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Scotts Beach

Scotts Beach from directly overhead

Scotts Beach is a beach in New York, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Booth Hill stands 160 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Sound Beach West Beach Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 20 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
0 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.96649, -72.97510

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sound Beach West Beach Park: 0.3 mi
  • Scott’s Beach Club: 0.4 mi
  • Woodhull Landing Pier: 0.5 mi
  • Woodhull Landing Beach: 0.5 mi
  • Sound Beach East Beach Park: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Beaches
Historic sites: 56
  • Veteran's memorial: 0.8 mi
  • Kelli Harkins Memorial: 1.2 mi
  • Chandler Estate: 2.5 mi
  • Wardenclyffe Tower Base: 4.2 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 4.3 mi
Museums: 52
  • Wardenclyffe: 4.2 mi
  • Sayan Center at TSCW: 4.2 mi
  • Nikola Tesla's Wardenclyffe Laboratory: 4.2 mi
  • The Mather House Museum: 4.9 mi
  • Brookhaven Volunteer Firefighters Museum: 7.1 mi
Gardens: 30
  • Longwood Community Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Eastport Roots Community Garden: 15.3 mi
  • Long Island Dahlia Garden: 18.3 mi
  • Urban Roots Bridgeport: 18.6 mi
  • Fairfield Museum Pollinator Garden: 18.7 mi
Artworks: 21
Attractions: 11
  • Hercules Pavillion: 9.6 mi
  • Splish Splash: 13.2 mi
  • Exit sign: 13.2 mi
  • boulder: 13.8 mi
  • Long Island Maritime Museum: 18.0 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Picnic Grove: 13.1 mi
  • Wolf 1: 15.7 mi
  • Wolf 3: 15.7 mi
  • Wolf 2: 15.7 mi
  • Wolf 5: 15.8 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Cliffs: 3
Rest areas: 3
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 21.1 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 22.0 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 22.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Farmill River Falls: 21.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.2 miles of Scotts Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Booth HillNNW160 m24.2 mi
Chestnut HillNW141 m23.2 mi
Hoyden HillNW134 m23.8 mi
Coram HillNNW130 m23.6 mi
Long HillNNW124 m22.8 mi
Pavement HillNW120 m22.6 mi
Isinglass HillNNW111 m23.4 mi
Mischa HillNNW101 m22.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2819:04
June solstice05:2119:4720:28
September equinox06:4018:1518:51
December solstice07:1415:4316:27

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343541536270757468574839
Precip in3.73.24.64.43.93.93.94.04.34.23.74.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Sinai, 3 mi away.

Tides

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Mount Sinai Harbor, NY, 3 mi away — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357588501

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