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The Creek Beach

The Creek Beach from directly overhead

The Creek Beach is a beach in New York, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Sarles Hill stands 216 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Creek Club Beach, a beach 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 10 miles off.

The story

beach in Nassau County, New York, United States

Wikidata Q34723408, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
0 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.90343, -73.60013

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Meudon Ruins: 0.4 mi
  • Meudon Ruins: 0.4 mi
  • Meudon Ruins: 0.5 mi
  • Meudon Ruins: 0.5 mi
  • Killingworth: 1.0 mi
Gardens
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Stehli Beach Park: 0.7 mi
  • Bayville Adventure Park: 1.0 mi
  • Pryibil Beach Park: 1.3 mi
  • Bailey Arboretum: 1.4 mi
  • Joe Stanco Park: 1.5 mi
Museums
Peaks
  • Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 1.9 mi
  • Mill Neck Peak: 3.3 mi
  • Sagamore Hill: 5.4 mi
  • Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve Peak: 7.1 mi
  • Harbor Hill: 7.5 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Picnic sites: 34
  • Upper Education Area: 5.3 mi
  • Lower Education Area: 5.4 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 5.7 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 8.8 mi
  • Picnic Area A & B: 8.8 mi
Cliffs: 15
Waterfalls: 5
  • The Falls: 12.6 mi
  • Farms Falls: 15.3 mi
  • The Loch: 20.2 mi
  • Cascade: 24.7 mi
  • Sheep Falls: 25.0 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 16.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 16.2 mi
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 16.4 mi
  • Vince Lombardi Service Area: 23.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • The Silver Spring: 24.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of The Creek Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sarles HillNNW 330°216 m19.6 mi
Buttermilk HillNW 323°211 m18.0 mi
Mount NeboWNW 301°208 m19.8 mi
Reynolds HillNNW 328°180 m16.5 mi
Round HillNNW 345°172 m14.4 mi
Cooney HillNNW 333°170 m15.3 mi
Kennelwood HillNW 324°156 m14.0 mi
Kykuit HillNW 315°147 m18.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:2319:4920:30
September equinox06:4318:1718:53
December solstice07:1615:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536271777569584840
Precip in3.73.04.43.83.13.84.03.94.14.03.44.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mineola, 12 mi away.

Mean tidal range 7.39 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Bayville Bridge, NY, 3 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357592562

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