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Pratts Beach

Pratts Beach, a beach in New York
Pratts Beach, a beach in New YorkMichael Sean Gallagher · CC BY-SA 2.0

Pratts Beach is a beach in New York, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Chappaqua Hill stands 219 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Couch Academic Center Garden Terrace, a garden 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 10 miles off.

The story

Beach in Nassau County, New York, United States.

Wikidata Q49324391, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
3 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.88641, -73.64526

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Matinecock Rod & Gun Club: 0.6 mi
  • Joe Stanco Park: 1.1 mi
  • Pryibil Beach Park: 1.4 mi
  • Monument Park: 1.4 mi
  • Morgan Memorial Park: 1.6 mi
Peaks
  • Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 4.5 mi
  • Mill Neck Peak: 5.2 mi
  • Harbor Hill: 6.0 mi
  • Sagamore Hill: 7.5 mi
  • South Ridge: 8.5 mi
Museums
Beaches
Artworks
Gardens: 56
Attractions: 56
Historic sites: 49
Picnic sites: 36
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 5.6 mi
  • Upper Education Area: 7.2 mi
  • Lower Education Area: 7.3 mi
  • Picnic Area A & B: 9.9 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 9.9 mi
Cliffs: 11
Waterfalls: 5
  • Farms Falls: 16.6 mi
  • The Loch: 17.6 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 22.9 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 22.9 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 23.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 18.1 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 18.3 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 18.3 mi
  • Vince Lombardi Service Area: 20.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.8 miles of Pratts Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chappaqua HillNNW219 m20.7 mi
Sarles HillNNW216 m19.6 mi
Buttermilk HillNNW211 m17.7 mi
Mount NeboNW208 m18.5 mi
Reynolds HillNNW180 m16.5 mi
Round HillN172 m15.1 mi
Cooney HillNNW170 m15.5 mi
Kennelwood HillNNW156 m13.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2419:4920:31
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:1615:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536271777569584840
Precip in3.73.04.43.83.13.84.03.94.14.03.44.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mineola, 11 mi away.

Mean tidal range 7.27 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Glen Cove, Hempstead Harbor, NY, 2 mi away — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357614440

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