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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. Chestnut Hill stands 141 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Sound Beach West Beach Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 20 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
0 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.96649, -72.97510

Overlooks nearby

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
Beaches
Historic sites
  • 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
Peaks
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: 32
  • 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: 9
  • 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
Waterfalls: 4
  • Farmill River Falls: 21.3 mi
  • Cascades: 22.9 mi
  • Cascade: 23.4 mi
  • Cascade: 23.8 mi
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

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.8 miles of Scotts Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chestnut HillNW 324°141 m23.2 mi
Hoyden HillNW 318°134 m23.8 mi
Coram HillNNW 346°130 m23.6 mi
Long HillNNW 344°124 m22.8 mi
Pavement HillNW 314°120 m22.6 mi
Isinglass HillNNW 338°111 m23.4 mi
Mischa HillNNW 333°101 m22.6 mi
Catamount HillNW 310°94 m23.7 mi

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 5080 °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.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357588501

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