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Town Beach

Town Beach from directly overhead

Town Beach is a beach in New York, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Jayne's Hill stands 122 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Islip Meadows County Nature Preserve, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. 13 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
0 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.70546, -73.19390

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Nature reserves
Historic sites: 57
Artworks: 57
  • Long Island: 4.1 mi
  • Art Gallery: 7.7 mi
  • Animal Sculptures: 9.7 mi
  • Bearer of Peace: 10.6 mi
  • Pray Mantis: 12.7 mi
Parks
  • Islip Beach: 1.1 mi
  • Heckscher State Park: 1.2 mi
  • East Islip Memorial Park: 1.7 mi
  • Brookwood Hall Park: 2.0 mi
  • Town Hall West Fields: 2.1 mi
Beaches
Gardens: 52
  • Long Island Dahlia Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Community Reflection Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Walled Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Carlls River Botanical Garden: 8.9 mi
  • Garden of Serenity: 10.5 mi
Picnic sites: 19
  • Wolf 1: 9.1 mi
  • Wolf 2: 9.1 mi
  • Wolf 4: 9.2 mi
  • Wolf 3: 9.2 mi
  • Wolf 5: 9.2 mi
Peaks: 13
Attractions: 9
  • Long Island Maritime Museum: 5.3 mi
  • Hercules Pavillion: 14.9 mi
  • Suffolk County Vanderbilt Planetarium: 16.5 mi
  • Recreated 1904 Wantagh Post Office: 16.7 mi
  • Jamaica: 16.7 mi
Cliffs: 4
Lighthouses: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 9.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Town Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jayne's HillWNW122 m14.3 mi
West HillsWNW106 m14.6 mi
Harbor HillWNW106 m24.2 mi
Dix HillsNW92 m11.4 mi
Signal HillNW90 m12.0 mi
Mannetto HillsWNW85 m15.1 mi
Half Hollow HillsWNW77 m10.8 mi
Rock HillENE64 m24.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:2319:4720:28
September equinox06:4118:1618:52
December solstice07:1415:4516:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323340495868757567564638
Precip in3.54.64.43.83.53.74.65.84.43.63.04.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Molloy Cercom, 6 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Great River, Connetquot River, NY, 3 mi away — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357593244

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