk: 5.0 mi
  • West Woodland Walk: 5.0 mi
  • Water Lily Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Japanese Iris Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Grass Garden: 5.2 mi
Picnic sites: 35
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 0.4 mi
  • Upper Education Area: 10.9 mi
  • Lower Education Area: 11.0 mi
  • Excelsior Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
  • Alpine picnic area: 12.5 mi
Cliffs: 17
  • Northwest Bluff: 9.9 mi
  • Cooper Bluff: 10.6 mi
  • Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 10.9 mi
  • Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 11.4 mi
  • Raven's Rock: 11.8 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • The Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Farms Falls: 11.8 mi
  • The Loch: 18.6 mi
  • Cascade: 22.9 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 23.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 15.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 15.1 mi
  • Vince Lombardi Service Area: 20.6 mi
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 21.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 22.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Oakland Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Guard HillN 356°226 m16.9 mi
Chappaqua HillNNW 342°219 m15.3 mi
Sarles HillNNW 336°216 m14.2 mi
Hook MountainNW 312°214 m16.7 mi
McKesson HillNNW 343°213 m16.2 mi
Buttermilk HillNNW 326°211 m12.4 mi
Mount NeboWNW 295°208 m14.3 mi
Indian HillN 9°201 m17.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2419:4920:31
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1715:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303239506069747265544435
Precip in3.22.54.14.23.94.34.14.44.94.33.64.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westchester CO AP, 7 mi away.

Mean tidal range 7.29 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Rye Beach, NY, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357604711

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