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Ripley Beach

Ripley Beach from directly overhead

Ripley Beach is a beach in New York, at a recorded elevation of 186 m. Luce Hill stands 605 m to the east, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Ripley Community Park, a park 3.1 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 0.3 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

beach in Chautauqua County, New York, United States

Wikidata Q34711230, matched on coordinates and name (8 m apart).

What the record says

Elevation
186 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.30422, -79.67060

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Ripley Community Park: 3.1 mi
  • Northlake Recreation Center: 4.8 mi
  • Grace Bedell and Abraham Lincoln Statue Park: 4.9 mi
  • Moore Park: 4.9 mi
  • Welch Field Park: 5.1 mi
Historic sites: 30
Museums: 21
Beaches: 14
Peaks: 7
Attractions: 6
  • Panama Rocks: 18.5 mi
  • Lake Shore Savings Clock Tower: 19.9 mi
  • Dunkirk City Pier: 21.3 mi
  • USS Niagara: 24.3 mi
  • Victorian Princess: 24.4 mi
Artworks: 5
Rest areas: 1
Springs: 1
  • Sulfur Spring: 23.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ripley Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Luce HillE 84°605 m22.3 mi
Dibble HillE 79°579 m24.1 mi
Sweet HillSSE 154°569 m18.1 mi
Humphrey HillSSE 161°534 m23.7 mi
Ingersol HillSSE 167°533 m23.9 mi
Dowd HillS 173°528 m24.7 mi
Mount BaldyESE 105°413 m5.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2318:5419:31
June solstice05:4320:1721:00
September equinox07:0718:4119:18
December solstice07:4516:0416:50

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272836485969737165544334
Precip in2.62.42.93.43.83.64.43.84.64.93.83.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westfield 2 SSE, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357582172

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