Shell Beach
Shell Beach is a beach in New York, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Bushy Hill stands 105 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Wade's Beach, a beach 0.7 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 3.7 miles off.
The story
Beach in Suffolk County, New York, USA.
Wikidata Q34715907, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 0 m
How to reach it
- 3.7 mi off the North Fork Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Powder Hill: 6.2 mi
- Browns Hills: 8.1 mi
- Oregon Hills: 10.1 mi
- Mattituck Hills: 12.1 mi
- Shinnecock Hills: 12.4 mi
- Mashomack Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Cedar Beach County Park: 2.5 mi
- Foster Memorial Town Beach Park: 3.2 mi
- Windmill Beach Park: 3.7 mi
- John Steinbeck Waterfront Park: 3.7 mi
- Trout Ponds (Ruins): 3.7 mi
- Ice House (ruins): 5.0 mi
- Firefigher of 9/11 Memorial: 6.1 mi
- Camp 5 Building (ruins): 6.8 mi
- May Groot Manson 1859-1917: 9.9 mi
- Wade's Beach: 0.7 mi
- Crescent Beach: 2.8 mi
- Gibsons Beach: 3.4 mi
- Lower Beach: 3.5 mi
- Upper Beach: 3.6 mi
- North Haven Tidal Wetlands Area: 2.9 mi
- Reese Preserve: 3.1 mi
- Katherine Ordway Wildlife Refuge: 3.2 mi
- Wolf Preserve: 3.3 mi
- Elizabeth A. Morton National Wildlife Refuge: 3.4 mi
- Custom House: 3.9 mi
- Sag Harbor Whaling Museum: 3.9 mi
- Sag Harbor Fireman's Museum: 4.0 mi
- East End Seaport Maritime Museum: 4.1 mi
- Long Island Train Museum: 4.1 mi
- watchtower: 4.2 mi
- Slaves Burying Ground: 6.7 mi
- Water Mill Windmill: 9.2 mi
- The Big Duck: 17.3 mi
- Splish Splash: 21.8 mi
- Rain Garden: 10.8 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 17.9 mi
- Rock Garden: 21.5 mi
- West Garden: 21.5 mi
- East Garden: 21.6 mi
- Big Bird: 2.4 mi
- Sweet Shoppe: 10.6 mi
- Altmans Needle & Fiber Arts: 10.6 mi
- Lion Gardner Statue: 16.7 mi
- James Madison: 21.1 mi
- Jumping-off Hill: 4.0 mi
- Ram Head: 4.2 mi
- Hedges Bank: 6.2 mi
- Crow Head: 11.4 mi
- Acabonack Cliff: 11.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
- Picnic Grove: 21.9 mi
- Powder House: 24.1 mi
- Skate Hut: 24.5 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 15.2 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 17.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.0 miles of Shell Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bushy Hill | NNW 343° | 105 m | 22.3 mi |
| Pond Hill | NNE 13° | 103 m | 23.0 mi |
| Orchard Hill | NNW 348° | 94 m | 22.5 mi |
| Bald Hill | WSW 240° | 88 m | 22.2 mi |
| Pumphouse Hill | N 10° | 86 m | 22.9 mi |
| Book Hill | N 351° | 85 m | 22.8 mi |
| Lord Hill | N 360° | 83 m | 21.8 mi |
| Mares Hill | NNW 346° | 79 m | 21.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:44 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:12 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:41 | 16:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 32 | 38 | 47 | 56 | 66 | 72 | 71 | 64 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bridgehampton, 7 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Noyack Bay, NY, 3 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357589312
Day trips start here
- Old Saybrook · 17 mi
- Old Lyme · 19 mi
- East Lyme · 22 mi
- Essex · 22 mi
- Waterford · 24 mi
- New London · 25 mi
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