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Rye Beach

Rye 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 The Westchester Children’s Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Merritt Parkway passes 5.0 miles off.

The story

beach in Westchester County, New York, United States of America

Wikidata Q34713276, joined on its GNIS feature id.

What the record says

Elevation
1 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.96418, -73.67702

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Grove 1: 0.2 mi
  • Grove 2: 0.2 mi
  • Rye Town Park: 0.3 mi
  • Manursing Island Park: 0.6 mi
  • Edith Read Wildlife Sanctuary: 0.7 mi
Beaches
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Peaks
  • South Ridge: 2.9 mi
  • Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 7.0 mi
  • Kennelwood Hill: 8.3 mi
  • High Point: 8.6 mi
  • Palmer Hill: 9.0 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Gardens
  • South Lake Walk: 4.7 mi
  • West Woodland Walk: 4.8 mi
  • Water Lily Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Japanese Iris Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Grass Garden: 5.0 mi
Picnic sites: 32
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 0.2 mi
  • Upper Education Area: 11.0 mi
  • Lower Education Area: 11.0 mi
  • Excelsior Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
  • Alpine picnic area: 12.6 mi
Cliffs: 17
  • Northwest Bluff: 9.8 mi
  • Cooper Bluff: 10.6 mi
  • Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 10.8 mi
  • Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 11.4 mi
  • Raven's Rock: 11.7 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • The Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Farms Falls: 11.6 mi
  • The Loch: 18.8 mi
  • Cascade: 22.6 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 22.8 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 14.9 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 14.9 mi
  • Vince Lombardi Service Area: 20.8 mi
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 21.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 22.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of Rye Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Guard HillN 356°226 m16.7 mi
Chappaqua HillNNW 342°219 m15.1 mi
Sarles HillNNW 336°216 m14.0 mi
Hook MountainNW 311°214 m16.6 mi
McKesson HillNNW 343°213 m16.0 mi
Buttermilk HillNW 325°211 m12.3 mi
Mount NeboWNW 294°208 m14.3 mi
Indian HillN 9°201 m16.9 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 mileaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357604737

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