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Orient Beach

Orient Beach from directly overhead

Orient Beach is a beach in New York, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Brown Hill stands 112 m to the north, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Orient Beach State Park, a park 0.4 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 1.4 miles off.

About

The story

state park in Suffolk County, New York, United States

Wikidata Q7102283, matched on coordinates and name (100 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.12872, -72.26558

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Orient Beach State Park: 0.4 mi
  • Orient Point County Park: 2.4 mi
  • Old Schoolhouse Park: 3.8 mi
  • Norman E. Klipp Marine Park: 4.6 mi
  • Mitchell Park: 5.3 mi
Beaches
Peaks
  • Browns Hills: 2.2 mi
  • Powder Hill: 8.6 mi
  • Whale Hill: 9.4 mi
  • Johnnycake Hill: 12.8 mi
  • Meeting House Hill: 12.8 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Historic sites
Attractions: 19
  • Slaves Burying Ground: 1.5 mi
  • Parking: 1.5 mi
  • watchtower: 5.3 mi
  • Water Mill Windmill: 15.8 mi
  • The Whale: 18.0 mi
Gardens: 18
  • Rock Garden: 14.3 mi
  • West Garden: 14.3 mi
  • East Garden: 14.4 mi
  • Cutting Garden: 14.4 mi
  • Sensory Garden: 14.8 mi
Artworks: 17
  • Big Bird: 8.8 mi
  • Lion Gardner Statue: 11.7 mi
  • Stonehenge Replica: 16.9 mi
  • Sweet Shoppe: 16.9 mi
  • Altmans Needle & Fiber Arts: 16.9 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • Silver Falls: 19.8 mi
  • Cascade: 20.1 mi
  • Cascade: 20.3 mi
  • Cascade: 23.4 mi
  • Cascade: 23.7 mi
Cliffs: 8
Lighthouses: 5
Picnic sites: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 14.1 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 22.7 mi
Springs: 1
  • Old Spring: 24.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Orient Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Brown HillN 351°112 m18.1 mi
Pond HillN 4°103 m16.5 mi
Smith HillN 5°89 m17.9 mi
Pumphouse HillN 359°86 m16.6 mi
Book HillNNW 335°85 m18.2 mi
Lord HillNNW 345°83 m16.4 mi
Wilson HillN 8°79 m16.0 mi
Mares HillNNW 328°79 m17.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2519:01
June solstice05:1719:4420:26
September equinox06:3718:1218:48
December solstice07:1215:4016:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323239505767757467574739

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orient PT SP, under a mile away.

Tides

Mean tidal range 2.51 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Orient, NY, 2 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357575534

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