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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

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
Beaches
Nature reserves
Artworks
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
Attractions: 57
Gardens: 56
  • 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
Historic sites: 52
Picnic sites: 33
  • 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: 11
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
Waterfalls: 3
  • Farms Falls: 11.8 mi
  • The Loch: 18.6 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 23.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 22.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of Oakland Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Guard HillN226 m16.9 mi
Chappaqua HillNNW219 m15.3 mi
Sarles HillNNW216 m14.2 mi
Hook MountainNW214 m16.7 mi
McKesson HillNNW213 m16.2 mi
Buttermilk HillNNW211 m12.4 mi
Mount NeboWNW208 m14.3 mi
Indian HillN201 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 50–80 °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 mile away — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357604711

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